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[Sisterlimonpot]

Originally Posted by iluzhun

My name is Chris. I have been toying with salt water aquariums for 5-6 years mostly FOWLR. I have tried some corals but with very limited success. I have done some inverts as well. My favorite tank was by far my 72 gal that was a predator tank( Huge lion fish, snowflake eel, puffer, and trigger).In my hayday I had a 178 gal, the 72 gal and a 35 gallon in a 2 bedroom apt. but when I moved I only had room for the 178. then I moved again and had no room for that big of a tank so I traded for a 55 that has been very sparse (AKA 3 fish and 30 lbs rock) I finally decided to get serious last week and upgraded to a 110 complete with new t-5 lighting and a new filter set up. hoping to start populating with some inverts and some corals. I am sure I will screw it up a few times along the way (I always do) but my wife and I are looking forward to a long fun journey. Thanks in advance for all the help I am sure I will get

Chris

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The best way to combat screwing up is to research what you're doing prior to doing it. Good luck with your reef tank, hope to see a build thread started by you soon.

[pdesmidt]

We've had a 55 gallon salt water tank going since September. We have about 100 lbs of live rock, two ocellaris, one anthias, a cleaner shrimp, macro algae, some soft corals and a bunch of cleaning crew. The whole family enjoys the tank. A month or so ago I bought used 150 gallon tank. I'm going to build a cabinet and hood for it and use the 55 gallon as a sump. I've been doing some research and I'll post a build thread soon.

Peter
Fond du Lac, WI

[Sisterlimonpot]

Originally Posted by pdesmidt

We've had a 55 gallon salt water tank going since September. We have about 100 lbs of live rock, two ocellaris, one anthias, a cleaner shrimp, macro algae, some soft corals and a bunch of cleaning crew. The whole family enjoys the tank. A month or so ago I bought used 150 gallon tank. I'm going to build a cabinet and hood for it and use the 55 gallon as a sump. I've been doing some research and I'll post a build thread soon.

Peter
Fond du Lac, WI

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I too have a family that shares in the hobby, It's definitely priceless for the whole family to share a common interest.

That is going to be a nice set up, please document your progress and share it with the folks here on RC

[DKTEAST54]

Hello all, my name is Dennis and i am looking at starting a reef tank again. After 24 years absent. I am in the process of pricing all the essentials and equiptment for the tank that i selected to start. I chose a 60 gal rimless square tank 24x24x24 w/custom stand & sump. I am taking my time in my selections so i can go through all the pros & cons.

Dennis
Plano, Tx 75074

[Sisterlimonpot]

Originally Posted by DKTEAST54

Hello all, my name is Dennis and i am looking at starting a reef tank again. After 24 years absent. I am in the process of pricing all the essentials and equiptment for the tank that i selected to start. I chose a 60 gal rimless square tank 24x24x24 w/custom stand & sump. I am taking my time in my selections so i can go through all the pros & cons.

Dennis
Plano, Tx 75074

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Dennis, a lot has changed in 24 years, if you haven't already read through the sticky's, there are tons of good information.

[DKTEAST54]

Thanks sis

[Aquarist007]

Originally Posted by Sisterlimonpot

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Dennis, a lot has changed in 24 years, if you haven't already read through the sticky's, there are tons of good information.

However alot has not----check out this thread

http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/sh....php?t=1711320

Paul's had his tank for almost 40 years

[Paul B]

Capn, don't make them read that, they will go blind

[titleman]

new guy alert!! my name is steve. after looking all over and getting more excited and confused on how to get started i stumbled across tbs site and bought a red sea 250, which has shipped. it wont be large enough, but it will get me started. i think i need a r/o filter- any suggestions?

[Kenneth M Olsen]

Hallo everybody..

finally I signed up at this fantastic forum...

My name is Kenneth. I am 30 years old, live in Copenhagen Denmark and I have been having my reef tank for about a year now.. LOVE this amazing hobby. Hopefully I will get a lot of information here, and make new friends in this salt world.
you can see my tank here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ym1rK8RD7yE

[Sisterlimonpot]

Originally Posted by titleman

new guy alert!! my name is steve. after looking all over and getting more excited and confused on how to get started i stumbled across tbs site and bought a red sea 250, which has shipped. it wont be large enough, but it will get me started. i think i need a r/o filter- any suggestions?

To Reef Central There are a couple sponsor here that sell RO/DI's. the ones that comes to mind are the filter guys buckeye field supply and bulk reef supply sells them as well. Check out there websites.

[Sisterlimonpot]

Originally Posted by Kenneth M Olsen

Hallo everybody..

finally I signed up at this fantastic forum...

My name is Kenneth. I am 30 years old, live in Copenhagen Denmark and I have been having my reef tank for about a year now.. LOVE this amazing hobby. Hopefully I will get a lot of information here, and make new friends in this salt world.
you can see my tank here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ym1rK8RD7yE

To Reef Central When I was living in Germany, a couple friends and I did a weekend trip to Denmark, (don't really remember too much of it though)
Thanks for sharing your slice of the ocean with us.

[Kenneth M Olsen]

Originally Posted by Sisterlimonpot

To Reef Central When I was living in Germany, a couple friends and I did a weekend trip to Denmark, (don't really remember too much of it though)
Thanks for sharing your slice of the ocean with us.

then you should come back for a second look and thank you for welcomming me.

[Floyd R Turbo]

Originally Posted by titleman

new guy alert!! my name is steve. after looking all over and getting more excited and confused on how to get started i stumbled across tbs site and bought a red sea 250, which has shipped. it wont be large enough, but it will get me started. i think i need a r/o filter- any suggestions?

I got referred to this ebay seller

http://stores.ebay.com/purewaterclub?_rdc=1

and got the dual DI 150 GPD model shipped for $114. You might find a few better pre-filters on bulkreefsupply.com (they have a 0.6 micron 3rd stage vs a 5 micron) but for the hardware itself, you can't beat the price. I use mine heavily as I maintain several systems for customers and it's great, 0 ppm just like they advertise and plug & play.

[kalyman13]

My name is Arturo I'm working in diy first saltwater I like it to be a reef and fish 1 125 gallons tank for a peaceful tank and 1 60 gallon for a agresive tank runing this 2 tanks from the same sub and equipment so whish me luck!!! I been reading and I read alot of good things about RC so I'm here to be part of it.

[Sisterlimonpot]

Originally Posted by Kenneth M Olsen

then you should come back for a second look and thank you for welcomming me.

yeah 2 days wasn't nearly enough time to take in the sites and culture, it's on the list of places to visit again.

[Sisterlimonpot]

Originally Posted by kalyman13

My name is Arturo I'm working in diy first saltwater I like it to be a reef and fish 1 125 gallons tank for a peaceful tank and 1 60 gallon for a agresive tank runing this 2 tanks from the same sub and equipment so whish me luck!!! I been reading and I read alot of good things about RC so I'm here to be part of it.

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I sense an accent in there, where are you from?

If you're into DIY, check out RC Do It Yourself Forum

[kalyman13]

I live in Palm Springs, ca area but I was born in mexico city. and yes I will check a do it yourself forum tahks sisterlimonpot and I will up date my profile I juts need some time to do it

[iap]

Hello been reading a lot on this site and trying to retain it all. Finally going to take the plunge and convert one of my tanks, a 28x282x32, to saltwater. Want to go full on reef so trying to figure out how much live rock I will need, how much sand and what type of lighting I will need to penetrate this depth. Thanks all for this great wealth of knowledge.

[Sisterlimonpot]

Originally Posted by iap

Hello been reading a lot on this site and trying to retain it all. Finally going to take the plunge and convert one of my tanks, a 28x282x32, to saltwater. Want to go full on reef so trying to figure out how much live rock I will need, how much sand and what type of lighting I will need to penetrate this depth. Thanks all for this great wealth of knowledge.

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Is the depth 32" if so I would probably say MH are going to be what you want to penetrate that depth.

As far as the rock and sand I would say about 100-150 lbs of rock, If your going full on reef I would lean on the lower end just to have more room for the corals to grow out (It also depends on the density of the rock), the sand is going to be preference, I like a shallow sand bed of about 2-3 inches of sand, but like I said that's you're decision. there is a calculator for that on the home page, here it is Just input your dimensions and the depth of sand and it will calculate how many pounds

[Morian Miner]

Was at my LFS the other day, and saw the owner posting on this site. Figured it would be a good place for me to join.

Brand new to the hobby. I just started up my new tank before the new year - just a 20g tank. My wife suggested I go this route to make sure I could dedicate enough time to taking care of it, find out how everything works, then later on upgrade and use this tank as a quarantine tank. I've already cycled it, and now have 1 blue damsel, 1 crab, two snails, and two zoanthid colonies.

One quick question - I would like a little more "color" in the tank right now. Wondering if the red "feeder" algae would do okay in my tank. Would the damsel eat this? Does the algae rapidly grow to the point of clogging up the tank? Any reason to avoid putting this in my tank?

Thanks.

[rossta]

Hi everyone,

I've been a member of these forums for some time, but I haven't posted. I wanted to say hi and tell you about my setup.

I have a 55G Fish and Coral setup that's being "rebuilt" right now. I managed to rid my tank of all algae except for a tiny bit of coraline. The tank looks like a reef in Mexico right now. I have a 12" carpet anemone that eats everything, my two true perculas, one false percula, and one very large maroon clown do not like the thing, and it recently attacked and killed my tomato clown. I learned that tomatoes and perculas aren't really a good match, so keep that in mind if you respond :-).

The tank is in range with salinity, my levels are perfect but for the Ph being at 7.8 (working on this). I just did a water change last week for the first time in a year (at which time my levels were perfect). I have about 3-4 watts per gallon in compact fluorescent (considering halogen). Temperature is regulated and water is maintained with a magnum 350 canister filter packed with charcoal and a prism protein skimmer rated for a larger tank.

I have some once thriving colt corals that are sloughing and very upset, they are getting real sunlight now, for about three hours a day (hoping this will help), but I can't get my three perculas to leave them alone! I think they are smothering the colts to death (pardon the super bowl reference).

I also have a dragon wrasse (very cool!), a sleeper goby, and the longest time resident is my hippo tang. Everyone is happy and I try to keep the tank as mellow as I can (returning fish that act aggressive). I think I've got a fully stocked tank (can I add any fish?), but I'm really excited that this blank canvas of 70lbs of live rock is ready for corals now that the algae is exterminated.

Any suggestions on easy care, mid to fast growing, bright and beautiful corals that I can add to this combo? Should I get rid of this carpet anemone if it doesn't eat any more fish? Suggestions (and scolding) welcome!

As an indication of tank health, the anemone has been doing well for about 2 years with no signs of stress (eating too well) and my feather duster has regenerated only once in that same period (also eating well). I feed dead phyto feast to the corals, silversides to the anemone, and frozen brine shrimp to everyone else.

Thanks to everyone for keeping this valuable resource in operation.

-Rossta

[daniel89]

Hello all my name is daniel and im just starting my first saltwater aquarium here soon. Its gonna be a 75g reef tank with some fishies. thinking of putting a 40g breeder on it for a sump. Leaning towards 100lbs of live rock in the display and another 20 or so in the sump.

Im leaning towards a pair of black clowns but my mom wants regular clowns that look like nemos :/ as along with a yellow tang, one spot foxface and after i do a little more research ill find some more.

corals im leaning towards some sps mushrooms lps atm untill i do more research.

I also keep a few fw tanks
55 gallon:
Black Ghost knife
Electric blue jack dempsey
6 albino bn plecos
clown pleco
2 angels
red tail shark
2 gold gourami
Opaline gourami
1 dwarf gourami
4 Seprea tetra
male betta
3 ghost shrimp
20 Gallon long community
6 Pgymy corys
10G w/ 4 diy dividers
4 male betta's
10G highly planted
5 gold fish
1 Gallon tanks
2 Betta's male

[scomar31]

I'm Scott and I am starting my first reef aquarium. I am doing a 90 gallon build and am still in the planning / purchasing phase. I started the stand but it is slow because I have a hectic work schedule plus my first kid so free time is hard to come by but I'm making it work. I plan on doing mixed corals (still learning the different types), I should have about 150 lbs of live rock, and I am doing a 40 gallon sump.

[Aquarist007]

Originally Posted by Morian Miner

Was at my LFS the other day, and saw the owner posting on this site. Figured it would be a good place for me to join.

Brand new to the hobby. I just started up my new tank before the new year - just a 20g tank. My wife suggested I go this route to make sure I could dedicate enough time to taking care of it, find out how everything works, then later on upgrade and use this tank as a quarantine tank. I've already cycled it, and now have 1 blue damsel, 1 crab, two snails, and two zoanthid colonies.

One quick question - I would like a little more "color" in the tank right now. Wondering if the red "feeder" algae would do okay in my tank. Would the damsel eat this? Does the algae rapidly grow to the point of clogging up the tank? Any reason to avoid putting this in my tank?

Thanks.

No the damsel will not eat the algae
Algae in the display tank quite often can get out of hand--its very evasive. It's best left in a refugium.


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check this tank out if you want to add some colour to your system

by reefchick
http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/sh...1784689&page=2