Hi there! Well, got bit by the bug (err... fish?) and now I'm hooked. Started a year ago with a 75gal freshwater, then a 40, then a 20, finally a 6 gallon... I know, looks backwards. But I wanted more of a challenge and smaller water quantities made me become really diligent on maintaining stable water parameters. I'm not very attention detailed, so hence my goofy learning curve strategy.
Now I started my first saltwater. Here's my tank stats:
Tank Setup
- 150 gallons main display cube tank 36" x 36" x 27" (drilled)
- Herbie overflow
- Apex Fusion driving
- 2 WAV pumps
- 1 1K IceCap Gyre
- 3 Fluval LED spotlights
- 1 Kessil A360WE
- 1 T5 Actinic 36"
- 1 Reef Octopus SRO2000EXT Skimmer hooked to a Jebao DC 2000 water pump and HY2000 air/water mix pump
- 1 Reef Octopus Varios8 Return Pump
- 40 gallon sump - refugium with 600watt Phylizon Plant Grow Light &
- Marine Pure 2 4x1 inch blocks, 2 1x1 inch plates, 2 cups Chaeto, 5280 copepods, 10lbs Miracle Mud
- 45 gallon sump - 525 Red Sea XL w/ mechanical & protein filtration
I'm pretty sure I want corals. Tank is cycling right now, about a week into the process so not rushing. I got some extra equipment on the side, including a Marineland 48" Marine LED, and a T5 10K bulb for the T5 (right now I have it loaded with actinic because I figured the Kessil will give me the shimmer)
Pics attached. Any advice is really really appreciated. I'm really excited to be in this forum and to get my tank going. Will post my fish/invert/etc list next...
Thanks all,
V to the J