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01/27/2018, 07:07 PM | #10601 |
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Hello to all, I'm Brett. I had some softie tanks many years ago, recently acquired a drilled 92g corner tank with small aquarium for a sump. Need some controller and lighting ideas
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01/28/2018, 05:21 PM | #10602 |
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New to salt water
Hi all,
I started up a 29 gal curved front tank. My brother in law moved and gave me everything. Eheim 250 canister, aqua flow over the back filter. LCD light with a remote. Lots of settings. Very cool. Went to a lfs that had outstanding ratings online. He gave me the scoop about substrate, live rock and salt. I set the tank up with 20lbs of live rock and a bag of live sand. He told me to let it filter though for a week and then bring water in to get tested. The salinity was low so I drained 5 gallons and added some more instant ocean and tested it with my new hydrometer. Salinity 1.021. Temp is 78 Ph 8.2 Nitrate 0 Nitrite 0 Ammonia 0 The lfs told me to take out all the plastic plants. He said they will kill whatever fish I put in the tank. I couldn't find anything online to corroborate that. I used imaginarium plants. Anyone know if these will cause any trouble? I purchased a pair of clowns last night. I used the drip method to acclimate them. The lfs's idea not mine since I pretty much have no idea what I'm doing They seem to be doing really well. Lots of swimming around. They even ate a little. I'm really excited about this. It's something I always wanted to do. Guy |
01/29/2018, 10:24 PM | #10603 |
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Quick Intro
Hi all Andre here. Joined this forum so that I can get a better knowledge of reef keeping and so far I've seen quite a few good topics that I need to read up on. Currently running since June 2016;
- 65 gallon aquarium 36in W x 18in D x 24in H - Fluval 406 Canister FIlter stocked with Activated carbon, Seachem Purigen and Matrix - Current USA Orbit Marine Led Fixture 36"-48" - Current USA eFlux wave pumps 2x 1050GPH 1x 660GPH - BRS GFO Reactor - Coralife UV Sterilizer - AutoAqua Smart ATO Micro - PSK-75H Hang On Protein Skimmer - Jebao DP-4: Dosing ESV B-Ionic 2part Calcium & Alkalinity, Magnesium and Trace Elements - AquaFX Barracuda 4 stage RO/DI system with Instant Ocean reef crystals for Salt mixture. The tank is stocked with mostly Soft corals, with some LPS and SPS corals. Current Fish: 1x Royal Gramma Basslet (First fish of the tank) 2x Paired Snowflake Clowns 2x Yellow Watchman Gobies w/ Tiger pistol shrimp 1x Green Canary Blenny 1x Neon Dottyback 1x Hoeven's Wrasse 1x Anthias Fish (not sure the type) 2x Skunk cleaner shrimps and a hefty clean up crew. For the 2+ yrs Ive had this 65g I've been through 2 rebuilds. Due to moving cross country and cross state currently 16 months since my last rebuild when I purchased my home. The main reason I'm here is to really step up the hobby as I currently own a 180 gallon marineland aquarium that I got on LetGO for $80 and needs to be refurbished from the ground up. Mostly excited about finally crossing over into the overflow sump system and all that comes with it. Hope to learn a lot as I got through my 180g build. Included a few pics: First Build, Current build and 180g project after purchase and after first clean. Thanks in advance, Dre' |
02/01/2018, 12:59 AM | #10604 |
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Hello all
Hey guys and gals. Newbie to both the site as well as the hobby. Had the cookie cutter 10 gallon tank as a kid growing up, but that is the extent of my experience. I recently decided to really jump in and bought myself a 90 gallon tank, built myself a stand and am starting to gather sump equipment. Needless to say to have more than a few questions.
Plan is for a salt aquarium with mostly live rock and maybe a coral or two to start. I'll post a few questions on some of the other threads about sump setup, filtration etc... Looking forward to chatting with everyone |
02/01/2018, 11:36 AM | #10605 |
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Hi! I'm Brandon and set up my 55 gallon tank about three months ago. I'm currently setting up a pod population because I want a Mandarinfish! Currently, I have a Royal Gramma, Chalk Basslet, and a Red Shrimp.
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02/01/2018, 02:36 PM | #10606 |
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Just here to Learn
Hi, folks. I do not have a saltwater tank right now, only freshwater. I just want one. So, doing my due diligence, I am here to learn from you guys that have been doing this a long time.
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02/05/2018, 06:00 AM | #10607 |
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Hi RC Family , New to Saltwater tank
Hi RC Family , thank you all for all the great advice provided on RC, I'm finally ready to take on a Saltwater aquarium, i'm have been a 25yrs fresh water guy, but the always loved the Saltwater fishes. looking forward to starting my own wonderland .
I recently Empty my 40G fresh water , and would like to start a Marine tank with sump and RO-DI unit. really looking forward to learn from all the expertise on the Reef Central forum. |
02/06/2018, 06:05 AM | #10608 |
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Hi all
I am Jeffrey, I just start reefing for 2 yrs Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk |
02/08/2018, 08:10 AM | #10609 |
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New to Saltwater
Hello everyone. My name is Harvey. I have had freshwater fish most of my life. However, I just started my first Saltwater Reef Tank. I'm am very excited about it and appreciate all the discussions on here to help. Happy to be on Reef Central.
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02/09/2018, 06:10 PM | #10610 |
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Hello-
Anytime I go to research, there's always something on ReefCentral that is helpful. I have joined today because I'm having trouble finding info on my scenario (nothing like joining when there's a "need" huh!) I'm certain my scenario is not unique. Anyway, been a troll up to this point. I have a 75 gallon display with a 40 gallon sump with refugium. I drilled the tank to install a homemade coast to coast overflow. Homemade auto topoff Homemade 1" tube stand Octo 110 skimmer A knock off 3400 gph wakemaker (works great) A cheap powerhead Ecotech Gen 3 light Dry rock Live sand Two clowns. Tank has been running since 9-17. I know! It's very young. This is a game of patience, right. I have come to realize that the bacteria-in-a-bottle may be OK for fish, but probably not for establishing a reef. Up to a few weeks ago I would do water changes when the ammonia would rise. Never have seen any nitrites or nitrates. My friend gave me some mushrooms, a couple of hammers and some snails early this year, died. I purchased a torch 3 weeks ago, died. Im coming around to thinking my tank has yet to cycle. I believe the water changes I've been doing has stopped it. So, two weeks ago I set up a 10 gallon tank (need a quarantine anyway), and put the clowns in it. Then I took a raw shrimp and threw in the 75. Left everything running. I came home today after two weeks, wife has been maintaining the clowns, to find I finally have nitrates! About 20 parts nitrates, 0 nitrites and 0.10 ammonia. I think the ammonia could be because there's still a rotting shrimp in there? Has this system cycled? I just don't know. I would certainly appreciate your thoughts. Not a blogger so forgive me if this is not in the right forum or post. Thanks |
02/09/2018, 07:40 PM | #10611 |
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Hi,
I am new to this hobby. Start 01_12_17: Very young tank The coral I have below are survive but not as bright as it used to be My system 1/ Equipment: 90 Gallon Display Tank 4ft wide 2 ft deep 30 Gallon Display Refugium 30 Gallon sump (trigger system) 3 Kessils 360W 1 Kessil 360 white light for mangrove on display refugium 1 Kessil H380 for Macro Algae in sump (Chetomorpha) Tunze Skimmer 2 Tunze Power Heads 2 Sicce 9.0 DC pump (1 for return and 1 for manifold) Vertex Calcium Reactor. 50W UV Light (Penair) 1 BRS dual Chambers (GFO + Carbon) 1 BRS dual chamber (Carbon + Carbon) 2/ Livestock: Coral: 15 Frags all from WWC: (Green Mile, Madman, Mystic Sunset, Purple Cap, Rainbow Monti, Tubb Stella, Terry Red, Blue Berry, Hammer Head) Fish: 1 Foxface 1 Coral Beauty 2 Firefish 1 Dory (Regal Tang) 1 Cleaner Shrimp 1 Crab |
02/09/2018, 07:47 PM | #10612 |
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02/10/2018, 11:08 AM | #10613 |
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Looking to Learn
Keith from Columbia, MD. I've always loved aquariums, had a couple of freshwater tanks when I was in college but never a saltwater setup. I'm considering it now - haven't actually decided whether to do it or not. I'm trying to figure out answers to questions I have. Cost? Tank type? Maintenance? Pitfalls? How to start? How to avoid salt creep? How to keep the whole thing clean? How long can I leave a particular tank unattended, e.g. weekend away vs summer vacation, etc.
Seems to be a ton of knowledge and people here. Hoping I can get a little smarter and maybe contribute a little. -K2 |
02/11/2018, 11:00 AM | #10614 |
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I'm still new to the hobby after about 8 months with a bucket of rocks and fish. I learned a lot from Geoff's threads, and now I'm at a point where I have specific questions to ask. I'd like to thank all of you who've written so many informative articles!
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02/11/2018, 11:23 AM | #10615 | |
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02/12/2018, 07:21 PM | #10617 |
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Hello Reef Central.
Don't know if I should introduce myself as the new old guy or the old new guy. Fact is up until about 8ish years ago I had been keeping aquaria for 12 years or so. I dabbled in freshwater, planted tanks with discus/tetras etc. Built a tank for fancy goldfish for my wife, but saltwater was my addiction.
I'm a plumber by trade. Have been for almost 40 years and it has served me pretty well in this hobby. I've helped build many tanks for friends and worked with a local aquarium maintenance service to do set-ups. I've acted as a consultant on a huge tank at a business not too far from home. But that's all been some time ago. When the economy tanked, I got out of the hobby. Now 8ish years later I'm making a move to get back in it. I'm relearning, but it's like riding a bike so it seems. What I'm also learning is that in 8ish years, there have been a ton of advancements. The animals still require the same husbandry, but the equipment options are really amazing. I look forward to learning from this community. Happy reefing, be talking to you soon. |
02/13/2018, 12:25 AM | #10618 |
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I am new and desperately need help
I am desperately trying to figure out what is going on with my tank. I am losing all my new fish and am having trouble understanding why. If I could get some people who could help that would be amazing.
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02/14/2018, 06:26 AM | #10619 |
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Hi I'm new. I have a really bad case of aiptasia currently in my tank. They are even eating small shrimp and fish. How do I get rid.
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02/15/2018, 12:10 AM | #10620 |
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New to Reef Central
Hello all,
I've been a wandering forum creeper for years. I settled on the one I thought was best. My name is Dan, Critical/Trauma RN from Central PA. I've had an aquarium my whole life (52). I have kept a FOWLR for about 20 of them. The past two years got into softies and some LPS. So you can say, I have really eased into keeping corals haha. I'm looking to advance my LPS keeping. It' great to have such a valuable network of experience and advice at your fingertips. Thanks for having me! Dan |
02/18/2018, 02:05 PM | #10621 |
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Hi,
Great to find this forum. Brand new to both the site and the hobby. . just got an 8 gallon set up. Had a fish only tank and one clownfish was in there, but he passed recently. (Had ich and I didn't catch it in time till was too late to treat). In process of having the tank quarantined. Dewi |
02/18/2018, 11:50 PM | #10622 |
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I need help..
So, I’m beginning the journey from a 10 gallon nano to a 180 FOWLR..
On my 10 gallon I ran an aqua clear 30 filter, a heater a rio pump and an LED light.., that’s it!!! I did great for 3 years, then I just gave up!!! That is the extent of my knowledge and experience with saltwater aquariums. I need help?!! I want a peninsula style aquarium.. Were do I get the tank from72-24-24? As per filtration?? I am at a loss, my eyes are crossing after hours/days of surfing the web.. Wet dry? Yes! No -Wet dry..?!! Sponge/filter socks?! Carbon reactor? GFO reactor?!! Bio pellet reactor, yes! But u have to be careful running them together. UV? Chato reactor?!! What kind of overflow??!! Herbie?!! Bean animal??!!Skimmer? Someone help🙏!! |
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02/20/2018, 06:51 PM | #10624 |
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Hi
Hi all. Long time viewer but new to RC. Getting back into saltwater. I had a 110 15 years ago but had to give it up. Starting back up with a 75 and am going to try to remember all my mistakes from the past and do things better this time around. I eventually want to get a much bigger tank but want to see how things go with this first. I am plumbing everything to the basement where I can do all my work without crawling under a stand. RO/DI, drains, sump, refugium etc will be down there, spread out at a comfortable level for working.
Excited and nervous. I drilled my tank, painted my back glass panel, installed overflow, and set up aquascape. Tomorrow I rinse and put in sand and make my RO/DI water. |
02/20/2018, 07:30 PM | #10625 |
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Hello, I was a member years ago and had a FOWLR 55 gallon set up for almost 20 years. I have been away from the hobby for about 10 years and have decided to restart with a Coralife Biocube 32 gallon. I still have all of my dry rock from my previous tank so I gave it a 30 minute acid bath and it is currently soaking in a 20:1 bleach mixture in my garage. I plan to soak it in RO/DI water with a declorinator after the bleach soaking is complete. It will then dry out (hopefully in the sun) for a few weeks before I put it in a Brute trash can with heated saltwater and a pump for a few months. I plan on going very slow and learning as much as I can before I set up my tank. I am really amazed at all of the advancements that have happened since I left the hobby.
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