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02/19/2011, 05:38 PM | #3851 |
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Hi everyone!
I am a new member and i am planing to set up a glass 96"x30"x24" reef tank. I am putting together my equiment list and with in the next few weeks or so will post it for review and helpfull comments. Regards joe |
02/19/2011, 05:42 PM | #3852 |
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I am returning to the hobby. I had a reef tank about 12 years ago then had kids. One unsupervised feeding can kill everything. After that we sold the tank. We recently purchased a 90gal and are starting to get it stocked with life rock. I ordered from Tampa Bay and so far I have the first shipment of my package. Will get the next one this week with any luck.
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02/19/2011, 06:16 PM | #3853 | |
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02/19/2011, 06:25 PM | #3854 | |
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02/20/2011, 01:36 PM | #3855 | |
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02/20/2011, 03:35 PM | #3856 |
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Just started this hobby, and I thought the tank was expensive and was I mistaken and the wife is mad
I have 75 gallon display tank, 30 gallon refugium, oceanic chiller, odyssey 2X 250 watt MH, 2 x T5, eshhops protein skimmer, two little fishes phosphate reactor, UV twist, Over flow box, Neptune Apex Controller, 85 pounds live rock, 3" sandbed, 2 powerheads, 2 pumps.......and about to buy a calcium reactor |
02/20/2011, 03:48 PM | #3857 | |
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02/20/2011, 08:25 PM | #3858 | |
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02/21/2011, 08:55 AM | #3859 |
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Hi
My name is Cindi, my bf Marty and I are starting our first reef tank. We have both had fresh water in the past but when we stopped by a LFS that was all salt we were convinced to go salt. We do have a 30 gal fresh that we set up so we wouldn't feel the need to "rush things" with the salt tank. We have set up a 90 gal DS with a 40 sump. We have an eshopps 100 skimmer, 2 9.5 mag return pumps, one attached to a SCWD wave maker. We went with a DSB, about 5 inches. Currently we have 50 lbs of base rock, which is mostly burried in the sand. We will be adding live rock this week. DS has two 1 1/2 inch bulk heads for overflows and custom pvc and acrylic overflow boxes. For lighting we have Solar Xtreme HO T5. We have just started to cycle the tank and are looking forward all the excitment to come! |
02/21/2011, 11:50 AM | #3860 |
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Newbie Terry here
I recently got back into aquariums. I currently have a nice 90g african cichlid setup in my dining room that everyone eating just sort of stars at during dinner. From mainly visits to fish store you can't help but notice the marine stuff and my interest has drifted towards setting up my own saltwater tank. I'm keeping it budget for now until i move and have room to keep both my 90g cichlid tank and which ever size marine tank i get. I used my old 30g as a homemade sump/refugium, ordered a large protein skimmer and starting putting stuff together. I was going to use a 29 for a dt to start but think i'm going to pick up a cheap 55g instead. My goal is to get experience raising a few fish and corals using a sump/refugium setup so when i move in a year or so i can have more confidence buying a 125g +/- and have most of the equipment on hand
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02/21/2011, 12:47 PM | #3861 |
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Hi our names are Rachel and Doug, we headed out to the store today hoping to expand on our fresh water tank and by the time we left the store we had decided to take the few fresh water fish and move them to a smaller tank for our daughter to place in her room. So now we are taking our 55 gallon tank and transforming it into a our first salt water tank. We'll start with fish only then we want to expand to a reef tank.
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02/21/2011, 05:43 PM | #3862 |
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Hello from Ireland. I picked up a tank from a friend yesterday who had lost interest in the hobby.Well anyway im a complete novice when it comes to marines and im gonna need some help to get on top of things. Ive already learned a lot from the site and look forward to learningmore. So i will create some threads in the valid sections regarding the help i need. Regards Dave
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02/21/2011, 07:19 PM | #3863 |
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Hello for Long Island NY. I am an avid fisherman/surfer and have a deep love and respect for the ocean. I thought I should round out my "waterman" mentality of starting a saltwater tank. I have been reading for about a month of so on the subject and look forward to getting started.
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02/22/2011, 07:32 PM | #3864 |
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My name is Sean. New to the hobby. Spent the last couple of years helping my brother with his reef tank, mostly as labor. I swore I'd never get into the hobby and now I have a 75g tank that I will be setting up as a seahorse tank. I guess it gets in your blood...
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02/23/2011, 08:06 AM | #3865 |
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hey everyone...
I am a newbie to RC... been in the hobby for about a year now |
02/23/2011, 10:52 AM | #3866 |
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New, excited and worried Part 1
Hi all. My name is Pierre and I live in a part of Canada that isolated from any good reef info. Glad I found this site! I started with a 35 gallon tank 3 years ago, with what I understand now is very rudimentary and probably bad equipment and advice from my pet shop. That tank got filled up pretty quick and I uprgraded to a 90 gallon mixed reef (not pre drilled) tank 9 months ago.
Now, I'm open to all the chastizing I deserve for the setup I currently run......let it fly, I want to learn and evolve! 90 Gal glass tank with canopy. Coralife Aqualight Pro 2x150w HQI with 2 True Actinic 65w. I have a not-deep-enough-yet sand bed, about 50 pounds of live rock. My filtration is the issue.....I only run my whole system on a canister filter (Rena XP3 with Chem pure elite for chemical filtration) and 2 Magnum H.O.T continuously running activated carbon. My next post will be my tank and its inhabitants......and my upcoming challenge. |
02/23/2011, 11:00 AM | #3867 |
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New excited and worried part 2
So my tank has a mix of LPS and SPS, a large yellow tang, a large hippo blue tang, a clownfish, 2 neon gobies(?), an urchin, a sea apple, cucumber, a cleaner shrimp and 2 blood shrimp.
I do a 20% water change every other week and filter maintenance every month. A friend of mine is moving and giving be his 200 gal mixed reef with a overflow sump setup. I'm looking at building me a basement sump refugium large enough to accomodate both tanks at once, and splitting the return to both tanks. Here is the challenge. The 200 gal tank will be in the basement, and my current tank on the main floor. Should I get 2 return pumps? split off just one? Sorry about the long intro.....figured I'd let it all out there |
02/23/2011, 12:48 PM | #3868 |
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Help posting a new message
best site by far
been in the hobby buisness 1 month lots to learn many questions. Can someone help me post a new message it is not allowing me to. thanks in advance |
02/23/2011, 05:20 PM | #3869 |
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Hello Reef Central I am fairly new to the hobby. basically I have had my 175g Oceanic bowfront for several years and could never get anything to work so I was about to quit when a friend bailed me out and referred me to R/C. I've got everything running now with sand and live rock snails, yellow watchman,melanarus wrasse,bi color goby. Where do I go on this post for lighting info and advice?
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02/23/2011, 06:24 PM | #3870 |
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A Valentine's Day Gift
Hi all!
I've recently received a Valentine's Day gift from my boyfriend, a new RSM130D! I don't have a lot of hands-on experience with keeping a salt water aquarium, but I am a biology student with a marine biology focus. I have been around these forums for a while, but really haven't posted a lot yet. I have my tank up and running, and the shipment for LR and LS come in today! It will be an Indo Pacific reef tank, but we'll see how well I manage that once I start putting things together. The rock I ordered was cured from Premium Aquatics, but I'm sure there will still be quite some cycle time before I'm in the clear with water testing and am able to add a CUC. I do need to do some research into a Tunze 9002 skimmer with media rack, as I have heard they are quieter than the stock skimmer that comes with this tank setup, though for now I am just content that all seems to be up and running perfectly. Saltwater is in the tank! If anyone would like to chime in and has sage advise on RSM130D's or on Indo Pacific reef tanks, feel free! Or if you're just the social type, and like to look at new tank threads (I love those)! Pictures soon to come, promise! |
02/24/2011, 02:02 AM | #3871 |
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Hi all my name is Shaun I am bran new to keeping a salt water tank....just started my first tank about 2 weeks ago. Its a 55 gal. Marine land its not drilled and I have an aquaclear 70 for filtration, fluval heater, a wave maker and two 15w power-glow lights. Right now there is 50lbs of medium grade sand and about 15 lbs of live rock....I know this set up is probably not optimal and it will be upgraded as I learn and as my budget will allow....I fear that I have made a rookie mistake in that I have added fish prematurely...there are two damsels and a pair of clown fish that my wife picked out....I was unaware of the cycle process when purchasing the fish.....(shame on me for not resurching beforehand)...im sure I will bug you all to death with all of the questions I have...
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02/24/2011, 08:19 AM | #3872 |
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Hi all my name is Steve, I am new here and new to salt water tanks.I have had freshwater tank for years, but have been out of the hobby for a few years. I plan on picking up one of the Dymax IQ3 picotanks as my first little attempt in the hobby.
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02/24/2011, 09:17 AM | #3873 |
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Hello all,
New to saltwater/reef. Have/Had been keeping and breeding African Cichlids for 4 years. Just sold my 125 gallon Cichlid tank and all my fish to make room for new 100 gallon. Recently set up first 30 gallon salt water for my daughter. It's been cycled and running for about 2 months now. Currently inhabited by CUC, 2 clowns, 1 green bubble tip anemone. Hoping to make this a nice reef aquarium. Also aquiring from a friend , for a great deal, a 100 gallon system he has had up and running for several years. Moving it this Sunday. So I'm jumping in head first and will be on this site alot I feel. |
02/24/2011, 03:01 PM | #3874 |
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Hello all. I am completely new to reef tanks and am thinking about buying a BioCube 29gal. Anyone out there with a BC 29 who has some inupt/ideas?
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02/24/2011, 07:24 PM | #3875 |
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Hello I new here on RC
Hello everyone ...glad to be here! I've been in the hobby for over 10 yrs. Currently have a 125G mix reef tank.
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