Getting to know Tucson reefers - Page 3

SEA Fan · 01/25/2011, 09:56 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by aquaph8

Now I wanna see more pics of your cabinet. You cant really see it in the ^^^^pics. By the way it was nice meeting your and your wife over the weekend.

This picture shows the cabinetry work for the stand and the canopy. I made the cabinets and hood out of red oak, stained with Rosewood, and I made raised panel cabinet doors.

aquaph8 · 01/25/2011, 09:58 PM

I will soon. I haven't got all the bulbs replaced and all working right yet.

99Trev · 01/26/2011, 01:45 PM

Hello one and all.
My name is Trever (Trev). I have had my tank for about 1 1/2 years now. This is my first saltwater tank (not sure how many freshwater tanks). It has been quite a learning experience. I am still learning (and asking lots of questions).

I have a 120g tank, 10g fuge, canister filter, HOB protein skimmer, T5 lights...
Here is a photo of the "whole thing" from a couple of months ago (note to self, need an updated picture, I have added several fish, rock, coral since this was taken).

Here are some youtube videos my wife took / posted:

Full tank:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CFSDGV0hBJc

The "camera hogs" kept getting in the way of the corals, but it has some good close ups:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zbWP1c2RKL4

And my "smoking" crab:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GwfuR7ukrTk

Looking forward to meeting all of you, and learning more (hope not to get flamed for asking too many questions).

aquaph8 · 01/26/2011, 04:28 PM

Welcome Trever
Feel free to ask away

Rainman69 · 01/29/2011, 05:34 PM

Hello tucsonians. My name is Ray and i have been in tucson for 30 some years. I've been keeping aquariums for most of them and saltwater since 2000. This is a pic (maybe first time i've tried) of my soon to be retired 110.

miguelp19 · 01/29/2011, 06:21 PM

Hey Ray, welcome to RC. Your tank looks pretty awesome! Why will you be retiring such a nice setup??

fishaholic911 · 01/29/2011, 09:17 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by miguelp19

hey ray, welcome to rc. Your tank looks pretty awesome! Why will you be retiring such a nice setup??

+1

Rainman69 · 01/29/2011, 11:00 PM

Thank you for the kind words. The tank has a cpr overflow which has failed me for the last time. Also i have really destroyed the glass over the years. So my plan is a new 120 with hopefully a more open look. If the glass on the back looks usable I'll try drilling the tank if not my bearded dragons house is getting bigger.

vwcarter · 01/31/2011, 10:12 PM

hi im mike i dont really have any good pics of my tanks but ill post some up when i get them. i have a 24 gallon cube a 3 gallon pico and a 10 gallon half moon i've had a bunch of different fish but the one im most proud of is my 7month old mandarin who happily accepts frozen food i have a few different corrals but nothing impressive
oh also im way out in vail

vwcarter · 02/02/2011, 09:03 PM

i took some pictures and have a correction i no longer have the mandarin he passed earlier today of unknown causes

sillygoose · 02/02/2011, 10:57 PM

Welcome to the forum. Sorry to hear about your mandarin. Was your tank well-established when you got him?

vwcarter · 02/02/2011, 11:06 PM

my mandarin story is kinda funny i actually got him when my original 10 gallon was only like 2 months old and i made every single mistake a new reefer could possibly make, and he lived thru it all. he ate brine shrimp and mysis like it was candy. tuesday morning i got up and when i turned on the light for his tank the purple pysdochromis which was one of his tank mates was dead stiff and he was floating with one eye out of the water being pushed by the the water current but still breatheing. i put him in a nursery box in my 24 gallon, now whats weird is i tested the water and every thing was in near perfect and the engineer goby in the tank is still alive

sillygoose · 02/03/2011, 10:23 AM

Hmmm. Has anyone in your household used any cleaning products or solvent-based compounds near the tank? If you haven't already, I'd do a pretty good water change. Even if your chemistry looks good, there are so many things we can't test for. A water change will dilute any bad stuff and replenish good stuff. (Sorry if this is obvious but I don't know how long you've kept saltwater.)

BTW, I couldn't find my mandarin last night. He was in the overflow. So midnight last night, my husband and I were fishing him out. He seems a bit subdued but not too much worse for the wear...

oneate7 · 02/03/2011, 03:37 PM

Hey all, I'm Marc. I'm down in Sierra Vista so I get the pleasure of driving 70 miles every other weekend to feed my habit :-).

Tank is a one year old RSM 130D

Everything in the tank is doing well, but not as well as I would like :-). That Monti nearly bit it, but it seems to be coming back from the brink!

fishaholic911 · 02/03/2011, 07:48 PM

Nice looking tank you got there

vwcarter · 02/03/2011, 11:07 PM

nope standing rules in my house you dont do anything to my tanks unless told otherwise

mabey my engineer goby kicked up the wrong pile of sand or something

aquaph8 · 06/08/2011, 07:13 AM

Bump for anybody new or anybody that wa nts to update. Keep the pics coming Tucson.

phenom5 · 06/08/2011, 10:28 AM

Wow, lots of great tanks hanging around the Old Pueblo.

I suppose I should post mine here...

Skinner · 06/08/2011, 11:32 AM

My name is Mike and I just moved to Tucson approximately two years ago and set up my 75 gal a little over a year ago. I bought my stand and light unit (4bulb T5) from a local reefer. I've met a few people on this forum when purchasing frags and everyone has been extremely friendly and helpful. There are some beautiful tanks here locally. For fish I currently have a CBB, bristletooth blenny, tomato clown, sleeper goby, and a single chromis that has survived from the beginning. Most of my corals I've bought are from people on this forum. I currently have blue clove polyps, kenya tree, various mushrooms and ricordea, a RBTA that has since split (thanks Gary), frogspawn, trumpets, various zoas, GSP, green slimer acropora and thats about it. I'll try to post some pics if I get a chance.

sillygoose · 06/08/2011, 09:39 PM

Here is our current 90 gallon. The pictures are not great but hopefully they'll look OK.

sillygoose · 06/08/2011, 09:44 PM

A couple more...

sillygoose · 06/08/2011, 09:47 PM

The focus and the colors are much better in person.

Skinner · 06/09/2011, 09:08 AM

Full Tank Shot

phenom5 · 06/09/2011, 09:29 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by sillygoose

The focus...much better in person.

That depends if I have m contacts in or not...if not, it may not be any better in person.

Juston · 06/09/2011, 11:11 AM

Hey Guys and Girls,

Long time stalker, first time poster. I wanted to say hi and come out of the closet.

My name is Juston, and I am a reefaholic. I have had many Fresh water tanks, but recently jumped into the saltwater side. So much more satisfying. My girlfriend and I just bought a 100 gallon with a 30 gallon sump. Currently we just finished cycling the live rock, other then a diatom bloom which makes the tank ever so exciting, there isn't much inside yet. Dying to put more in now, but have been put on a budget freeze by the woman who wears the pants.

Here is the current setup.

Hope to meet you guys and add something like cool frags to the community soon.

http://i45.photobucket.com/albums/f5...d-DSC_3181.jpg

01/25/2011, 09:58 PM	#52
aquaph8 Love The Fish Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Tucson, AZ Posts: 5,652	I will soon. I haven't got all the bulbs replaced and all working right yet. __________________ Brett Current Tank Info: Leemar 60x36x24, 8x80 T5/LED Sfiligoi GENESIS Alpha 300 skimmer

01/26/2011, 04:28 PM	#54
aquaph8 Love The Fish Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Tucson, AZ Posts: 5,652	Welcome Trever Feel free to ask away __________________ Brett Current Tank Info: Leemar 60x36x24, 8x80 T5/LED Sfiligoi GENESIS Alpha 300 skimmer

01/31/2011, 10:12 PM	#59
vwcarter Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: vail Posts: 31	hi im mike i dont really have any good pics of my tanks but ill post some up when i get them. i have a 24 gallon cube a 3 gallon pico and a 10 gallon half moon i've had a bunch of different fish but the one im most proud of is my 7month old mandarin who happily accepts frozen food i have a few different corrals but nothing impressive oh also im way out in vail Last edited by vwcarter; 01/31/2011 at 10:20 PM.

02/03/2011, 07:48 PM	#65
fishaholic911 Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Albuquerque, NM Posts: 2,822	Nice looking tank you got there __________________ happiness is like peeing in your pants everyone can see it, but no one feels the warmth as you do. Current Tank Info: 80 gallon, vertex 150 skimmer, 2 mars aqua 165 watt leds and 2MP40WQD

06/08/2011, 07:13 AM	#67
aquaph8 Love The Fish Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Tucson, AZ Posts: 5,652	Bump for anybody new or anybody that wa nts to update. Keep the pics coming Tucson. __________________ Brett Current Tank Info: Leemar 60x36x24, 8x80 T5/LED Sfiligoi GENESIS Alpha 300 skimmer

01/26/2011, 01:45 PM	#53
99Trev Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Tucson Posts: 72	Hello one and all. My name is Trever (Trev). I have had my tank for about 1 1/2 years now. This is my first saltwater tank (not sure how many freshwater tanks). It has been quite a learning experience. I am still learning (and asking lots of questions). I have a 120g tank, 10g fuge, canister filter, HOB protein skimmer, T5 lights... Here is a photo of the "whole thing" from a couple of months ago (note to self, need an updated picture, I have added several fish, rock, coral since this was taken). Here are some youtube videos my wife took / posted: Full tank: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CFSDGV0hBJc The "camera hogs" kept getting in the way of the corals, but it has some good close ups: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zbWP1c2RKL4 And my "smoking" crab: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GwfuR7ukrTk Looking forward to meeting all of you, and learning more (hope not to get flamed for asking too many questions).

01/29/2011, 05:34 PM	#55
Rainman69 Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Tucson AZ Posts: 35	Hello tucsonians. My name is Ray and i have been in tucson for 30 some years. I've been keeping aquariums for most of them and saltwater since 2000. This is a pic (maybe first time i've tried) of my soon to be retired 110.

01/29/2011, 06:21 PM	#56
miguelp19 Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Tucson,AZ Posts: 430	Hey Ray, welcome to RC. Your tank looks pretty awesome! Why will you be retiring such a nice setup??

01/29/2011, 11:00 PM	#58
Rainman69 Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Tucson AZ Posts: 35	Thank you for the kind words. The tank has a cpr overflow which has failed me for the last time. Also i have really destroyed the glass over the years. So my plan is a new 120 with hopefully a more open look. If the glass on the back looks usable I'll try drilling the tank if not my bearded dragons house is getting bigger.

02/02/2011, 10:57 PM	#61
sillygoose Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Tucson, AZ Posts: 1,092	Welcome to the forum. Sorry to hear about your mandarin. Was your tank well-established when you got him?

02/02/2011, 11:06 PM	#62
vwcarter Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: vail Posts: 31	my mandarin story is kinda funny i actually got him when my original 10 gallon was only like 2 months old and i made every single mistake a new reefer could possibly make, and he lived thru it all. he ate brine shrimp and mysis like it was candy. tuesday morning i got up and when i turned on the light for his tank the purple pysdochromis which was one of his tank mates was dead stiff and he was floating with one eye out of the water being pushed by the the water current but still breatheing. i put him in a nursery box in my 24 gallon, now whats weird is i tested the water and every thing was in near perfect and the engineer goby in the tank is still alive

02/03/2011, 10:23 AM	#63
sillygoose Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Tucson, AZ Posts: 1,092	Hmmm. Has anyone in your household used any cleaning products or solvent-based compounds near the tank? If you haven't already, I'd do a pretty good water change. Even if your chemistry looks good, there are so many things we can't test for. A water change will dilute any bad stuff and replenish good stuff. (Sorry if this is obvious but I don't know how long you've kept saltwater.) BTW, I couldn't find my mandarin last night. He was in the overflow. So midnight last night, my husband and I were fishing him out. He seems a bit subdued but not too much worse for the wear...

02/03/2011, 03:37 PM	#64
oneate7 Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2011 Posts: 8	Hey all, I'm Marc. I'm down in Sierra Vista so I get the pleasure of driving 70 miles every other weekend to feed my habit :-). Tank is a one year old RSM 130D Everything in the tank is doing well, but not as well as I would like :-). That Monti nearly bit it, but it seems to be coming back from the brink!

02/03/2011, 11:07 PM	#66
vwcarter Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: vail Posts: 31	nope standing rules in my house you dont do anything to my tanks unless told otherwise mabey my engineer goby kicked up the wrong pile of sand or something

06/08/2011, 10:28 AM	#68
phenom5 Unregistered Member Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Arizona Posts: 5,096	Wow, lots of great tanks hanging around the Old Pueblo. I suppose I should post mine here... __________________ Rob Current Tank Info: DSA 155 Pro \| ATI Sunpower \| ATB 840 v2 \| Apex \| Wav

06/08/2011, 11:32 AM	#69
Skinner Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Tucson, AZ Posts: 73	My name is Mike and I just moved to Tucson approximately two years ago and set up my 75 gal a little over a year ago. I bought my stand and light unit (4bulb T5) from a local reefer. I've met a few people on this forum when purchasing frags and everyone has been extremely friendly and helpful. There are some beautiful tanks here locally. For fish I currently have a CBB, bristletooth blenny, tomato clown, sleeper goby, and a single chromis that has survived from the beginning. Most of my corals I've bought are from people on this forum. I currently have blue clove polyps, kenya tree, various mushrooms and ricordea, a RBTA that has since split (thanks Gary), frogspawn, trumpets, various zoas, GSP, green slimer acropora and thats about it. I'll try to post some pics if I get a chance.

06/08/2011, 09:39 PM	#70
sillygoose Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Tucson, AZ Posts: 1,092	Here is our current 90 gallon. The pictures are not great but hopefully they'll look OK.

06/08/2011, 09:44 PM	#71
sillygoose Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Tucson, AZ Posts: 1,092	A couple more...

06/08/2011, 09:47 PM	#72
sillygoose Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Tucson, AZ Posts: 1,092	The focus and the colors are much better in person.

06/09/2011, 11:11 AM	#75
Juston Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: Tucson Posts: 7	Introductions Hey Guys and Girls, Long time stalker, first time poster. I wanted to say hi and come out of the closet. My name is Juston, and I am a reefaholic. I have had many Fresh water tanks, but recently jumped into the saltwater side. So much more satisfying. My girlfriend and I just bought a 100 gallon with a 30 gallon sump. Currently we just finished cycling the live rock, other then a diatom bloom which makes the tank ever so exciting, there isn't much inside yet. Dying to put more in now, but have been put on a budget freeze by the woman who wears the pants. Here is the current setup. Hope to meet you guys and add something like cool frags to the community soon. http://i45.photobucket.com/albums/f5...d-DSC_3181.jpg Last edited by Juston; 06/09/2011 at 11:15 AM. Reason: Adding Picture link

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