saltwater/reef aquariums anyone?

[xXSTi-lynXx]

Is anyone on here into saltwater aquariums at all? If so post pics of your tank!
this is my 58g SPS reef all corals have been grown from frags i got less than two years ago
http://i175.photobucket.com/albums/w133/scoobyreefer/me008.jpg

[xXSTi-lynXx]

seriously no other people on here into aquariums? LowDime where you at ?

[chrome]

I'll put some pics up of mine when I get a chance

[xXSTi-lynXx]

you better cheeky bastard

[ItalionStallion888]

I don't currently have the space for a salt, but I've got a decent fresh water set up in the dinning room.

[xXSTi-lynXx]

I don't currently have the space for a salt, but I've got a decent fresh water set up in the dinning room.

pics!!!

i have never had a freshwater tank, I was always worried about the smell
always wanted to start a nice planted freshwater tank though as I have tons of extra halide fixtures and some extra bottles of CO2 from my old calcium reactor setup

[xXSTi-lynXx]

you dont need a ton of room for a saltwater tank,
chrome has a 29gal 1.5ftx1.5ft footprint that looks pretty sweet

[ItalionStallion888]

pics!!!

i have never had a freshwater tank, I was always worried about the smell
always wanted to start a nice planted freshwater tank though as I have tons of extra halide fixtures and some extra bottles of CO2 from my old calcium reactor setup

I have a lot of live plants and drift wood which keeps the smell down, that and doing 10% water changes every week, I have my cory catfish and algae eaters so the tank it always clean.

you dont need a ton of room for a saltwater tank,
chrome has a 29gal 1.5ftx1.5ft footprint that looks pretty sweet

I want a big salt water with a 2nd filtration tank, which I don't have room for.

[xXSTi-lynXx]

mine sits inside my stand, and a little tip when going with a saltwater system DO NOT TAKE SHORTCUTS. and dont skimp on $$ when buying equipment either. Anything made by TUNZE is expensive but top choice !
http://i175.photobucket.com/albums/w133/scoobyreefer/003.jpg
http://i175.photobucket.com/albums/w133/scoobyreefer/004.jpg

[MyLittlePwny]

Wow, that's bad ass

[xXSTi-lynXx]

thanks, i really cant understand why no one else on here is into them- almost everyone of my clients are into fast cars as well- i thought it went hand in hand.

[MyLittlePwny]

I don't have enough money for two expensive hobbies lol

[stevo8]

I looked into getting into fish, too damn expensive. I'd rather build a drag bike and lose my ass on that dead end investment. I feel like i'd find a way to kill all my expensive rocks, fish and plants and shit. That's beautiful though. I go to petworld etc while i'm on call and chck out their stuff. I love having a job that requires me to be on call and 10 minz away haha.

[Pasty T-Bag]

i love fish tanks! i just started a 55 gal fresh water tank....but im a beginner but my tank is really clean and clear and i have 2 african chilids four neon tetras and four orange fish i cant remember what they are called....but im really tired of fresh water already its kinda boring and there arnt really any cool fish...i want to go salt water soooo bad but dont know anyone that has one that i could get tips and stuff and im in school full time now soooo kinda tight on money right now.....but i love to coral it looks soooo sweet!

here are some pics of my tank. these were taken when I was first cycling the tank soooo ive changed a few things around and added fish and live plants lol ill try and get some up to date pics


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[Spoolin4Door]

I've had quite a few African Cichlid tanks, love them to death.

I was considering going saltwater here recently but changed my mind. Instead I'm going to setup another brackish tank with green spotted puffers. They seem to like more salinity when they get bigger so perhaps I'll end up with a full salt tank in the end.

[xXSTi-lynXx]

Ive wanted to setup a brackish tank for discus and some archer fish , those things ar bad ass

[Spoolin4Door]

Brackish tanks are great, such a wide variety of fish you can put in them. There is even a species of brackish ray you can keep.

[Pasty T-Bag]

i have no clue what a brackish tank is ??? and how much maintenance do you do on your salt water tank a week you'd say? and how much does it cost to go from my fresh water tank to convert it to a salt water tank?

[Spoolin4Door]

Brackish is a salt/freshwater tank, some salinity but not saltwater. There are a ton of different species that live in brackish waters.

[Pasty T-Bag]

Brackish is a salt/freshwater tank, some salinity but not saltwater. There are a ton of different species that live in brackish waters.

really??? hm thats kinda cool....but id still rather have pure salt water cuz id love to have coral......but im still tring to find out what the price would be form me to do the switch cuz right now i have a 55 gal fresh water tank with three air pumps and a hang on the side water filter... what all stuff would i need to start a salt water tank minus the fish cuz i can acquire them over time...

[Hibidi-Shibidi]

really??? hm thats kinda cool....but id still rather have pure salt water cuz id love to have coral......but im still tring to find out what the price would be form me to do the switch cuz right now i have a 55 gal fresh water tank with three air pumps and a hang on the side water filter... what all stuff would i need to start a salt water tank minus the fish cuz i can acquire them over time...

Read more. As it sits, you have a tank that will only have a couple of cichlids in it in the next month or so.

[Pasty T-Bag]

Read more. As it sits, you have a tank that will only have a couple of cichlids in it in the next month or so.

why would you say that???

[Hibidi-Shibidi]

why would you say that???

Cichlids aren't exactly community fish, and depending on whether or not the orange fish are also a type of cichlid (I'm thinking they might be parrot cichlid), the cichlids may not get along either.

Malawi, Victoria, and Tanganyika cichlids (lakes in Africa from which your fish came), may not all get along with each other.

[Pasty T-Bag]

Cichlids aren't exactly community fish, and depending on whether or not the orange fish are also a type of cichlid (I'm thinking they might be parrot cichlid), the cichlids may not get along either.

Malawi, Victoria, and Tanganyika cichlids (lakes in Africa from which your fish came), may not all get along with each other.

Ohhh hm no they all seem to do fine from what I see

[xXSTi-lynXx]

all I do is add a few drops of iodine to the tank once or twice a week, along with some frozen zoo plankton. I test calcium, alkalinity and magnesium every sunday and adjust my dosing system accordingly. I refill my Auto water leveling system once a month with a mixture of calcium and magnesium hydroxides and Lab grade water i make in my basement from a RO/DI unit, I have to replace the bulbs (400W radium halides) once every 6 months cause I over drive them with a M80 pulse start ballast to produce more PAR/ growth.
I do have to get in there with bone crushers every time to time to keep the corals from growing into eachother and to scrape some coralline algae from the glass.;

Its a fun hobby and can be profitable, also you may find that your friends may have a little trouble pulling themselves away from it after some good weed.

Pasty I bet I hook you up with everything you would need to get started, minus the lights.

here is a local forum that you can get good info/ cheap equip off of

salt-city.org

[xXSTi-lynXx]

your going to have to drill your tank if you want a nice reef ( $40)

then about 90 for a main pump
250 for a skimmer
60 on a "good" heater
50 on salt
40 on sand
150 on a "starter amount of live rock"
you cannot use un -purified water in a reef tank, you can buy drops to make the water safe for fish only, but If you want a reef tank you need lab grade water = 000 PPM ( parts per million of dissolved solids ) so an RO/DI unit is needed $250-300

then there is Lighting
again for a nice reef plan on spending 500
then another 100 on supplements / random crap
then add a hefty coral/ critter budget
So
About $2000 would convert your 55gallon into a nice looking reef tank

there have been quotes made that total over $100,000 for home aquariums,
people have laptops running their tanks on the web/ from their cell phones, its pretty incredible.
here is an international reef keeping forum
ReefCentral.com lots of cool techy builds


its a scary expensive, addicting hobby !!! STAY AWAY !!!!

[MoparManiac]

Here's my Living Room tank.

http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k228/onemore4x4/aquarium1.jpg

[LowDime]

never fear i am here. I am looking at getting back into the hobby since i moved back to this area.

[xXSTi-lynXx]

MOPARS tank
from left :
euphyillia glaberecens (torch coral)
remora shark
entactmea quadicolor (bubble tip anemone)
zebrasoma flavinecence sp??? (yellow tang)
volitian lionfish
brianium sp. (geen star polyp)
leminalia sp. (finger leather coral)
cortez stingray (actually a species of skate)
far right looks like another bubble tip anemone

what kinda lighting your running mopar


LOWDIME : do you still have your V8 bonne??? also when you get your reef up again hit me up if you want some frags
same goes for you mopar if you ever feel like steppin up to true stonys

[deftec]

I'll post pics of my new 75 setup as soon as I get it up and going. My current 75 went to shit somehow(broke out in flatworms, all my zoa's started dying, even one of my anemones is closing up, but my SPS and xenia's are doing great :confused:)

[xXSTi-lynXx]

FW are a bitch !!!! they really didnt do anything to my SPS, but they are ugly and were killing some $$$ zoas

get some salifert FW exit- do a 1/2 dose at a time and double the amount of carbon the instructions say. the reason for the 1/2 dose is to kill only a portion of the critters at a time as its the FW that have the toxins not the medication for them
also make sure you have a oversized skimmer rated for 3x your system volume- do you have the common xenia enlongata ??? or the rare red sea (pom pom) xenia ???
I would take it out during the treatment -it can crash quick and xenia is vey toxic
also studies have been shown that it releases compounds (like other softies) that slow the calcification process of sps/lps corals

[xXSTi-lynXx]

Oh snap I mis read - you tore it down- well when your up and running again hit me up! Ill throw you some free frags, only have sps these days though :cool:

[deftec]

No, it's still running, everything is doing better. I moved all my zoa's to my friends quarantine tank and he did a freshwater dip on them, said they're doing somewhat better than they were in my tank. I'm just keeping my fish/SPS in this current tank until I get the other one cycled.

[xXSTi-lynXx]

yeah _ get yourself some tropic marin pro coral cure - ever since I started dipping all incoming corals in that i haven't had a problem with flatworms , nudi's, red bugs no pests what so ever-

salt-city.org is a good local reef forum too

[deftec]

I'm not anywhere near KC, but I left you a pm.

[xXSTi-lynXx]

http://i175.photobucket.com/albums/w133/scoobyreefer/reeef036.jpg

homemade skimmer ( home depot technik)

http://i175.photobucket.com/albums/w133/scoobyreefer/reeef032.jpg
http://i175.photobucket.com/albums/w133/scoobyreefer/reeef033.jpg

old shots of my reef before the crash

[WheaMyRyceGo]

I will post up my brothers later tonight.

[Pasty T-Bag]

Here's my Living Room tank.

http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k228/onemore4x4/aquarium1.jpg
see this is what i want to have setup how much did this cost you cuz this looks like a good starter salt water tank setup

[GT4FTW]

I had a fresh water 55 gal tank and sold it to make rent....i want it back lol

[Pasty T-Bag]

I had a fresh water 55 gal tank and sold it to make rent....i want it back lol

i have a second 55 gal tank for sale it your interested :thumbsup:

[MoparManiac]

see this is what i want to have setup how much did this cost you cuz this looks like a good starter salt water tank setup

It definitely didn't cost me $2000. PM me your number and I could give you a quick walk through. I hate typin a bunch of shit.

[Pasty T-Bag]

It definitely didn't cost me $2000. PM me your number and I could give you a quick walk through. I hate typin a bunch of shit. ok will do! and i think i pretty much have the just of it...but idk just yet im talking to a guy on craigslist about a bunch of his shit he had for his salt tank. he pretty much has everything i need i think. it was a skimmer,two bio wheel filters, 5gal bucket of live sand (dont know if i should use his sand or buy new sand:dunno: ) , heater, salt water testing kit,and some other chemicals....

[GT4FTW]

i have a second 55 gal tank for sale it your interested :thumbsup:

i will let u know i am trying to get rid of my vehicles first

[Pasty T-Bag]

i will let u know i am trying to get rid of my vehicles first

will do! just pm me if you want it or know of anyone who wants it cuz its just taking up space lol

[Pasty T-Bag]

whats the weekly maintenance on a salt tank a week?

[chrome]

It all really depends on how big, what equipment you have and what you are keeping in it. My 6 foot tank took me messin with it every couple days but the 28 gallon JBJ Nano tank i have now is little to no maintence. I clean the glass with a magnet every few days (takes 30 seconds) and i pour about 3 gallons of new water in every 2 weeks for what has evaporated......Thats lkitterally it other than what you feed your fish really.

[Pasty T-Bag]

It all really depends on how big, what equipment you have and what you are keeping in it. My 6 foot tank took me messin with it every couple days but the 28 gallon JBJ Nano tank i have now is little to no maintence. I clean the glass with a magnet every few days (takes 30 seconds) and i pour about 3 gallons of new water in every 2 weeks for what has evaporated......Thats lkitterally it other than what you feed your fish really.

ok cool. im trying to set up a 55gal salt tank so thats why i was asking cuz everyone i talk to is telling me its to hard and high maintenance. im just worried about the cost of the chemicals each week and all the extra stuff i have to buy to convert my tank from a fresh to a salt tank

[chrome]

Unless you plan on dumping $1000 in badass corals right off the bat you dont have to have crazy exspensive equipment or even have to dose ANYTHING. You can do a straight FISH ONLY tank with just live rock in it for cheeeep. And that is a great way to get the hang of it anyways. Get a big maroon clown, puffer fish, lionfish and a big wrasse and feel like a pimp. All you need is the tank, hang-on bio-wheel filter, crappy hang on skimmer, heater, small powerhead, sand and rock.....DONE Under $500

[Pasty T-Bag]

Unless you plan on dumping $1000 in badass corals right off the bat you dont have to have crazy exspensive equipment or even have to dose ANYTHING. You can do a straight FISH ONLY tank with just live rock in it for cheeeep. And that is a great way to get the hang of it anyways. Get a big maroon clown, puffer fish, lionfish and a big wrasse and feel like a pimp. All you need is the tank, hang-on bio-wheel filter, crappy hang on skimmer, heater, small powerhead, sand and rock.....DONE Under $500

and thats exactly what im waning to do lol ill get coral sometime later when i got more money and experience. what is a power head and what does it do? cuz thats the only thing im not sure about

[chlsnk]

Pasty T-Bag cool to see you have chilids. My nine year old African chilid Fredrick died this year it was a sad day when he got flushed. I have a 55 gallon I really want to get set up but I just don't have the time to devote to it.

[Pasty T-Bag]

Pasty T-Bag cool to see you have chilids. My nine year old African chilid Fredrick died this year it was a sad day when he got flushed. I have a 55 gallon I really want to get set up but I just don't have the time to devote to it.

awww thats shity! well hey man when i get all my stuff together for my salt water tank im gonna have to get rid of my africans and the other few fish...if your interested ill give them to ya! lol cuz i think it ll be hard selling just a few fish ...

[chrome]

Powerhead is just basically a fan thats in the tank to circulate the water around and not leave any areas stagnent.

This is what i sell the most of.....I run one of the largest saltwater pet stores in the midwest :thumbsup

http://www.marinedepot.com/Hydor_Koralia_Evolution_Circulation_Pump_Powerhead _Fixed_Flow_Aquarium_Powerheads-Hydor_USA-HD00717-FIPHFF-vi.html

[Pasty T-Bag]

oh shit!? really? wheres your store id love to come buy and check it out!? and ohhhh ok ok yeah i have one of those already...its not that one but does the same thing

[xXSTi-lynXx]

This is what i sell the most of.....I run one of the largest saltwater pet stores in the midwest :thumbsup

http://www.marinedepot.com/Hydor_Koralia_Evolution_Circulation_Pump_Powerhead _Fixed_Flow_Aquarium_Powerheads-Hydor_USA-HD00717-FIPHFF-vi.html

LOL! I used to manage the exact same shop as you did,... AW--- you and I both know it's not one of the biggest in the midwest.

[xXSTi-lynXx]

old pics of my 58
http://i175.photobucket.com/albums/w133/scoobyreefer/reef001-1.jpg

http://i175.photobucket.com/albums/w133/scoobyreefer/reeef033.jpg
http://i175.photobucket.com/albums/w133/scoobyreefer/reef004-1.jpg
http://i175.photobucket.com/albums/w133/scoobyreefer/reef007-1.jpg
http://i175.photobucket.com/albums/w133/scoobyreefer/reef002-1.jpg
http://i175.photobucket.com/albums/w133/scoobyreefer/reef059.jpg

[chrome]

One of the most inventory "for sale" i would say it is up there but there are quite a few you should go check out in the area! Anythng STi says is pretty much the way it is he knows more about it all than just about anyone in the city!

[chrome]

BTW Cory, We just got in a sweet Aussie colony in of Strawberry Shortcake Acro.....Looks great you should come get a piece, Also got some Blue hawkins, Blue ecinada (sp?) etc.......

[Pasty T-Bag]

wow! thats a badass looking tank! is that coral or live rock???

[Pasty T-Bag]

And what about the lighting? I have lights for the tank i have now but idk if they are anything special.....cuz they aren't blue like yours

[LowDime]

thats coral and live rock. Looks like he has 2 250 watt metal halide pendants with 14k or 20k bulbs

[Spoolin4Door]

Do any of you have experience with Green Spotted Puffers? I've had figure 8 puffers in a brackish tank before with good success. My question is about GSP's thouogh. I know they tend to strive in high gravity brackish waters but can adapt and do very well in full marine. What are your thoughts on it? I'm asking because I'm getting ready to start a new tank and am still on the wall about going saltwater vs brackish.

[deftec]

Here's my new setup. 75 gallon main with a 55gallon sump. Should have all my fish and corals back in it by the end of the month if the water will cooperate lol

http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc6/hs052.snc6/168249_10150113558185973_505120972_8064554_7836627 _n.jpg

http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc4/hs1356.snc4/162866_10150113558365973_505120972_8064555_5367302 _n.jpg

[Pasty T-Bag]

Here's my new setup. 75 gallon main with a 55gallon sump. Should have all my fish and corals back in it by the end of the month if the water will cooperate lol

http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc6/hs052.snc6/168249_10150113558185973_505120972_8064554_7836627 _n.jpg

http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc4/hs1356.snc4/162866_10150113558365973_505120972_8064555_5367302 _n.jpg

fuck!!!!! man.......your tank is amazing!!!!!! you guys make it seem so easy!

[TehXshizzit]

nice tank man, i love fish tanks. ill take a picture of mine when im home.

[deftec]

Got a ton of coral to move into it lol. My friends babysitting the majority of it for me right now.

http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash1/hs784.ash1/167404_10150113641015973_505120972_8065889_7251098 _n.jpg

http://l3.sphotos.l3.fbcdn.net/hphotos-l3-snc4/hs1357.snc4/162943_10150113641150973_505120972_8065895_3662387 _n.jpg

http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash1/hs745.ash1/163706_10150113641390973_505120972_8065906_1487175 _n.jpg

Amongst some other pagoda's/etc. Can't wait to get them in the tank though!

[chrome]

Sold my big tank when i moved outta my house. Now i got this 28 gallon nano with a 150 watt metal halide light in it. It's a mixed reef but most of my sps croaked when i moved. I enjoy it and it's always a great conversation piece, visitors always stare at all the corals and busy bodies in there forever.

http://i1239.photobucket.com/albums/ff501/chrome84/2-2.jpg

[Pasty T-Bag]

wow nice tank!!!!! that looks amazing!!!

here are some pics of the tank stand im building today its for a 55gal and im building a nice oak cap as well. im looking to get it done tm. will post up the finished pics tm some time but here it is so far...

http://img593.imageshack.us/img593/943/img0467oc.jpg (http://img593.imageshack.us/i/img0467oc.jpg/)
http://img199.imageshack.us/img199/9130/img0468ps.jpg (http://img199.imageshack.us/i/img0468ps.jpg/)
http://img844.imageshack.us/img844/7440/img0469ex.jpg (http://img844.imageshack.us/i/img0469ex.jpg/)

[Pasty T-Bag]

its finished accept for the doors and the stain an finish on it but you get the just of it...on one side ill have my sump and everything http://img703.imageshack.us/img703/6696/img0470zk.jpg (http://img703.imageshack.us/i/img0470zk.jpg/)

[xXSTi-lynXx]

thats coral and live rock. Looks like he has 2 250 watt metal halide pendants with 14k or 20k bulbs

I was running 2x 250x radium 20k halides in a few of the pics
but I swapped out ballasts/bulbs to run 2x 400w radium 20k.

It is live rock and SPS coral


Chrome: Im too full as it is, I got shit growing into eachother left and right, also all I read was blah blah blah.

i dont care what you call it, its acropora tenius, acropora latistella, acropora lovelii etc etc
call it by any fancy nickname you want, to me it is genus and species.
I dont play the "nickname" game with coral........I only do that with pot.

[xXSTi-lynXx]

Got a ton of coral to move into it lol. My friends babysitting the majority of it for me right now.

http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash1/hs784.ash1/167404_10150113641015973_505120972_8065889_7251098 _n.jpg

http://l3.sphotos.l3.fbcdn.net/hphotos-l3-snc4/hs1357.snc4/162943_10150113641150973_505120972_8065895_3662387 _n.jpg

http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash1/hs745.ash1/163706_10150113641390973_505120972_8065906_1487175 _n.jpg

Amongst some other pagoda's/etc. Can't wait to get them in the tank though!

1st pic (front to back)
Trachyphyllia geoffori
goniopora strokesii

2nd pic and 3rd pic
2x goniopora strokesii
rhodactis sp. mushroom coral
entacmea quadricolor (anemone)

by pagoda coral you mean tubinaria sp?

[xXSTi-lynXx]

It all really depends on how big, what equipment you have and what you are keeping in it. My 6 foot tank took me messin with it every couple days but the 28 gallon JBJ Nano tank i have now is little to no maintence. I clean the glass with a magnet every few days (takes 30 seconds) and i pour about 3 gallons of new water in every 2 weeks for what has evaporated......Thats lkitterally it other than what you feed your fish really.

LOL! a properly set up a larger tank should require less care (minus feeding) than a smaller one, come on brandon get with the program.

[xXSTi-lynXx]

Anythng STi says is pretty much the way it is he knows more about it all than just about anyone in the city!

LOL why thanks, Im flattered !

[xXSTi-lynXx]

Here's my new setup. 75 gallon main with a 55gallon sump. Should have all my fish and corals back in it by the end of the month if the water will cooperate lol

http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc6/hs052.snc6/168249_10150113558185973_505120972_8064554_7836627 _n.jpg

http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc4/hs1356.snc4/162866_10150113558365973_505120972_8064555_5367302 _n.jpg

you need some cheatomorpha algae in that refugium you have there Sir

[deftec]

I didn't post pics of the pagoda's lol. As for the sump, It'll be getting plenty of it soon. My tangs ate it all from my previous setup, so I don't have any yet to fill it with lol. Plan on putting some mangroves in there also.

Chrome, your tank looks kickass also.

[xXSTi-lynXx]

Mangroves are Badass !, but to be effective at up-taking nutrients they need more intense light than a screw in PC lamp. they look so neat in sumps though, so who cares if they aren't very functional

I had some impressive ones growing in the overflow boxes of the reef tanks at the shop chrome works at when I managed it. Then the owner sold them once customers started asking about them.

I noted to achieve the classic sprawled out mangrove look to the roots, you need to attach the pod to a plastic rod and move it up to keep only 1/2 the roots out of water.

Here are some pics of the tanks at the shop when I managed it;

http://i175.photobucket.com/albums/w133/scoobyreefer/reef002.jpg
http://i175.photobucket.com/albums/w133/scoobyreefer/reef033.jpg
http://i175.photobucket.com/albums/w133/scoobyreefer/reef010-1.jpg
http://i175.photobucket.com/albums/w133/scoobyreefer/reef072.jpg
http://i175.photobucket.com/albums/w133/scoobyreefer/reef059.jpg
http://i175.photobucket.com/albums/w133/scoobyreefer/reef058.jpg

[xXSTi-lynXx]

Im bored more pics I have gathered over the 10+ years I have been doing this
more of my 58
http://i175.photobucket.com/albums/w133/scoobyreefer/STS-1-28-2010-1.jpg
http://i175.photobucket.com/albums/w133/scoobyreefer/reef008.jpg
http://i175.photobucket.com/albums/w133/scoobyreefer/FTS-2.jpg

one of my clients tanks ( no sump) CPR bakpak skimmer + 14w UVC

http://i175.photobucket.com/albums/w133/scoobyreefer/026.jpg

another one of my clients (4 months old oceanic 120g tech tank)

http://i175.photobucket.com/albums/w133/scoobyreefer/me001.jpg
http://i175.photobucket.com/albums/w133/scoobyreefer/me002.jpg

montipora danae (superman monti)
http://i175.photobucket.com/albums/w133/scoobyreefer/033.jpg
acropora austera
http://i175.photobucket.com/albums/w133/scoobyreefer/2-miagitort-Aaustera.jpg

Acropora milliepora (electric blue millie)
http://i175.photobucket.com/albums/w133/scoobyreefer/1-skyblue-Amilliepora.jpg

[deftec]

lol looks like you're really into the acroporas/sps's huh?

[xXSTi-lynXx]

I have been keeping reefs for about 13 years, I have been obessed about SPS for the last 8 of those years. I can identify every genus by its latin name, in addition I can Identify some of the 500+ species of acropora, and most of all the species of montipora by their latin name among other species of certain genus' of SPS coral.

I run a aquarium service company and I love it, building reefs with other peoples money and getting paid for it!

I just love the idea that a reef tank is its own little eco-system, and its fun trying to replicate every aspect of our ocean.

Did I mention reef aquariums are panty droppers????? (for you straights)

[xXSTi-lynXx]

SEX/ mother nature at her purest !
http://i175.photobucket.com/albums/w133/scoobyreefer/underwater-coral-nicklin-695684-sw.jpg

red people eaters (palythoa grandis)
http://i175.photobucket.com/albums/w133/scoobyreefer/coral4s003.jpg
Steve tyree's sarcophytum elegans
http://i175.photobucket.com/albums/w133/scoobyreefer/reef073.jpg
montipora verrucosa (apple berry monti)
http://i175.photobucket.com/albums/w133/scoobyreefer/reef069.jpg

montipora nodosa

http://i175.photobucket.com/albums/w133/scoobyreefer/reef057.jpg

acanthastrea lordhownesis and micromussa amakusensis
http://i175.photobucket.com/albums/w133/scoobyreefer/reef054.jpg

duncanopsammia axifuga
http://i175.photobucket.com/albums/w133/scoobyreefer/reef014-1.jpg

YES! I am a total geek

[deftec]

Finally got my corals moved in. Tank looks bare now for some reason to me lol. Plan on getting some more fish/shrimp/etc soon, so hopefully it won't be as empty. Also the pics are kinda crappy. Camera phone sucks for movement."

http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash1/hs895.ash1/180310_10150119191415973_505120972_8142940_8197558 _n.jpg

http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash1/hs895.ash1/180301_10150119192280973_505120972_8142964_717232_ n.jpg

[xXSTi-lynXx]

little tip on the tubastrea sp ( orange coral between the goinopora in the last pic)

because this is an a-photosynthetic coral (no zooanxthelle/ does'nt use light)
it requires alot of feeding , which is hard to get it to do , as the feeder tenticals are usually withdrawn.

a good trick is to place it in a bucket of old aquarium water when performing a water change. thaw out some brine/mysis shrimp , add the juices to the bucket to provoke the feeding response (tenticals open) and with a turkey baster lightly feed each polyp.
then place coral back in the system. This way the whole aquarium is not polluted and the coral is well fed.

[deftec]

Yeah. I'm almost positive it died off in the move before hand. I haven't seen them open or out in about 2 months. It ended up getting moved to the sump lol

[xXSTi-lynXx]

Another thing is they require mass amounts of flow, even laminar flow is alright and needed for the entire genus of tubastrea.
If you still see orange tissue in the centers of the corallites then its still able to come back.
But considering the labor involved in keeping it well fed and its probability of not exactly thriving in a nutrient poor contemporary reef system- Its a $35 coral= not worth it

[deftec]

Whoring the thread some more. The brain I have is probably my favorite piece in my tank. Roughly 6'' wide and 4'' tall

http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l258/Deftec/brainfull.jpg

[Pasty T-Bag]

This is my brand new tank stand for my 55gal that i just finished stealing last!!! hopefully its soon to be a salt tank! but for now its just the fresh water tank....its kinda crammed in my room for now but when I get stuff moved around it'll be even better!


http://img40.imageshack.us/img40/2672/dsc00542tk.jpg (http://img40.imageshack.us/i/dsc00542tk.jpg/)
filling the tank up..
http://img145.imageshack.us/img145/4887/dsc00543a.jpg (http://img145.imageshack.us/i/dsc00543a.jpg/)
extra inside cabinets...
http://img521.imageshack.us/img521/9389/dsc00544b.jpg (http://img521.imageshack.us/i/dsc00544b.jpg/)
this gonna be where my sump system will be at thats why theres so much space ...
http://img132.imageshack.us/img132/4926/dsc00546h.jpg (http://img132.imageshack.us/i/dsc00546h.jpg/)
night shot..it looks really nice when its dark
http://img823.imageshack.us/img823/2311/dsc00547z.jpg (http://img823.imageshack.us/i/dsc00547z.jpg/)
and the finished shot...

[xXSTi-lynXx]

you built that canopy and stand???

[xXSTi-lynXx]

if so, great work my friend ! way better than what I could do.

[Pasty T-Bag]

you built that canopy and stand???

yuuuuuuuup! :thumbsup: all in all it took me about 3 to 4 weeks ive been waiting to seal the damn thing but i couldnt spray outside in this freezing ass weather so i finally got to yesterday.

[Pasty T-Bag]

if so, great work my friend ! way better than what I could do.

Thanks man! :cheers:

[xXSTi-lynXx]

seriously, I may come to you when I need a new stand built.

awsome craftsmanship !

[Pasty T-Bag]

lol yeah I really like it and its a huge upgrade from my last stand

[xXSTi-lynXx]

Whoring the thread some more. The brain I have is probably my favorite piece in my tank. Roughly 6'' wide and 4'' tall

http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l258/Deftec/brainfull.jpg

nice chunk of tubinaria peltata you have there on the left side, also your trachyphillia geoffori (sp?) "open brain" (on sand bed) is effin huge!

[P-U-R-E]

Thanks man! :cheers:

need to get over there and make myself one or just pay your dad :lolg:

[adamf4i]

What does something like this cost to maintain to buy and maintain?

[94accordturbo]

Hey guys.... glad i saw this... I started my drilled 75 setup. I picked up 80ish lbs of LR from a friends pre-exisiting setup. Im running a 700g/h@4ft pump plus a magnum 350 i purchased to night, and 2 800g/h wave makers. Also im running the new coraline quad bulb setup w/night lights. ... anywho.. Im sure ill have lots of questions as i plan to have corals + anemones.

http://a4.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc6/185889_1866041129283_1188688174_2313163_3452170_n. jpg

[ajchandler]

Hey guys - I've got some corals I'm looking to unload - a bunch of different types of zoos, yellow polyps, star polyps, some mushrooms and some pretty cool lps brains. Let me know if you're interested. I'm trying to sell this stuff so I can get some different stuff. I'll sell them for pretty cheap (way cheaper than the pet store) Let me know!

[Kc_Boss_816]

nothing like most of you guys baller ass tanks.

http://i54.photobucket.com/albums/g96/thasnowman816/8dc175c5.jpg

I have a 55Gal tank i want to use but i need to buy a black stand for it. Anyone have one for sale or any accessory's like nice rocks statutes etc etc??

[ajchandler]

I've got a bunch of this stuff. It has crushed coral mixed in and some pretty cool pieces. Let me know if you're interested. $1 per pound will work.

[Spoolin4Door]

You need a bigger tank for your Oscars but I'm sure you know that. If you are looking for some good fake plants and don't want to pay fish store prices, check out Michaels Hobby. Aside from the fake driftwood all of the plants and the river rocks came from Michaels.


http://i54.tinypic.com/k561qs.jpg

[Kc_Boss_816]

yeah i have a bigger tank for them. Just need a fish tank then they will be swapped out of the small tank asap.

[Spoolin4Door]

I'm happy to hear that. I see to many fish, especially Oscars, spend their lives in tanks too small especially with how easily they seem to get Hole In The Head disease.

[Kc_Boss_816]

well thanks for looking out for my fish. :cheers: Hopefully i pick up a stand this weekend so i can swap them over. I have been reading up on them and saw that "hole in head" disease is very common with oscar's in small/poor water condition tanks.

[Spoolin4Door]

Good deal. Take good care of them. Oscars are cool ass fish loaded with personality and pure monsters when it comes to feeding.

[xXSTi-lynXx]

Hey guys.... glad i saw this... I started my drilled 75 setup. I picked up 80ish lbs of LR from a friends pre-exisiting setup. Im running a 700g/h@4ft pump plus a magnum 350 i purchased to night, and 2 800g/h wave makers. Also im running the new coraline quad bulb setup w/night lights. ... anywho.. Im sure ill have lots of questions as i plan to have corals + anemones.

http://a4.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc6/185889_1866041129283_1188688174_2313163_3452170_n. jpg
what do you run in the magnum? if your using the micro filter then clean or change it ever 48-72 hours or it will become an N03 factory.

if anyone wants some SPS frags I have some green montipora digitata and pink pollicipora i could get rid of. Both colonies where the only that survived my tank crash that happend about 9mo ago due to Kalkwasser overdose when my timer running a dosing pump failed so they are basically kill proof.
also need to snap a few branches off my green/ blue tipped acropora tenuis.

ill sell the frags for 5-10$
will take pics later today.

[xXSTi-lynXx]

My high tech 58gal SPS aquarium

(my lights come on at noon, ill throw pics up then)

equipment list :
LIGHTING- 2x 250watt radium halides run on a M80 pulse start ballasts.

WATER MOTION- TUNZE 6101 on pulse mode ramping between (600gph-3000gph),

RETURN PUMP- rio hyper flow 32 (1500gph @ 4')

SKIMMER/ FILTRATION-super reef octopus xp 2000 cone skimmer (rated for 250 gal)
29 gal sump

ATO -Auto Top Off- TUNZE osmolator with DIY calcium hydroxide dispenser

CALCIUM REACTOR- Korallin c3002, with millwaukee pH controller, 10lbs C02 tank. (rated to 800gal)

feed cyclops everyday, feed black jack reef crack every other day.

add 5 ml of combi-san bi weekly and 2 drops of lugols iodine twice a week.

test calcium, alkalinity, magnesium, P04, NO3 twice a week

[thinkskater]

Not saltwater.... So I know it's boring to you guys. I have three turtles and eleven fish.

http://i61.photobucket.com/albums/h58/thinkskater007/IMAG0017-1.jpg

http://i61.photobucket.com/albums/h58/thinkskater007/IMAG0056.jpg

[KCBear]

Alright, I am looking to start up my 20 gallon freshwater tank again for my fiance. I have a Marineland Penguin BIO-Wheel 200 filter and was wondering if I would be able to keep 2 Oranda Goldfish in it. I know a common rule for fancy goldfish is at least 20 gallons for the first and 10+ gallons for the 2nd, just checking to see if that was the consensus here. I believe that is due to them being a large bodied fish thus creating more waste. The filter does 200 GPH and I will do 20% water changes every week. Just wondering if that is possible.

If it isn't I will just go and get my fiance a 37 gallon tank/stand that is on sale right now and put 2 Orandas in there. If that is the route I have to go, which I am assuming it is...What would I be able to put in my 20 gallon. I know I personally like schooling fish so I know there are a lot of decent options for a 20 gallon tank but was wondering what others would suggest.

[Spoolin4Door]

I'd suggest putting the goldfish in the 37. They have a pretty big bioload and the extra water volume will keep them healthier.

You have a ton of options for 20 gallon tank. Is it a 20 long or a 20 high? If you like schooling fish there are tons of tetras you could put in there. I'd pick a group of tetras you like and then get 5 dwarf cory catfish. They stay small, cruise the bottom and love to school. Depending on how big of tetras you get and how many you could throw in a centerpiece fish like a Dwarf Gourami.

[KCBear]

I think we are planning to get this:

6 Cardinal Tetra's
3 White Skirt Tetra's
3 Black Skirt Tetra's
2 Oto's
1 Dwarf Gourami

[Spoolin4Door]

That would work. I've never had luck keeping oto's for a long time. They seem to be pretty fragile fish. I think part of the problem is that they aren't captive bred.

Instead of the ottos I think a school of 5 panda cory's would be a nice contrast with your white skirt tetras.

[KCBear]

Yeah I had thought about that but wasn't sure. I will probably get the panda cory's. According to aquarium advisor my tank will be 95% full with that configuration and obviously still have plenty of filter space.

[Spoolin4Door]

That stock is just fine, not much bioload in the fish you want in there.

The bioload of the goldfish would be too much for the 20. I'd say get the 37 and throw an Aquaclear AC70 on it and keep up with your water changes and you'll have happy goldfish.

[xXSTi-lynXx]

That stock is just fine, not much bioload in the fish you want in there.

The bioload of the goldfish would be too much for the 20. I'd say get the 37 and throw an Aquaclear AC70 on it and keep up with your water changes and you'll have happy goldfish.
I agree, goldfish are very dirty, they also like very alkaline water , which biological filtration decreases overtime from natrual acids released in the nitorgen cycle. anothjer thing is they are a cold water fish and must be kept without a heater.

[xXSTi-lynXx]

I decided that I dont have time for my reef tank anymore and I am tearing it down and selling off all my equipment. All very high end stuff. Look for my new thread in non car related buy/sell.

[Hibidi-Shibidi]

I have a 55gal tank, with a black cabinet front stand, a Rena Filstar XP4, and a ton of decorations that I'd be willing to part with relatively cheaply.

Anyone interested?

[Spoolin4Door]

How much for the XP4? I'd have to pay to have it shipped to me though.