Thank you everyone for the warm welcome and comments.
Originally Posted by
deejeff442
http:///forum/post/3048309
well congrats
looks like you two did your homework the tank looks great.
already have alot of coraline growing ,great sign of a healthy tank.
love the hammer coral.
The water is clear, thankfully our tap water quality is pretty good, so we prepare the water a day before changing and wait about 20-24 hrs before changing. We change about 10% each week and 20% every month. All look healthy, but we do not know for sure of course. There are corals that are growing from the live rock we had purchased; like mushrooms and yellow polyps.
Originally Posted by ShawnAnthony
http:///forum/post/3048460
I think it looks great... I'm trying to get my 75 gallon tank up and running this summer. You and your husband must have done a lot of research!
This site has been tremendous help and SaltWaterFish.com people have been very responsive. Also, our two local LSF, Congressional Aquarium in Rockville MD and The Marine Scene in Reston VA have been very helpful with our efforts. We tried our best to learn as much as we can, but the more we learn, the more we realize how much we do not know; daunting...
Originally Posted by small triggers
http:///forum/post/3048461
I believe the tank is about 65gallons right? its looking really good
what kind of lights did it come with? I really think that all inclusive units are great for beginners, they make it alot easier to get the hang of all the reasons why things need to go a certain wey. Also, are you planning on adding anymore fish? and how easy has you calcium and magnesium been to keep stable? Anyways,, looks really great
Yes, the aquarium is 65-66 galons. I am not sure if this the right answer, but the top cover includes T5 bulbs, 39 Watts, three of them are labeled Max 10,000 and three of them "actinic;" and there are 8 total small blue LEDs for night lighting.
I think at this time, we are done with fish, it is relatively crowded and I want to focus more on corals. We perform tests either every week or bi-weekly for water parameters with the test kit provided from Red Sea, not sure if it is enough, but all parameters have been dead steady since the begining and at good to perfect levels.
The unit includes cooling fans for the lights and water, but as summer is getting started, it looks like we will have to have a water chiller. During the day with all lights on, the temps can reach as high as 85-87 deg. it hardly ever goes below 78, which worries us a little. Each day we need to add about 1 gallon of distilled water to the tank to compensate for evaporation and keeping salinity in check.
