My first Reef tank

thatwireguy

thatwireguy

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Hey guys, I'm new here and new to Saltwater tanks. I will be posting my progress of my new 90 gallon Reef tank. I started out with a 55 gallon, then came across a great deal on a 90 so I transferred everything (LS, LR,Water and Fish) to the new tank. Luckily nothing died. Here is some pics of the first tank and the new one. I started my original setup a little over 3 months ago. I'll post more later.
1 cinnamon clown
1 clark's clown
2 chromis
1 yellowtail damsel
2 anemones
1 star serpant
1 coral banded shrimp
lots of snails and crabs
1 leather coral
1 colt leather (un sure, it was a hitchhiker)
and a lot of red mushrooms.
4 54 watt t5's
2 #4 powerheads
2 emperor 400's
150+lbs of LR
led moonlight strip




 
fanker

fanker

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very nice. coming along great. might wanna bump up the filtration like a sump and skimmer. how do u like the glo-lights? thats what u have right? my brothers got the 2x54w for his freshwater planted tank. he loves it
 
thatwireguy

thatwireguy

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Originally Posted by fanker
http:///forum/post/3035933
very nice. coming along great. might wanna bump up the filtration like a sump and skimmer. how do u like the glo-lights? thats what u have right? my brothers got the 2x54w for his freshwater planted tank. he loves it
I wanted to do a sump, but this tank wasnt drilled nor will my stand house a sump setup. Protein skimmer and a decent Background are my next purchases.
Yes they are Glo lights. I have 2 fixtures with 2 54watt bulbs each. They seem to be working great so far. I don't have much corals yet to tell for sure but it should do fine. I'm waiting for my anemones to settle in before I add more coral.
Thanks for the props guys...
 
nycbob

nycbob

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nice. u can actually ditch the hob filters and replace it with another koralia. ur liverocks and caluerpa plant will act as filters, absorbing nutrients and cleaning the water.
 
thatwireguy

thatwireguy

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Originally Posted by nycbob
http:///forum/post/3036266
nice. u can actually ditch the hob filters and replace it with another koralia. ur liverocks and caluerpa plant will act as filters, absorbing nutrients and cleaning the water.
Really? I didn't know that.It will still stay clean? I also plan on adding more rock to bring up the sides on the reef.
 
culp

culp

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Originally Posted by thatwireguy
http:///forum/post/3036202
I don't have much corals yet to tell for sure but it should do fine. I'm waiting for my anemones to settle in before I add more coral.
even after your anemone settles and picks a spot. it could decide to begin moving around again at any time. so you'll have to keep a eye on it to make sure your ready if it depends to move again.
 
thatwireguy

thatwireguy

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Yeah, that what I hear. So far so good. I have one that my female clown loves and I put its foot in a hole, its been there for almost a month, the other is new. I added it for my male clown. Its been there for less than a week. He gets to sleep in it, but my lady clown owns it as well during the day. I'm crossing my fingers. A lot of my corals I will start with frags from my buddies here locally. A lot easier on my wallet!
 
oceansidefish

oceansidefish

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You can ditch the HOB filters definately....A hice HOB skimmer will be totoally worth it, get the best one you can. I would keep one HOB filter handy so you can run carbon once a month to keep that water crystal clear.
 
maryg

maryg

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There is nothing wrong with using a HOB filter. You can never have enough filtration. Using it for the carbon alone is worth it. I run one in my 55. It also gets full of pods!
 
thatwireguy

thatwireguy

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I'm gonna leave the HOB's on for now. I want a skimmer, just waiting for more cash. I may run one HOB and a skimmer.I'm getting some more LR tomorrow for 2 bucks a lb.Hopefully they have some nice pieces so I can build up the sides of my reef. Ill post more pics when I add it.
 
thatwireguy

thatwireguy

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Okay, I added some big LR pieces today. About 65+ lbs worth. And I got a very nice Frogspawn as well. I finally added fish to my 20 gallon reef tank (2 very small Ocellaris clowns). Now working on a coralife retro-kit for the 20 . Has 2 65w ballasts.
I'll post some new pics later.
 
thatwireguy

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Here they are. The frog spawn wasn't opened all the way, it was only in the tank an hour before the pics. What a difference a few big rocks will do.




 
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