taking the leap!

justkris9

justkris9

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Well I have been a silent reader for a while and decided to sign up and put up some pictures of my tank. It is 90 gal. tank with about an additional 130 gallons in my basement (in plastic drums not another tank) that cycles through. I started this project last march with the help of a friend, who had been doing the saltwater thing for a couple of years.
I want to add more LR and obviously more fish. I wish I would have added a backer before I set it up, but oh well--live and learn I guess.
Thanks to all who have posted very useful info in the past--you all have been a great help along the way. And I hope to get a ton more info from all.



 
psusocr1

psusocr1

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wow i actually like that broken collesium look,, its actually a nice look. nice tank, whats rthe fish list?
 
justkris9

justkris9

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yeah i hear what you are saying. I was real worried about fake decorations in there as well. My wife really wanted it in there, I said okay but if I didn't like it was gone. But it looked okay, so it stayed.
The couple of fish I have so far are:
Blue Hippo Tang
Choc. Chip Starfish
Princess Parrotfish
Yellow Angelfish
Coris Wrasse
A damsel and A Chromis (I had about 5 of each but I think my old lunar wrasse was eating them--I traded him in for something else)
Mandarin Goby
One more but I cannot remember for the life of me what he is.
 
ser_cyclops

ser_cyclops

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if you dont care i would like to hear about how you are cycling your tank with those drums and a pic... i am looking at starting a tank in the future but i have really no clue what i want but im reading some books.. and they are helping alot... they are for anyone else thinking of starting a new aquarium are the new marine aquarium by michael s paletta and the conscientious marine aquarist by robert m fenner they are great...
 
justkris9

justkris9

Member
Originally Posted by SeR_Cyclops
if you dont care i would like to hear about how you are cycling your tank with those drums and a pic... i am looking at starting a tank in the future but i have really no clue what i want but im reading some books.. and they are helping alot... they are for anyone else thinking of starting a new aquarium are the new marine aquarium by michael s paletta and the conscientious marine aquarist by robert m fenner they are great...
Yeah I will get you some pictures, it probably will take me about a week to get down there. It is more like a crawl space then a basement--so I don't go down there very often. I am due to clean the filter pad soon, so I now have two reasons to get down there.
 
stdreb27

stdreb27

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I got a back for mine from the fabric shop they were selling it really cheap like a dollar a yard. So I did the whole back of my tank for 2 bucks. A whole lot cheaper than getting paint or buying something from the fish store. And if it gets dirty I can wash it.
 
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