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Saltwater Tank Progress
Ok, I just figured I would make a new thread and put all my new pictures here, and keep adding!
From the start, 90 gallon tank
http://i157.photobucket.com/albums/t...20Tank/011.jpg
http://i157.photobucket.com/albums/t...20Tank/014.jpg
Rarely seen cat fish in the sump tank
http://i157.photobucket.com/albums/t...20Tank/033.jpg
Just so you can see the stand, we hard lined the plumbing and got a different sump tank
http://i157.photobucket.com/albums/t...20Tank/027.jpg
http://i157.photobucket.com/albums/t...20Tank/031.jpg
With a couple rocks
http://i157.photobucket.com/albums/t...20Tank/019.jpg
Cute snail, they stay under the sand during the day and put that little snorkel thing through the sand
http://i157.photobucket.com/albums/t...20Tank/008.jpg
Skimmer
http://i157.photobucket.com/albums/t...20Tank/028.jpg
Yellow Tail Damsels
http://i157.photobucket.com/albums/t...20Tank/040.jpg
And here is where we are tonight! Oh and the Blenny we got 6 days ago by accident is still alive and kickin! I can't believe he lived through not being in water for 40 minutes, and cycling the tank-which I assume is still cycling since it has only been a week.
http://i157.photobucket.com/albums/t...20Tank/044.jpg
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You are in the middle of a cycle, that is why it is cloudy.....it doesn't look like your drain is going through a prefilter or anything......just down to a tank, and back up through your return pump......gonna have nitrogen problems in the future.....gonna want another 50-75lbs of live rock, and good sump with prefilter......nice skimmer though......
Good luck with it.....
Jason
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Originally Posted by JTrott
You are in the middle of a cycle, that is why it is cloudy.....it doesn't look like your drain is going through a prefilter or anything......just down to a tank, and back up through your return pump......gonna have nitrogen problems in the future.....gonna want another 50-75lbs of live rock, and good sump with prefilter......nice skimmer though......
Good luck with it.....
Jason
We also stirred up a lot of sand because we just put those rocks in, but it definitely needs some filtering. The sump tank is getting set up tomorrow. We put glass panels in the tank yesterday so it's curing today. The water will go into the area where the skimmer is, and there will be filters/live rock in the sump tank. I'm not exactly sure how it will work, my fiance is in charge of that. And we are definitely getting more rock!
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If you have any questions, just post, or send me a PM.....I have been doing saltwater, and working in Saltwater fish stores for about 7 years now.......can pretty much help with MOST common stuff.....let me know.......you on any saltwater forums?
Jason
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Originally Posted by JTrott
If you have any questions, just post, or send me a PM.....I have been doing saltwater, and working in Saltwater fish stores for about 7 years now.......can pretty much help with MOST common stuff.....let me know.......you on any saltwater forums?
Jason
Cool thanks! I'm on saltwaterfish.com, but I'm not very active on there. Is there a better one out there?
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The best one that I have found is reefcentral.com......great pics, great people....
Jason
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Reefcentral and nanoreefs are great forums to learn on. I agree, you need more live rock. I would search those forums on the stages of the cycle and what order to add inhabitants. I always did: live rock then a clean up crew, then fish, then corals. That was a while ago though and the hobby progresses some times. It is very important to know the timeline of things because there are steps that will make you think you are going backwards but actually they are supposed to happen.
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Looks nice, you have some good equipment to start out with which most don't do. I'd toss those damsels before you add more rock while you can still catch them though. If you join reefcentral you can probably find a local forum too.
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Reefcentral and nanoreefs are great forums to learn on. I agree, you need more live rock. I would search those forums on the stages of the cycle and what order to add inhabitants. I always did: live rock then a clean up crew, then fish, then corals. That was a while ago though and the hobby progresses some times. It is very important to know the timeline of things because there are steps that will make you think you are going backwards but actually they are supposed to happen.
I will definitely have to get on ReefCentral then! We will hopefully spend another $100 on rocks before too long. We have just dumped so much money into this tank in the last few weeks our wallets need break for a week or so, lol. I know we are supposed to wait for fish. The blenny was an accident and the guy who owns the saltwater store thinks you should have a fish or two to cycle the tank, so I said, "to heck with it, I'll try it".
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Looks nice, you have some good equipment to start out with which most don't do. I'd toss those damsels before you add more rock while you can still catch them though. If you join reefcentral you can probably find a local forum too.
Thank you! Lol, I keep hearing bad things about those damsels!
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Lookin good so far! I've always wanted to try saltwater, but i'm too much of a scaredy-cat. I only know freshwater. Anyway......you should consider putting your heater in your sump tank. Gives the tank a cleaner look IMO.
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Yeah we still need to move it. It might be too big for our sump tank though :( it might be going in the corner with the pipes as long as it keeps the temp stable.
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Yeah we still need to move it. It might be too big for our sump tank though :( it might be going in the corner with the pipes as long as it keeps the temp stable.
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It should....there is plenty of water flow inside of the overflows.
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Just a quick update, our tank is getting dirty and our ammonia is finally going down! I'm so excited to see the tank cycling progress!
And Lenny is still alive, don't ask me how. He has been swimming around having a hay day with all the algae that is growing in the tank.
http://i157.photobucket.com/albums/t...Tank/005-1.jpg
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Looks good!!! keep up the good work :D:banana:
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Off to a great start!
I would recommend captivereefs.com! We are like family over there, they got the know how and nicer people than the big sites!
Tell them Captain sent ya!
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An update on the tank. We got some more rocks and a few fish in the tank, they are a hardier fish and the guy from the saltwater store says if our Blenny is alive and well we can try some other fish. Our levels are just about perfect and have been for about a week, I'm so excited to see the tank coming along! Oh, and we got the damsels out and traded them in, that was hard work catching them! They would not leave our peppermint shrimp alone and one of the damsels had a really bad cut on his face, either from the shrimp or an emerald crab. I figured since everyone said to get rid of those from the start we might as well get rid of them since they wouldn't leave the shrimp alone.
We have about 70lbs of live rock in the tank now, about 20 more pounds to go!
http://i157.photobucket.com/albums/t...Tank/001-1.jpg
Our first bit of coral
http://i157.photobucket.com/albums/t...Tank/012-2.jpg
Blue green chromis. They are a schooling fish so they stay close together all the time
http://i157.photobucket.com/albums/t...Tank/004-3.jpg
And the clowns
http://i157.photobucket.com/albums/t...Tank/008-2.jpg
http://i157.photobucket.com/albums/t...Tank/010-4.jpg
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I'm so envious. I just started fishkeeping with freshwater, but when I get into this more, I will eventually get into saltwater.
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Looking good. Cant wait to see this in a year.
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Looking good! Makes me want to get back into the hobby.
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Your tank is looking awesome!!!!
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Looking good! Makes me want to get back into the hobby.
Thank you! It's a lot of money and time, but I have really enjoyed it thus far!
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Your tank is looking awesome!!!!
Thank you!
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