donnyholland
Reefing newb
So I was thinking, I don't really know what kind of aquarium everyone has so I thought I would start a thread to find out. I think its a great way to break the ice and get to know some people here!
So here is your chance to tell everybody what you got or don't got depending I guess hehe. So be as geeky as you want and talk about your aquarium so we all know what you have. If you don't have an aquarium then say I don't have an aquarium and then we at least know and can help you get one heheh..
Okydoky; I'm kinda new to the whole aquarium thing I just dove in about months ago so I'm still a noob..
History: I got my aquarium from someone that was trying to sell his and honestly I got an unbelievable deal. Granted, when I picked up the aquarium the livestock and the water were in pretty bad shape but it cleaned up just fine. Everything went great for the first 4 months and the tank was booming! Then it happened. A month and a half ago I left on vacation and I had a HVAC malfunction and it melted down my whole tank just about so I had to start from scratch almost.. So anyway on to the nerdiness...
Aquarium: 120 gallon Oceanic 2x2x4 tank on an oceanic stand. It has 2 overflows in each corner and is predrilled with 2 holes in each corner.
Light: aqua medic spacelight 48" with 2 250watt hqi bulbs (just ordered 2 phoenix bulbs to put in it) with 2 24 watt power compact actinics.
Sump: 30 gal glass tank (no separation just a plane tank) with skimmer and a few rocks in it. I plan on moving my sump and refugium to the basement in the coming weeks to increase the size and help quiet down the tank (its in my studio)
Refugium: CPR hang on refugium with caulerpa (grape, taxifolia) with the light on 24hours. Hope to get rid of this or turn it into a mangrove area after I move my sump to basement.
Protein Skimmer: Aqua C EV180 with a mag 7 pushing it.
Top Off : Litermeter III with a 30g reservoir in my basement. Its pretty sweet it can pump up 60 feet of head.
Water Change: I was using Oceanic (stay away this stuff sucks) and I just switched to Instant Ocean Reef Crystals. I have litermeter also set to replace 15 liters of water per day with new salt water. Thats about 4 gallons a day and add up to 21 gallons a week water change done a little bit at a time. I love it and its great to not have to carry buckets up the stairs anymore. :)
Feeding: I am currently feeding spectrum, some flake (don't have alot of fish currently) dosing DT's (till I get my reactors up and running).
Dosing: I am dosing lugols once a week for iodine, Spectra Vital/Black Powder (not sure if this is something I will keep doing), Super Buffer DKH ( will stop this once I get a calc reactor.
Well that just about does it for now but I am setting up a 54 gal softy tank tomorrow for my wife and I will post those specs when I get it put together.:^:
/donny
So here is your chance to tell everybody what you got or don't got depending I guess hehe. So be as geeky as you want and talk about your aquarium so we all know what you have. If you don't have an aquarium then say I don't have an aquarium and then we at least know and can help you get one heheh..
Okydoky; I'm kinda new to the whole aquarium thing I just dove in about months ago so I'm still a noob..
History: I got my aquarium from someone that was trying to sell his and honestly I got an unbelievable deal. Granted, when I picked up the aquarium the livestock and the water were in pretty bad shape but it cleaned up just fine. Everything went great for the first 4 months and the tank was booming! Then it happened. A month and a half ago I left on vacation and I had a HVAC malfunction and it melted down my whole tank just about so I had to start from scratch almost.. So anyway on to the nerdiness...
Aquarium: 120 gallon Oceanic 2x2x4 tank on an oceanic stand. It has 2 overflows in each corner and is predrilled with 2 holes in each corner.
Light: aqua medic spacelight 48" with 2 250watt hqi bulbs (just ordered 2 phoenix bulbs to put in it) with 2 24 watt power compact actinics.
Sump: 30 gal glass tank (no separation just a plane tank) with skimmer and a few rocks in it. I plan on moving my sump and refugium to the basement in the coming weeks to increase the size and help quiet down the tank (its in my studio)
Refugium: CPR hang on refugium with caulerpa (grape, taxifolia) with the light on 24hours. Hope to get rid of this or turn it into a mangrove area after I move my sump to basement.
Protein Skimmer: Aqua C EV180 with a mag 7 pushing it.
Top Off : Litermeter III with a 30g reservoir in my basement. Its pretty sweet it can pump up 60 feet of head.
Water Change: I was using Oceanic (stay away this stuff sucks) and I just switched to Instant Ocean Reef Crystals. I have litermeter also set to replace 15 liters of water per day with new salt water. Thats about 4 gallons a day and add up to 21 gallons a week water change done a little bit at a time. I love it and its great to not have to carry buckets up the stairs anymore. :)
Feeding: I am currently feeding spectrum, some flake (don't have alot of fish currently) dosing DT's (till I get my reactors up and running).
Dosing: I am dosing lugols once a week for iodine, Spectra Vital/Black Powder (not sure if this is something I will keep doing), Super Buffer DKH ( will stop this once I get a calc reactor.
Well that just about does it for now but I am setting up a 54 gal softy tank tomorrow for my wife and I will post those specs when I get it put together.:^:
/donny