Entering the dark side
- sskruzr
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Entering the dark side
Well I've had saltwater a few times, once back in the late 70's, once in the 80's, and a couple of years ago. These were always fish only tanks except for maybe some shrimp, crabs, and an anemone.
This will be a 20long nano tank with mostly corals and a couple shrimp and a fish or two.
I'll be posting everything here I buy, trade, or steal.
I'm starting with a new 20Long purchased at Petco for a buck a gallon. I got this a couple months ago.
I have black sand from a freshwater tank, just need to wash it.
Today I traded a bunch of 1"+ longfin plecos to WUW for protein skimmer.
I'm working on my girls to buy their daddy a LED light for Christmas, we'll see how that goes.
I have a 6 stage r/o unit coming tomorrow.
I have a hob filter I'm going to put Chemi-Pure Elite in to keep the phosphates in check, hopefully.
I still need to get, I figure, reef salts, a good hydrometer, a TDS meter, maybe a couple different test kits, and I'm guessing some live rock once the tank is set up.
If you have any of these items for sale, drop me a note.
Don't hesitate to post any suggestions you might have or pitfalls I need to be on the lookout for.
Stay tuned.
This will be a 20long nano tank with mostly corals and a couple shrimp and a fish or two.
I'll be posting everything here I buy, trade, or steal.
I'm starting with a new 20Long purchased at Petco for a buck a gallon. I got this a couple months ago.
I have black sand from a freshwater tank, just need to wash it.
Today I traded a bunch of 1"+ longfin plecos to WUW for protein skimmer.
I'm working on my girls to buy their daddy a LED light for Christmas, we'll see how that goes.
I have a 6 stage r/o unit coming tomorrow.
I have a hob filter I'm going to put Chemi-Pure Elite in to keep the phosphates in check, hopefully.
I still need to get, I figure, reef salts, a good hydrometer, a TDS meter, maybe a couple different test kits, and I'm guessing some live rock once the tank is set up.
If you have any of these items for sale, drop me a note.
Don't hesitate to post any suggestions you might have or pitfalls I need to be on the lookout for.
Stay tuned.
Corey Mohrhauser
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Re: Entering the dark side
Wishing you the best of luck! Saltys sure are pretty. I am pretty sure I am too lazy to maintain a new setup though.
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Re: Entering the dark side
Well this will be upstairs in the entry way so it will have to be well maintained for obvious reasons. I have been told the r/o unit has arrived
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Re: Entering the dark side
I am excited about your new adventure into the salty world. I keep my very low keyed but enjoy having a salt tank. It gives me clout when someone hears I have fish they always ask if I keep any salt tanks so by having one I can say yes and be more accepted in all fish circles. If you have multiple tanks, a salt tank and an RODI unit, man you are in!
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the kids went in and got me the light off Amazon so now all thats left is a tds meter and some reef crystals. hopefully after Christmas
Corey Mohrhauser
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- sskruzr
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Re: Entering the dark side
What few pieces I needed I got last week. So I set up the tank, last Wednesday. It has some "live rock" and a pieces of coral I picked up Cozumel at Thanksgiving. I bleached it and dried it for some time. It has Whisper Jr for mechanical filtering with some Chemi-pure Elite in the bag to remove phosphates. I have a small water pump powered protein skimmer and a small water pump for movement. The lighting is provided by a 24" Current LED fixture. It's programmable and supposed to support corals.
Thursday I'll go to WUW to have the water checked and see if I can a little something in there. I'm already with it not having creatures swimming of crawling around.
I have a test kit which read zero phosphates. Jack D was kind enough to send me his refractor for checking specific gravity.
Here's pic a pic. Once I get something alive in it, I'll take another pic.
Thursday I'll go to WUW to have the water checked and see if I can a little something in there. I'm already with it not having creatures swimming of crawling around.
I have a test kit which read zero phosphates. Jack D was kind enough to send me his refractor for checking specific gravity.
Here's pic a pic. Once I get something alive in it, I'll take another pic.
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Corey Mohrhauser
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Re: Entering the dark side
Nice! Good to see it wet!
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Re: Entering the dark side
Looks good. Keep it going!
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Re: Entering the dark side
Did you get some moving stuff in there yet?
- sskruzr
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nope just some waving stringy algae. gonna pick up a clown wed at wuwBobbyM wrote:Did you get some moving stuff in there yet?
Corey Mohrhauser
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Re: Entering the dark side
Pick up some snails to eat that algae.