BlueCheese3
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Hello all,
I figured I'd set up a quick tank thread to document my progress. More for myself so that I can see how far I've come (or not) in a year or two, but I hope that this journal can be interesting for others as well.
Background: I'm a freshwater guy, my pride and joy is my 90 gallon discus tank. However, every time I enter a fish store I always see these amazing reef displays, and I wanted to give it a shot myself. I asked around and did research, and learned as much as I could. The most helpful resource was spending many lonely nights watching the BRS 160 series. One day when purchasing fish food, I was discussing innovative marine and red sea tanks with the store owner when he referred me to a contact who was breaking down his tank. I bought his tank and all of his equipment for an incredible price, and eventually set up this tank.
Specs:
- Red Sea Reefer 250 (55 gallons, 11 gallon sump)
- 2 Radeon xr15 (g4 I think)
- 2 Vortech mp40qd
- Nyos quantum skimmer
- 2x Eheim Jaeger 150w heaters, controlled by the Apex
- Generic eBay refugium light
- Vectra m1
- Neptune ATK
- Neptune apex 2016 (I think, not too familiar with the apex terminology but this is the one with the 4 probes)
- Neptune WXM module for lights and pumps
I filled the tank up using RODI water and red sea coral pro salt (which I learned the hard way shouldn't be stored), added about 50 pounds of dry rock, and have been cycling for the last several weeks. The current residents of the tank are 1 scarlet hermit and 2 ocellaris clownfish, hoping to add first tester corals after the coral farmer's market tomorrow. Hoping to do a fairly mixed reef with mostly LPS and softies, with 1 or 2 SPS once I get there. I also really want a clam!
Upgrades I want to make: At some point I want to add a more permanent ATO reservoir, that will happen when the budget allows it to do so. Someday I would also like to get a more optimized refugium light at some point, but I don't plan to put too many fish in here quite yet, so that can wait.
If you have any suggestions for me or if I missed anything, let me know because all of this saltwater stuff is still new to me. I'm looking forward to adding some coral and continuing this into a hopefully awesome display!
Excuse the messy cabinet, still have to sort cords and clean up the trash from setting up.
I figured I'd set up a quick tank thread to document my progress. More for myself so that I can see how far I've come (or not) in a year or two, but I hope that this journal can be interesting for others as well.
Background: I'm a freshwater guy, my pride and joy is my 90 gallon discus tank. However, every time I enter a fish store I always see these amazing reef displays, and I wanted to give it a shot myself. I asked around and did research, and learned as much as I could. The most helpful resource was spending many lonely nights watching the BRS 160 series. One day when purchasing fish food, I was discussing innovative marine and red sea tanks with the store owner when he referred me to a contact who was breaking down his tank. I bought his tank and all of his equipment for an incredible price, and eventually set up this tank.
Specs:
- Red Sea Reefer 250 (55 gallons, 11 gallon sump)
- 2 Radeon xr15 (g4 I think)
- 2 Vortech mp40qd
- Nyos quantum skimmer
- 2x Eheim Jaeger 150w heaters, controlled by the Apex
- Generic eBay refugium light
- Vectra m1
- Neptune ATK
- Neptune apex 2016 (I think, not too familiar with the apex terminology but this is the one with the 4 probes)
- Neptune WXM module for lights and pumps
I filled the tank up using RODI water and red sea coral pro salt (which I learned the hard way shouldn't be stored), added about 50 pounds of dry rock, and have been cycling for the last several weeks. The current residents of the tank are 1 scarlet hermit and 2 ocellaris clownfish, hoping to add first tester corals after the coral farmer's market tomorrow. Hoping to do a fairly mixed reef with mostly LPS and softies, with 1 or 2 SPS once I get there. I also really want a clam!
Upgrades I want to make: At some point I want to add a more permanent ATO reservoir, that will happen when the budget allows it to do so. Someday I would also like to get a more optimized refugium light at some point, but I don't plan to put too many fish in here quite yet, so that can wait.
If you have any suggestions for me or if I missed anything, let me know because all of this saltwater stuff is still new to me. I'm looking forward to adding some coral and continuing this into a hopefully awesome display!
Excuse the messy cabinet, still have to sort cords and clean up the trash from setting up.
