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Topic: The 75 gal money pit (according to my wife) Posted: September 23 2018 at 6:38pm |
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All hobbies seem to be "money" pits but the reefing hobby is just too much fun to not do it!
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Posted: September 23 2018 at 5:40pm |
All hobbies seem to be "money" pits but the reefing hobby is just too much fun to not do it!
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180G Mixed Reef Tank
170G Dart Frog Tank
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Posted: September 22 2018 at 11:36am |
Lookin' good!
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Posted: September 22 2018 at 7:41am |
My tank as of today. I stopped by The Fish Tank last weekend and picked up a frag tank. I will build a stand for it to match the money pit and plumb it into my existing sump this winter. Looking forward to doing that project.
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Posted: April 07 2018 at 10:58am |
Finally cycled. Got the Bluetooth from Current -USA yesterday, along with the hub installed. Hit The Fish Tank for some inverts and they are going to town on the diatoms.
I am actually looking for someone to come over and do the Par readings since I have no idea on what I am doing and maybe help me set the lights where they need to be.
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Posted: March 21 2018 at 12:09pm |
I have a seneye you can barrow. You have to download the app but after that it works pretty good. That’s all I use it for anymore. I live in eagle mountain and work in lehi. Don’t know if you’re close enough to make it worth it...
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30 g softie, 30 g frag tank, 65 g HT/QT, 75 g mixed reef, 55 g FOWLR, 75 g live rock curing tank, & a 120 gal �consolidation� build in progress
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Posted: March 21 2018 at 10:39am |
That's great. You are going to love the 75 gal. It will be so much more stable and allows you to have a wider range of fish and coral. When you are adding coral I would recommend a hammer or frogspawn. I have always loved them.
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Posted: March 21 2018 at 10:39am |
Does anyone have a par meter? Once I am cycled, I want to measure the light for coral placement.
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Posted: March 21 2018 at 10:33am |
Technically, no. I have a 20 gal seeder tank that I have been using to eat used to a bigger salt. That one has 3 chromis and a blue damsel in it. Also have 1 blue candy cane in it. One thru all the uglies with it along with dyno’s Started it in November. I am looking forward to this tank being setup and running for a while.
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Posted: March 21 2018 at 10:20am |
I've never had luck with chromis. I always start with 4 or 5 and then end up with one. At least they are not an expensive fish. I love blennies though, they have so much personality. Bam bams are great and so are most zoas. I love it when they get to be large colonies especially under the blue leds. Patience will get you a long way in this hobby. It can be hard but it is nice to do things the right way. Is this your first saltwater tank?
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Posted: March 21 2018 at 4:02am |
Thanks.
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Posted: March 20 2018 at 10:54pm |
Nice setup looking good
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30 g softie, 30 g frag tank, 65 g HT/QT, 75 g mixed reef, 55 g FOWLR, 75 g live rock curing tank, & a 120 gal �consolidation� build in progress
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Posted: March 20 2018 at 9:03pm |
Started the cycle Saturday night, checked parameters yesterday, zero across the board. Checked today, 0 ammonia, 35 nitrites, 7.5 nitrates. Not going to worry about the rest until she is cycled.
I appreciate the offer twolow, and I will keep it in mind. I think it will be about 3-5 months until i’m Ready for corals. I don’t wanna rush things.
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Posted: March 20 2018 at 8:54pm |
If you ever come to layton , I'll will give you some bam bams for free.
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Posted: March 20 2018 at 7:58pm |
I do know I want some bam bam’s though.
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Posted: March 20 2018 at 1:59pm |
Tentative fish stock: Midas Blenny Thinking 5 chromis 2 O clowns 2 carpenter Wrasse Green clown goby? Tahitian butterfly.
As for corals, still deciding. I’ve been drooling over some over at The Fish Tank. I’m sure Jeff is getting tired of cleaning it off his tanks. ðŸ˜ðŸ˜€
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Posted: March 19 2018 at 9:59am |
What fish are you planning on having? What type of corals do you plan to put in there?
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Posted: March 18 2018 at 9:05pm |
Thanks, i’ll Keep that in mind.
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Posted: March 18 2018 at 8:49pm |
Looking good. I like how you finished the stand. You could plumb a Herbie overflow without having to drill the tank. The two existing holes act as the main drain and overflow. Then you just reroute the return over the rim of the tank. Herbies are way more quiet. Just an option if you decided that it is making too much noise.
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Posted: March 17 2018 at 7:36pm |
Got the Sump plumbed. Had a few small leaks and fixed them. She’s purring like a kitten now. 1 bottle of Spira Bio and a few seed rocks and now to let it cycle. FINALLY.
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