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I had this setup about 3 years ago as a reef tank, but due to lack of time I tore it down.

 

Heres what it used to look like:

 

http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c381/hlfvipr/dee73631.jpg

 

I wanted to simplify things, so for now (until I get the reef itch again) I set it up for fish only. Heres some progress pics from initial setup, to present

 

First day setup, live sand and live rock:

 

http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c381/hlfvipr/e7b9f0ee.jpg

http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c381/hlfvipr/67839f5d.jpg

 

After 5 days we added 2 clowns (1 black ocellaris, and 1 orange ocellaris):

 

http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c381/hlfvipr/6c0d8acd.jpg

 

Snail popped out of the liverock:

 

http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c381/hlfvipr/ced9bcf7.jpg

 

After about 1.5 weeks:

 

http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c381/hlfvipr/5ca73616.jpg

http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c381/hlfvipr/79d84271.jpg

 

3 legged star popped out:

 

http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c381/hlfvipr/ea872899.jpg

 

Picture from today:

 

http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c381/hlfvipr/958890ed.jpg

 

New addition tonight - Powder Blue Tang, Coral Banded Shrimp, and Mexican Turbo Grazer Snail:

 

http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c381/hlfvipr/b5ee8edd.jpg

 

 

Ill probably end up going with a reef setup again, adding a new LED light setup as well.

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I have a ton of corals if you want some frags. Also beware of going all LED, they don't quite have the correct spectrum for coral growth like MHs or T5HOs.

 

Since you're advertising for Jon Moore, tell him to return my damned messages.

 

Great Ill get with you soon and grab some frags. Right now I have a dual bulb PC on it and it worked very well with my old setup (needs bulbs replaced now).

 

Ill tell Jon lol

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What is this crash you speak of Negative Nancy?

 

He is probally referring to not cycling the tank properly. Adding that many fish in under 30 days can lead to a huge bio-cycle crash.

 

Basically when the waste starts building up in your tank everything will die.

 

A normal amount of time for freshwater tank can take anywere from 3 weeks to 2 months to cycle.

A saltwater tank can take much longer if done improperly. Usually 30 days is the bare minimum on cycling a tank before you add fish.

Luckily Clownfish are pretty durable lol.

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He is probally referring to not cycling the tank properly. Adding that many fish in under 30 days can lead to a huge bio-cycle crash.

 

Basically when the waste starts building up in your tank everything will die.

 

A normal amount of time for freshwater tank can take anywere from 3 weeks to 2 months to cycle.

A saltwater tank can take much longer if done improperly. Usually 30 days is the bare minimum on cycling a tank before you add fish.

Luckily Clownfish are pretty durable lol.

 

OH and if you have algae growing already you are probally in the clear. Most people dont want bad algae in tank but really almost all algae is eating nutrients and will help keep your fish alive.

 

Im no noob...When I setup the tank, I used AgraLive sand, 20 lbs of live rock, and 20 gallons of 100% Natural Live Ocean Seawater from a local saltwater retailer (filled the rest with saltwater R/O). The tank was up and running for a little over 2 weeks before introducing the fish. I followed the cycle, testing the water every few days. There is a fair amount of brown algae which tells me that the tank was at the end of its cycle before I introduced fish. So far so good.

 

If you used true live rock then that will help your tank cycle much faster.

 

This.

 

Looks a lot better than some of my friends setups and they've been growing theirs for a few months now lol.

 

Thanks man.

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Well I went to Phishy Business and had the water tested. All is well with a mere "trace" of amonia, but nothing to worry about.

 

Added some more live rock today (Pink pieces and a piece of fake coral I had laying around until I get some real stuff)

 

http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c381/hlfvipr/cdcaa5ad.jpg

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Well I went to Phishy Business and had the water tested. All is well with a mere "trace" of amonia, but nothing to worry about.

 

Added some more live rock today (Pink pieces and a piece of fake coral I had laying around until I get some real stuff)

 

http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c381/hlfvipr/cdcaa5ad.jpg

 

Phishy is awesome.

Have you ever gone to Reef Systems in New Albany?

http://www.reefsystems.com/

I used to get all my stuff from him since he was a lot cheaper than Phishy.

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No, you don't want to. Todd's shop (Reef Systems) has really gone downhill in quality the last year and his pricing is no longer competitive. We get pretty much everything from Phishy at this point, although there is a killer saltwater place in Findlay with ridiculous prices on livestock and inverts.
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No, you don't want to. Todd's shop (Reef Systems) has really gone downhill in quality the last year and his pricing is no longer competitive. We get pretty much everything from Phishy at this point, although there is a killer saltwater place in Findlay with ridiculous prices on livestock and inverts.

 

 

I always had a hard time going there. Although i bought quite a bit from him it was just hard to talk to him. If you didnt do everything his way you were stupid.

 

And i have never cycled a tank.....

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Looking good. I wouldn't waste time with todd. He knows a lot, but that's all I ever get there is info. Phishy Aaron is a good dude. I shop there a lot. I mostly get fish from Jacks. Mainly because they run copper in systems, so fish are pretty much in QT while there. One more fish and my system is closed.
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Yea Ive always liked the guys up at Phishy. I hadn't been up there for a few years and their new seahorse tank when you walk in is BADASS.

 

Anthony, I was talking to Aaron up there and he told me to go with rapidled.com's DIY 6 led system for my tank. He said I should have no problem growing most corals. Heres the one Im going to go with:

 

http://www.rapidled.com/servlet/the-253/06-Ultra-Premium-LED/Detail

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