Woooo Woooo! 95G Tank build! (1st tank ever)

[inkedsparkster]

Dang good set-up man... i am still saving up for a sump to replace my canisters and hopefully get some LED lighting later to replace my T5's..

What set up ya got Arnie? Got a build thread I could check out? And nothing wrong with T5's from what I hear. Just that they cost more to run, heard ya get great coral growth from them though. And a sump is really nice, I would do that first.


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[inkedsparkster]

Update photo of both tanks. QT tank up and cycle underway. It is a QT also (not a hospital tank) that is why it has sand and rock.

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[ak_reefer]

Eric, Pretty soon that nuvo will be stocked and a full blown reef!

 

[inkedsparkster]

Haha, this is so true Javier! Gotta get it stocked and everything ready for the big tank! I think I need to upgrade the skyye lighting that came with the tank though. From my research they just aren't enough light for corals. But I should be able to pick up an inexpensive light for that nano.


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[ak_reefer]

Yeah shouldn't be an issue.

 

[inkedsparkster]

Alrighty, so another night at work and another night my brain wonders about the tank. With the suggestion of AK Reefer, I have decided on another fish for my tank. (I most likely won't be adding him for a couple months, he is going on the fish list. Not 100 percent on which one but it will be a bristle tooth tang. Possibilities are a tomini, kole, and two spot. Anyone with experience or input on some bristle tooths?


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[inkedsparkster]

Just realized when doing the calculations for how many fish is a good number to have in my tank, I discovered it is a 90 gallon not 95. Not sure where I was getting those extra 5 gallons.


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[bond300]

Well my tank is a little over stocked but oh well no problems 4 Tangs, 6 p clowns, 1 coral beauty, 1 Royal Gramma, 1 Lawnmower Blenny!

 

[revhtree]

Great looking tanks!

 

[Arnie]

hi i dont have a tank build thread... just showing my tanks... I will have some pictures up as soon as I have the sump running in 2 weeks.

Finally got a slightly used Aqueon Proflex Sump model #2 with a 950gph mag drive all for $200 CDN... saved a lot retails for $450 CDN... WOOHOOOO!!!!

 

[inkedsparkster]

Well my tank is a little over stocked but oh well no problems 4 Tangs, 6 p clowns, 1 coral beauty, 1 Royal Gramma, 1 Lawnmower Blenny!

What size tank ya running bond?

hi i dont have a tank build thread... just showing my tanks... I will have some pictures up as soon as I have the sump running in 2 weeks.

Finally got a slightly used Aqueon Proflex Sump model #2 with a 950gph mag drive all for $200 CDN... saved a lot retails for $450

That's a great deal ya got there Arnie! And yes, create a build thread man!



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[inkedsparkster]

Hey everyone! So this is the boring process of waiting for the tank to get established before getting ready for more coral. However the frags I did have in there I decided to take off of the rock they were on and put them on discs. So my first time of fragging went well I think. Only time will tell if everything opens back up. Here are some photos however.

 

[mfinn]

So, you took zoanthids off a rock and put them on disks?

I usually do it the other way around.

 

[inkedsparkster]

Yeah I did it backwards, but they came on small pieces of rock and they were trying to grow out from the bottom side of the rock and I wanted to get them growing straight up off a disc for now.

 

[mfinn]

Yeah I did it backwards, but they came on small pieces of rock and they were trying to grow out from the bottom side of the rock and I wanted to get them growing straight up off a disc for now.

makes sense.

 

[inkedsparkster]

One of my two Turbo snails. Huge!

Eagle eye zoa

 

[booth2010]

One of my two Turbo snails. Huge!

Eagle eye zoa

What is that grass looking stuff to the right of the turbo snail?

 

[inkedsparkster]

Star polyps that took over a rock. I isolated it though so it doesn't spread like wild fire.

 

[inkedsparkster]

Alright, here is a little update for everyone. Tank is doing good. I have the constant bryopsis glass algae that is prevalent with new tanks in that first 1 to 2 month range. I did 12 gallon (10 percent) water change today and everything is going good.

Test results are as follows.
Ammonia: 0ppm
Nitrite: 0ppm
Nitrate: 0ppm
Calcium: 425ppm
Alk: 9.3dkh
Mag: 1440ppm
PH: 8.15
Temp: 77.6

 

[ksed]

How is your skimmer working?