400 gallon first reef build super newb

[Turbo5150]

Thanks ReefMagicMan

 

[Tinklez]

What an epic thread. I’m following

 

[ReefMagicMan]

What an epic thread. I’m following

Thanks for following and what I tell anybody who ever asks me about reefing is first of all don't do it but if you have to make sure you get a quarantine tank
I chose to gamble and I purchased 18 blue green chromus
Wiped out over $3500 in Fish in 10 days
Hard way to learn

 

[Tinklez]

Where did you buy the fish from? I unfortunately can’t have a QT tank with my living situation, so I’m planning my to buy from a pre QT spot. But I know it’s still not 100% =\

 

[ReefMagicMan]

Where did you buy the fish from? I unfortunately can’t have a QT tank with my living situation, so I’m planning my to buy from a pre QT spot. But I know it’s still not 100% =\

Three different places in Southern California
Pretty sure I know which one but I don't wanna badmouth any spots it's my fault that happened and yes you can try to buy pre-quarantined but you never can really be too sure unless you do it yourself

 

[Tinklez]

I still gotta say, first tank is a 400 gallon? You’re a mad man. I thought I was being daring with a 50 gallon lol

 

[Turbo5150]

Zoanthids coming this Friday

 

[Jimbo327]

The tank has come a long way! Beautiful in-wall setup. Wow, that's going to be so awesome to eat a meal, and have fishes swimming around.

Sorry to see you are having so much trouble with fish. I think it's part of the hobby that I least enjoy is the fish diseases...and they can pop out of nowhere.

The only thing that I should mention that you may want to lower the rock structure so that your corals have room to grow up. Most say having your rocks at about 50% of your tank height is ideal for corals.

Looking forward to seeing this tank grow.

 

[ReefMagicMan]

Go big or go home

 

[ReefMagicMan]

I still gotta say, first tank is a 400 gallon? You’re a mad man. I thought I was being daring with a 50 gallon lol

You betcha

 

[ReefMagicMan]

The tank has come a long way! Beautiful in-wall setup. Wow, that's going to be so awesome to eat a meal, and have fishes swimming around.

Sorry to see you are having so much trouble with fish. I think it's part of the hobby that I least enjoy is the fish diseases...and they can pop out of nowhere.

The only thing that I should mention that you may want to lower the rock structure so that your corals have room to grow up. Most say having your rocks at about 50% of your tank height is ideal for corals.

Looking forward to seeing this tank grow.

Thank you and the only reason I put the rock up in the middle so high is because it covers the overflow box or I would not have done that
I'm not sure if coral's would've grown up and covered it like that but I'm gonna put stuff all around
I made a structure on the end of the tank I called the dead oak tree I will be putting some acros and other corals on that which will grow up hopefully
Yeah I gambled on the Fish quarantine etc. but I just completed my new quarantine tank in the garage it's a 40 gallon with complete sump protein skimmer air stone Helio heater cost over a grand but I lost my gem tang that was 900 alone
Should've done it but I guess never too late to do it again
here it goes
Thanks for looking

 

[ReefMagicMan]

Excited

 

[ReefMagicMan]

I purchased some Zoanthids and went through cleaning process with turbo5150 and got them all set in place

 

[ChrisfromBrick]

i have tank envy

 

[ChrisfromBrick]

I still gotta say, first tank is a 400 gallon? You’re a mad man. I thought I was being daring with a 50 gallon lol

my advice- next upgrade go at least 130g if you can swing it. I just did a 100g and it’s not grand enough for me. Now i’m locked in for 5-7 years

 

[ReefMagicMan]

i have tank envy

My buddy said most people don't go quite this big I didn't really realize it was big I still don't think it's that big I've always gone over excessive but hey why stop now
thanks for watching

 

[ReefMagicMan]

my advice- next upgrade go at least 130g if you can swing it. I just did a 100g and it’s not grand enough for me. Now i’m locked in for 5-7 years

my advice- next upgrade go at least 130g if you can swing it. I just did a 100g and it’s not grand enough for me. Now i’m locked in for 5-7 years

I wish I would've gotten bigger

 

[ReefMagicMan]

This tank was on marketplace for four grand with all the equipment the LED lights it would've been at least 12g
So I decided to go for it and if I could do it all again I think 8 foot minimum length but there's always tomorrow

 

[W31Olds]

One thing to keep in mind is that your frags can bring in pathogens. If you know your source is clean then it maybe ok, however I would never place coral frags from my local LFS directly in my Tank as they have some fish in their invert systems. I QT all my inverts and there are protocols for doing so.

 

[ReefMagicMan]

One thing to keep in mind is that your frags can bring in pathogens. If you know your source is clean then it maybe ok, however I would never place coral frags from my local LFS directly in my Tank as they have some fish in their invert systems. I QT all my inverts and there are protocols for doing so.

Yes we did a revive dip and then hydrogen peroxide dip with the Zoas