Another 40 Breeder

[Reefermatt3]

I have owned saltwater tanks since I was about 12. Eventually I got bored of that and took a break from that about two years ago. Last September I wanted a new hobby, cars were my first pick but since I'm still a broke high school student that was out of my reach. So I turned back to fish, primarily setting up a planted tank since I knew saltwater was expensive. Well that changed as the month went on and I realized how bored I was going to get after a short amount of time with more freshwater. So I got on some forms and started watching YouTube videos. I immediately fell in love with the hobby after seeing some amazing colors in some sweet looking tanks. My wallet couldn't take but so much torture all at once and I settled with a 40 breeder that I found on craigslist. I picked the tank up on October 18 and had it set up within 4 hours of having it home.

It doesn't look like that much rock but there is a solid 20-25 lbs that came with the tank.

When I got the tank the guy told me he was somewhere in the tank he just didn't know where. I found him at the bottom of the 5 gallon bucket that I transported the rock in.

This was the tank the night I set it up, it was pretty cloudy from the new sand.

A week later I got my CUC.

 

[Reefermatt3]

Then 3 weeks after that I got my first corals, kenya, hammer, and a digitata.

The next weekend I got three blue/green chromis.

By the beginning of December I had them in the tank and they were doing great!

A month later I was left with only one chromis and I was battling hair algae and cyano...

By the time mid Feburary came around I had plenty of new coral, a midas blenny, and a pair of perc clowns.

A few months went by before disaster struck and the hotwater tank(in the attic) sprung a leak...

Since they are doing construction and we have to be out of the house for 3 weeks at the minimum I have relocated my tank to a friends house until they are done.

When I went over today I took a few pics of my tank.

Thanks for looking!

 

[dbl]

Wow, what an adventure thus far. The tank looks good, especially having been moved. Nice work. Welcome to R2R by the way.

 

[Reefermatt3]

Wow, what an adventure thus far. The tank looks good, especially having been moved. Nice work. Welcome to R2R by the way.

Thanks now the hard part is going to be moving it back in three weeks since mom wants it somewhere different

 

[Reefermatt3]

Update
Recently I have noticed a bleaching effect in my corals. Since I don't have test kits of my own yet I took a sample to the lfs.

Cal: 340
Alk: 6.4
Mag: 1000
Yes, I know these are low! For the fist time in my reefing experience I've started dosing all three elements. ill update on my future experiences dosing.

 

[Zero Nitrates]

Good looking tank. What are you dosing?

 

[Reefermatt3]

Good looking tank. What are you dosing?

The guy at the lfs recommended Reef Code A and B with their magnesium additive along with Reef Code.