pireefgirl85
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Hello all, from the Gulf Coast in Coonassville South Louisiana; lovely Pecan Island! Lol
Im new to this group, and pretty fresh in the saltwater/reef tank hobby.
I was actually thrown into it, without floaties, and had to learn to swim pretty quickly.
Can we say one heck of a learning curve?! [emoji15][emoji15][emoji15]
I had no idea about correct water parameters, the difference between a coral and an anemone...literally, nothing.
I was offered, wellll more so kind of forcefully given, a 100 gallon reef tank and all of its inhabitants and supplies(it was in a state of total disarray, so imagine the nightmare this newbie took on with an OLD established banged up tank full of hair algae, coral unidentified, broken pieces in the sand bed, murky water that you do not even want to know the parameters. I say it often, now that I know exactly what I was handed...the original tank inhabitants that are still alive and well,never lost a single one, could survive the bubonic plague![emoji85]).
Needless to say, it took a 40 ft closed in box trailer to haul tank, 55 gallon drums for live rock, buckets for fish with aeration, and the SIX different pump systems that came with it, plus food, cleaning supplies, chemicals, etc. 40+ miles to BFE country. Anyone familiar with South LA can sympathize with me on this, with our road conditions.(My father in law actually rode in the box trailer to holdthe buckets up right that contained all the fish and live rock...mans got a set, that's for sure! [emoji110][emoji110])
Well, none of these 5000 systems that were given to me had instruction manuals...so, imagine the panic that ensued when I arrived home with all these pieces and parts and hoses, and filters, and sumps, and fish that needed to be retanked asap.
Thank gawd for YouTube and Google! [emoji120] lol
Sooooo, after the [emoji90] show of setting that bad boy up, I run a 30 gallon sump with a Reef Octopus 110 and a Hydor 600 canister. I have an extra Reef Octopus DBH-300 Protein Skimmer Dual Hang On Back, a Fluval Canister, some other Florida brand protein skimmer, and numerous pieces and parts to other systems I have no clue what they are, for back up. And, I have enough chemicals and medication to turn the GOM into the Carribean [emoji85] I also run a 30 gallon qt tank, permanently, after one horrible experience with a Sailfin Tang from Satan's Layer, as I now call it(Petco)hahahaha I checked their water parameters from the bag our fish came in, and [emoji33] I'll stick to local marine stores from now on.
Also have a 10 gallon hospital tank for all incoming inverts/coral.
And, my originals....my Oscar, parrot, and cichilid 60 gallon FW tank.
Here's a list of what inhabits my saltwater DT, and a picture:
1- Yellow Tang(currently quarantined)
1- Coral Beauty Angel
1- Mated Pair Maroon Gold Stripped Clownfish(Mafia lords!! Worst fish in the history of ever)
1- Six Line Wrasse
1- Mandarin Dragonet
1- Blue Springer Damsel
1- Pink Spotted Watchman Goby
1-Orange Spotted Shrimp Goby
2- Firefish Goby
6- Green Chromis
2- Banggai(Banner) Cardinals
1- Kole(Yellow Eye) Tang
1- Zebra Barred(Bar Goby) Dartfish(Currently MIA/POW. Seen him darting by this morning and haven't seen him since [emoji53])
1- Royal Gramma Basslet
1- Harlequin Shrimp
2- Peppermint Shrimp
1-Cleaner Shrimp
1-Brittle Starfish I found lurking around that hitchhiked in and I can't catch. [emoji51]
And a clean up crew consisting of numerous Nassarius snails(which just had babies all over my tank [emoji33]), red leg hermits, blue and orange leg hermits, and one HUGE, scary, mexican turbo snail, that I unearthed one afternoon, and I named the kracken! [emoji15] lol
7- Australian Duncan Polyps
1- Blastomussa Welsi
1- Blue Eye Lithophyllon Chalice
1- Green Toadstool Leather Coral
1- Meteor Shower Cyphastrea Coral
1- Montipora(Pristine) Plate Coral
1-Revere Superman Montipora(pink and blue)
1- Red Montipora(Velvet Branch) Digitata
2-Green Ricordea Mushrooms
1-Super Cultured(Chili Coral-Red and Orange) Alyconium Plate
1- plate of snake polyps
1-Kenya Tree Coral
1-Pipe Organ Rock (Daisy Coral)
I think that's everything, aside from a few pieces of coral I've yet to identify, that I've found hiding on the back side of the tank attached to random rocks. (I'll post pics and maybe someone can help me with that)
Im new to this group, and pretty fresh in the saltwater/reef tank hobby.
I was actually thrown into it, without floaties, and had to learn to swim pretty quickly.
Can we say one heck of a learning curve?! [emoji15][emoji15][emoji15]
I had no idea about correct water parameters, the difference between a coral and an anemone...literally, nothing.
I was offered, wellll more so kind of forcefully given, a 100 gallon reef tank and all of its inhabitants and supplies(it was in a state of total disarray, so imagine the nightmare this newbie took on with an OLD established banged up tank full of hair algae, coral unidentified, broken pieces in the sand bed, murky water that you do not even want to know the parameters. I say it often, now that I know exactly what I was handed...the original tank inhabitants that are still alive and well,never lost a single one, could survive the bubonic plague![emoji85]).
Needless to say, it took a 40 ft closed in box trailer to haul tank, 55 gallon drums for live rock, buckets for fish with aeration, and the SIX different pump systems that came with it, plus food, cleaning supplies, chemicals, etc. 40+ miles to BFE country. Anyone familiar with South LA can sympathize with me on this, with our road conditions.(My father in law actually rode in the box trailer to holdthe buckets up right that contained all the fish and live rock...mans got a set, that's for sure! [emoji110][emoji110])
Well, none of these 5000 systems that were given to me had instruction manuals...so, imagine the panic that ensued when I arrived home with all these pieces and parts and hoses, and filters, and sumps, and fish that needed to be retanked asap.
Thank gawd for YouTube and Google! [emoji120] lol
Sooooo, after the [emoji90] show of setting that bad boy up, I run a 30 gallon sump with a Reef Octopus 110 and a Hydor 600 canister. I have an extra Reef Octopus DBH-300 Protein Skimmer Dual Hang On Back, a Fluval Canister, some other Florida brand protein skimmer, and numerous pieces and parts to other systems I have no clue what they are, for back up. And, I have enough chemicals and medication to turn the GOM into the Carribean [emoji85] I also run a 30 gallon qt tank, permanently, after one horrible experience with a Sailfin Tang from Satan's Layer, as I now call it(Petco)hahahaha I checked their water parameters from the bag our fish came in, and [emoji33] I'll stick to local marine stores from now on.
Also have a 10 gallon hospital tank for all incoming inverts/coral.
And, my originals....my Oscar, parrot, and cichilid 60 gallon FW tank.
Here's a list of what inhabits my saltwater DT, and a picture:
1- Yellow Tang(currently quarantined)
1- Coral Beauty Angel
1- Mated Pair Maroon Gold Stripped Clownfish(Mafia lords!! Worst fish in the history of ever)
1- Six Line Wrasse
1- Mandarin Dragonet
1- Blue Springer Damsel
1- Pink Spotted Watchman Goby
1-Orange Spotted Shrimp Goby
2- Firefish Goby
6- Green Chromis
2- Banggai(Banner) Cardinals
1- Kole(Yellow Eye) Tang
1- Zebra Barred(Bar Goby) Dartfish(Currently MIA/POW. Seen him darting by this morning and haven't seen him since [emoji53])
1- Royal Gramma Basslet
1- Harlequin Shrimp
2- Peppermint Shrimp
1-Cleaner Shrimp
1-Brittle Starfish I found lurking around that hitchhiked in and I can't catch. [emoji51]
And a clean up crew consisting of numerous Nassarius snails(which just had babies all over my tank [emoji33]), red leg hermits, blue and orange leg hermits, and one HUGE, scary, mexican turbo snail, that I unearthed one afternoon, and I named the kracken! [emoji15] lol
7- Australian Duncan Polyps
1- Blastomussa Welsi
1- Blue Eye Lithophyllon Chalice
1- Green Toadstool Leather Coral
1- Meteor Shower Cyphastrea Coral
1- Montipora(Pristine) Plate Coral
1-Revere Superman Montipora(pink and blue)
1- Red Montipora(Velvet Branch) Digitata
2-Green Ricordea Mushrooms
1-Super Cultured(Chili Coral-Red and Orange) Alyconium Plate
1- plate of snake polyps
1-Kenya Tree Coral
1-Pipe Organ Rock (Daisy Coral)
I think that's everything, aside from a few pieces of coral I've yet to identify, that I've found hiding on the back side of the tank attached to random rocks. (I'll post pics and maybe someone can help me with that)
