Seasoned Newcommer!

Randoo · Feb 1, 2014

Hello to all I'm new to R2R and while I've had my saltwater aquarium setup on and off for well over 10 years, I still consider myself a newcommer particularly since I started visiting this site. Anyway I thought I'd start off by explaining a little bit about my tank.

Tank & Equipment
55 gallon reef tank
AquaC Remora hang on Protein Skimmer
Fluval 304 Filter
Homemade Algea Scrubber (Rio 10HF Pump)
2 Hydor Power Heads
2 48" BeamsWorks LED Double Bright 3300T
Live Rock (50-75 Lbs??)

Livestock
Large Tomato Clown, Yellow Tang, Black & White Striped Damsel
Starfish, Pepermint Shrimp, Emerald Crab, 10+ Snails, 10+ Hermit Crabs
Sea Anemone, Red & Green Mushrooms, Misc Corals (not sure of their names)

Specs / Routine
Temp - 77-78 degrees
Specific Gravity - 1.025
Water Change - 6 Gallons Weekly
RO Filtered Water
Fluval Filter & Charcoal changed monthly

Here are som Pics

mike007 · Feb 1, 2014

Welcome to r2r

Reefing Madness · Feb 1, 2014

Mike J. · Feb 1, 2014

Welcome to Reef2Reef. Looks like a very healthy tank.

Randoo · Feb 1, 2014

New Aquarium and Relocation

I am now in the process of upgradin

g from my existing 55 gallon saltwater aquarium so I thought I'd share where I'm at in the process and set the stage for some questions on how to proceed.i purchased a 70 Gallon Tall reef ready tank from Glass Cages including a glass overflow with 2 pre-drilled holes and Starphire glass on the front and side panels. I also ordered an Acrylic 20 Gallon Tall sump. The equipment purchased so far includes a Reef Octopus NWB110 4" pinwheel In Sump Skimmer and a Beam Works LED Quad 36" 52X3W light system (40 10000K 12 Actinic) with timer. A friend is currently building me a wood stand and canopy which will house my light and sump. A few pics