Darren in Tacoma
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My name is Darren and this is my first post. My wife and I joined today and I'm sure you will be seeing a few posts from her soon.
I have been in this hobby for a few years now, starting with a 120 gallon tank that I bought used. It was an acrylic tank on an oak stand with a giant hood housing 2 250w MH and 4 actinics. It used 2 inline return pumps that had a fair number of drips, a brandless yet well made skimmer and a tri level filter box that simply had drawers that housed your basic filter pad. No ato and MH lights meant adding 1 1/2 gallons of rodi manually every morning before work. The stand and all the electrical had corrosion and salt creep and In the summer I had to leave the cabinet doors open and put a fan on the sump. It was the perfect tank to get your feet wet, both figuratively and literally.
I sold that tank and started a 29 Biocube that led to more trials and tribulations. Not really big enough to house the fish that I like and not enough filtration for my taste, we keep it simple. 1 Clownfish and 1 Lawnmower Blenny, a Fighting Conch and a few other snails and hermits. A few softies and that is all.
So we decided to get back to doing it the way we want and bought a 425 Reefer XL. We are in the process of building it out right now and will move the inhabitants of the Biocube into their new home soon. We are using the Vectra return pump and 2 MP40s for water movement and the new Radions for lighting. I will post up pics when it gets scaped and filled with water.
Until then, here are a few pics from my old 120.
I have been in this hobby for a few years now, starting with a 120 gallon tank that I bought used. It was an acrylic tank on an oak stand with a giant hood housing 2 250w MH and 4 actinics. It used 2 inline return pumps that had a fair number of drips, a brandless yet well made skimmer and a tri level filter box that simply had drawers that housed your basic filter pad. No ato and MH lights meant adding 1 1/2 gallons of rodi manually every morning before work. The stand and all the electrical had corrosion and salt creep and In the summer I had to leave the cabinet doors open and put a fan on the sump. It was the perfect tank to get your feet wet, both figuratively and literally.
I sold that tank and started a 29 Biocube that led to more trials and tribulations. Not really big enough to house the fish that I like and not enough filtration for my taste, we keep it simple. 1 Clownfish and 1 Lawnmower Blenny, a Fighting Conch and a few other snails and hermits. A few softies and that is all.
So we decided to get back to doing it the way we want and bought a 425 Reefer XL. We are in the process of building it out right now and will move the inhabitants of the Biocube into their new home soon. We are using the Vectra return pump and 2 MP40s for water movement and the new Radions for lighting. I will post up pics when it gets scaped and filled with water.
Until then, here are a few pics from my old 120.
