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02-11-2008, 06:56 PM
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| | Plankton
Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Wapakoneta,OH Age: 45
Posts: 16
Karma: 18
 |  Hello All
Hi all, 
Been up and running for about 8 months now. New to saltwater, but have read everything I could for a year before starting. Please review my selections and provide any positive or negative feedback as I feel I still have a lot to learn!
My Setup:
300 Gallon RR Starphyre glass aquarium, 75 gallon fuge, Aqua C Skimmer, 2 Tunze wave boxes, 4 Tunze 6200's with controller, 600 lbs. live rock, 1/2 hp Aqua Logic chiller,
Iwaki 100 pump, korrallin 3002 reactor/c02, Aqua controller III, Icecap 4X250 watt 14K Phoenix bulbs w/225 watts pc, 40 gallon ATO reservoir, 100 gallon premade saltwater for once a month water changes, orp,ph,calcium electrodes, ro/di filter system with auto fill into top off and water change reservoirs, salifert kits - kh, ph, ammonia, calcium, phosphate, copper, magnesium, strontium, nitrate, nitrite.
Parameters:
Ammonia - 0, Nitrite - 0, Nitrate - 0, Calcium - 450, KH - 11, Phosphate - 0,
PH - 8.3.
Fish -
1 Purple Tang
1 Yellow Tang
2 Percula Clowns
1 Flame Angel
6 Chromis
1 Six Line Wrasse
1 Scooter Blennie
1 Lawnmower Blennie
1 Green Mandarin
No Corals Yet, Got to wait for the Aquarium budget to fill up again  , was wondering if I could start with some sps corals yet or not, or start with softies?
Thanks for any advice!
PS Don't tell my wife what all this stuff cost or you all will have to pay for the funeral!!  | 
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02-11-2008, 07:01 PM
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| | PICTURE POLICE
Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Miami, FL Age: 39
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Welcome aboard, sounds like you did your homework, kudos to you. What a set-up, must have drop serious bills man!! BTW, we love pics........hint _________ 9YR OLD 90G/55g custom sump/refug Mag18 Aquac 180skimmer 692w MH AC jr,yel&kole tang,midas&convict blenny,B&G chromies,Blk/yel fin chromie blackcap,nemo,neon goby,6line; Blastomussa Merleti,Acan ,BUBBLE,Torch,LTA, Acropora(2) Moon, assort zoas, yel& G star polyps, P&B ricordia, montiporas, cup&candy corals, xenias,B/G mush,flower ane(2), cherry red mussa, dusters,cleaning crew..  | |
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02-11-2008, 07:18 PM
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| | Bikers are a dying breed!
Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Elizabethtown, IN Age: 40
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Welcome to 3reef. Glad to have you aboard. Looks like you are ready for some sps's instead of softies. The only parameter I didn't see is your Mg, that is important with a reef. _________ Scott 265g (Peninsula)
3x400w MH's, 4x95w Actinics, AAT Lunar Lights, OM 4-way CL, PM Bullet 3 Skimmer, DelZone Eclipse 1 O3 Generator, WavySea Plus for return, AAT Kalk Reactor, KNOP Ca Reactor w/PM Second Chamber, TradeWinds Chiller, ACIII Controller, Oceanus ATO, PM PO4 Reactor, 75g Sump, 30g Fuge Born March 5, 2007 Parameters My 265 Gal. Tank Thread   | 
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02-11-2008, 07:27 PM
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| | Giant Squid
Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: niles, ohio Age: 32
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Welcome to 3Reef>>>> _________ My Tank Thread...... EST. 10/30/07 5.5 gal, 72watt's of pc's, rio skimmer, hob rated at 40 gal, stealth heater, b/w aussie clown, rainford goby, emerald crab, turbo, bumble bee, astrea, and nassarius snails, aussie open brain, pink birdsnest, green birdsnest, wallhammer, multiple acro's, numerous monti's, zoa's, palys, ppd's, duncans, mint gsp's, reg gsp's, blue clove polyps, grn bali slimer, and tons of ppl sponges. | |
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02-11-2008, 07:36 PM
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| | Giant Squid
Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Louisville, GA Age: 45
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Welcome to 3reef!  | |
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02-11-2008, 08:03 PM
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| | Plankton
Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Wapakoneta,OH Age: 45
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Just tested mg and is at 1450ml.
What sps corals would you recommend to start with and how many at a time?
Thanks! | |
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02-11-2008, 08:47 PM
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| | Giant Squid
Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: TN Age: 31
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Welcome to 3reef. _________ [center]Renaming Our Corals "Believe those who are seeking the truth; doubt those who find it." Andre Gide | |
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02-11-2008, 10:41 PM
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| | Gnarly Old Codfish
Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Silverdale, Washington Age: 59
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To 3Reef!!! _________ AG "125," AquaC EV 180, 30 gal sump, "SCWD", 80 lbs LR, CoralSeaLife "Moonlite" Hood, PFO 250W HQI Mini-Pendant (SPS HQI 14000k bulb)
12 Gallon NanoCube - 24w stock PC 50/50 light "...nothing good ever happens fast in a reef tank, only bad things happen fast..."
- MIKE PALLETTA - (2008 Reef log) ("OmarD"/"Scott")
Last edited by omard; 07-29-2008 at 05:09 PM.
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07-29-2008, 03:43 PM
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| | Plankton
Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Wapakoneta,OH Age: 45
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|  Help!!
Ok I need some help here before I throw this in the street!
All parameters have remained stable at the stated levels above and I can not keep any corals. I acclimate correctly, fish are fine as well as hermits and snails. No corraline algae growth and current stuff turning white and live rock looks dead. Been this way for about 6 months, so ruled out a possible recent tank crash. chaeto died in refugium about 3 weeks ago. Lights all new 8 weeks ago.
No copper detected in test and running chemipure.
Any Suggestions or more info needed?
Hope I can fix this or somebodys gettin a deal!! | |
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