Trinituner Reefers, Saltwater Aquarium Fish Keepers

[HondaB20B]

Is ah lime ah looking at.................... Will see if Raj buy tickets yet.
but then again, you know me and my work

[kyhamil]

You all different yes... I need a gd idea for business so I cld grow uo to be like youall

[HondaB20B]

You all different yes... I need a gd idea for business so I cld grow uo to be like youall

LOL............ what that mean.
I dont do nothing interesting. I does only watch paint dry?

[thatlife]

went and check out someone who lives nearby me tank last nite

1" acrylic
5 feet in depth, 5 feet high, about 10ft in length

crazzyy..was not expecting to see that,
makes me want to go bigger now

i'll try to post some pics later

[greenlime100]

Looking forward to those pics

[kyhamil]

Just curious... what kind of fish did it have? Thats a whole lot of space for interesting species

[thatlife]

[thatlife]

[thatlife]

On the other end it takes an L shape to make it about 5ft in depth

Pics doesn't do it justice.

[thatlife]

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I came home and took a pic of my tank. Feels inadequate lol

[HondaB20B]

Thatlife,............... you said the tank is 5 feet in depth, 5 feet high, about 10ft in length.
Then after you said "On the other end it takes an L shape to make it about 5ft in depth"

How can it be 5 feet in depth in the non L shape section and still be 5 feet in the L shape section.
Kinda lost.

Tamk nice though

[kyhamil]

Your tank feels inadequate... boy you have me feeling is a gold fish bowl I have here...

[thatlife]

This is a pic of the nudibranch

[TheSpecialOne]

Hey guys, Looking for some corals :
Frogspawn
Pulsing Xenia
mushrooms

Anyone have some to sell ?

[Fish]

Good day guys , kinda new to the hobby , I currently have a 100g tank with live rock and a few fishes. I am running a sump and wanted to do a refugium system. Can someone help me as to what i could put in the sump . I already have a section with a sand bed. Live plants ? Moss ball ? What do you guy use & where can i get it to buy ? Thanks in advance

[HondaB20B]

Good day guys , kinda new to the hobby , I currently have a 100g tank with live rock and a few fishes. I am running a sump and wanted to do a refugium system. Can someone help me as to what i could put in the sump . I already have a section with a sand bed. Live plants ? Moss ball ? What do you guy use & where can i get it to buy ? Thanks in advance

Welcome to the forum.............. Many people use their sump for many things - Place for bad behaved fish or inverts, place to put equipment like protein skimmer, filters, phosbhan/ bioball reactors, corals, live rock or even places to grow copepods/amphepods. but the main thing really is that it increases your water volume and when you do water changes you can dump and add water without affecting the main tank. Lots of people still use sand beds in their sumps but lots have gone from that with new technology. The good thing with a deep sand bed is the increase in nitrifying bacteria you will have. and since its in your sump, there is nothing there to eat it. What will happen there now is if its just before your intake pump, some will get in your water column and end up in the main display. Your protien skimmer should be placed before the sand bed and not after. I have never used a sand bed in my sump. I have all the other stuff listed above in mine. On another note, whats a Moss ball?

[Fish]

Thanks for the inform. I have the protein skimmer & reactor in the sump . Not sure what that is I think I read it somewhere . Lol .
I will consider moving my protein skimmer , it really is after the sand bed . So what is the better filtration to use since I am considering a reef set up . I check raj but he said water change , protein skimmer and GFO in reactor . Don't have any problems right now but trying to avoid losses . Lol

[mojosodope]

Guys so I'm in process of planning my saltwater tank. For the very minimum it's going to be a 6x2x2 180 display with a 4ft sump. I just wanted to know what are your thoughts on evaporative cooling vs using a chiller. The tanks going to be fowlr until it's well established and pretty seeded with coraline algae as I'm starting with dead rock.

[HondaB20B]

Guys so I'm in process of planning my saltwater tank. For the very minimum it's going to be a 6x2x2 180 display with a 4ft sump. I just wanted to know what are your thoughts on evaporative cooling vs using a chiller. The tanks going to be fowlr until it's well established and pretty seeded with coraline algae as I'm starting with dead rock.

No one will be able to tell you that. It all depends on where the tank situated, lights you gonna run and all the different pumps (return and pumps for reactors) and amount of powerheads you gonna have. Other than the lights, everything runs 24hrs. All these items generate heat and until you have it setup then you will know your temps.

[mojosodope]

Thanks for the info I understand now. Still debating the lighting I hear good things about the kessils. I've decided against the radions and I already have one mp 40 just need another.

[HondaB20B]

Thanks for the inform. I have the protein skimmer & reactor in the sump . Not sure what that is I think I read it somewhere . Lol .
I will consider moving my protein skimmer , it really is after the sand bed . So what is the better filtration to use since I am considering a reef set up . I check raj but he said water change , protein skimmer and GFO in reactor . Don't have any problems right now but trying to avoid losses . Lol

Sometimes its not good to follow what everyone else says and does. Its a lot oftrial and error also, but yes.......... good water changes and a good skimmer. You have to a lot of research. Many people on here has tried the bio-pellets and had great results in keeping nitrates down (I am one), some have had bad results. Others have tried chaeto and it works great............. I have had poor results and dumped all. Some people here doing all the right things and have algae like crazy. I have not used my reactor with GFO or other similar product for over 2 yrs and I have not had algae in my tank a very long time also. All I get every once in a while is cyano.

[HondaB20B]

Thanks for the info I understand now. Still debating the lighting I hear good things about the kessils. I've decided against the radions and I already have one mp 40 just need another.

Yup, the kessels are good, also the razors................ but you still cant beat the old school T5 setup. The only thing is the bulbs to buy every 9-12mths.
I still running T5's on my reef 4 yrs now with great results.

[mojosodope]

What about those massive ecoxotic 100w pendants ? I can't seem to find any info on their spread tho

[HondaB20B]

What about those massive ecoxotic 100w pendants ? I can't seem to find any info on their spread tho

Or, you talking about the Metal Halide pendants. These do have a wide spread and are still the chosen lights for men who run big deep reef tanks and keep SPS. They run the MH (white light)for growth along with the T5HO in addition to it to boost color. You better have a chiller for that one. They generate alot of heat and need fans in the hood to extract this heat. The bulbs are very expensive also

[UML]

Stopped dosing my tank and strangely seeing more growth. I intend to take out my phosban reactor. I don't use biopellets. Just controlled feeding. Works for me.

[greenlime100]

Honda you get more growth/colour with t5 rather than LEDs?

Also looking for acans/favia/sps frags... pm me if anyone has

[HondaB20B]

Honda you get more growth/colour with t5 rather than LEDs?

Also looking for acans/favia/sps frags... pm me if anyone has

i never said that. But if you check most top reef men, most are going back to MH/T5 combo and still accent it with LED'sl.

I wont mind going with the 360 kessels though.

[mojosodope]

I was looking at 3 of the 360 WE to Cover the 6 feet. Was getting them at $350 U.S. Instead of the normal $400

[HondaB20B]

I was looking at 3 of the 360 WE to Cover the 6 feet. Was getting them at $350 U.S. Instead of the normal $400

You will get away with three cause of your depth of your tank.
I will need 4 cause of the spread. My tank is 30" high and the lights will be like 6" above that so 3 wont work for me.
Thats a good price man. You see the nice controller that goes with it?
http://www.amazon.com/Kessil-Spectral-C ... 5XRYKT33H5

[mojosodope]

Yup saw that would definitely get one if I take the kessil route and eventually add a 4th as the tank develops. What are the dimensions on your tank? And 1/2inch glass?