cota472
Community Member
So the first part of this starts out exactly like my Biocube thread...
After being out of the hobby for 2 years, I started getting the itch to start another tank. I started talking to my wife about it and i wanted to stay small, 30g or less, She wanted to go big. I started looking for a decent used Biocube and had a couple leads on decent ones, my wife found someone getting out completely. They had a 90g wave front and three 29g Biocubes all for sale fully setup. I ended up buying one of the Biocubes, then a week later my wife and the wife of the guy selling the tank have been talking, discussing the 90g tank. My wife talks me into buying the 90g tank as well. Decent price and it included delivery from about 50 miles away.
Equipment starts with a Marineland Surfline 90g Glass tank. This is not a bow front but a wave front. on a matching wave front stand.
Filter is a basic HOB Emperor 400 (open to suggestions of a better filter)
ESHOPPs HOB Skimmer - Appears to being a good job, I have to empty every other day or so a decent amount of dark nasty smelling liquid
AquaEruoUSA 1/4hp Chiller - Working good at keeping the tank at a good temperature
Red Sea Wavemaster Pro connected to two Hydor pumps48" Coralife Dual 150w MH with two 36" 50/50 PC
Aqua UV Sterilizer
Livestock:
2 Clownfish, Not sure which variety but they have nice color to them
1 Hawk Fish
1 Blue Tang
1 Engineer Goby, My favorite fish in this tank. about 10-12" and looks like an eel
1 huge Serpent Star, arms stretched maybe 20" or more
1 Mandarin - Eats frozen brine
6 Anemones, I thought there were 4 or 5 but moved them around to get a proper count and yes there are 6, he started with 1
various hermit crabs and snails
Before we bought the tank I was telling my wife the light was going to heat up our apartment and I would want to look into switching it over to LEDs. She said ok, but wanted to wait for a while to save up the money for it. After getting the tank setup and having it in the living room for the first day, she said "So how expensive is it going to be to get LEDs for this?" LOL. I started looking around and doing some research on it, I also belong to a local club and asked them about the LEDs. They gave me various options, some were far more than I wanted to spend on it and some were decent. In the end, I am working with a member to build a custom full spectrum LED fixture with a digital controller. it will cost me about $600 for everything but in the end with the savings on replacement bulbs and energy savings, it will be worth it. Plus by going to LED, I should be able to turn off the chiller and save more energy costs there.
Here are a couple pics, Enjoy
Filling it up
Finally full and lights on but still cloudy
Water has cleared up now
After being out of the hobby for 2 years, I started getting the itch to start another tank. I started talking to my wife about it and i wanted to stay small, 30g or less, She wanted to go big. I started looking for a decent used Biocube and had a couple leads on decent ones, my wife found someone getting out completely. They had a 90g wave front and three 29g Biocubes all for sale fully setup. I ended up buying one of the Biocubes, then a week later my wife and the wife of the guy selling the tank have been talking, discussing the 90g tank. My wife talks me into buying the 90g tank as well. Decent price and it included delivery from about 50 miles away.
Equipment starts with a Marineland Surfline 90g Glass tank. This is not a bow front but a wave front. on a matching wave front stand.
Filter is a basic HOB Emperor 400 (open to suggestions of a better filter)
ESHOPPs HOB Skimmer - Appears to being a good job, I have to empty every other day or so a decent amount of dark nasty smelling liquid
AquaEruoUSA 1/4hp Chiller - Working good at keeping the tank at a good temperature
Red Sea Wavemaster Pro connected to two Hydor pumps48" Coralife Dual 150w MH with two 36" 50/50 PC
Aqua UV Sterilizer
Livestock:
2 Clownfish, Not sure which variety but they have nice color to them
1 Hawk Fish
1 Blue Tang
1 Engineer Goby, My favorite fish in this tank. about 10-12" and looks like an eel
1 huge Serpent Star, arms stretched maybe 20" or more
1 Mandarin - Eats frozen brine
6 Anemones, I thought there were 4 or 5 but moved them around to get a proper count and yes there are 6, he started with 1
various hermit crabs and snails
Before we bought the tank I was telling my wife the light was going to heat up our apartment and I would want to look into switching it over to LEDs. She said ok, but wanted to wait for a while to save up the money for it. After getting the tank setup and having it in the living room for the first day, she said "So how expensive is it going to be to get LEDs for this?" LOL. I started looking around and doing some research on it, I also belong to a local club and asked them about the LEDs. They gave me various options, some were far more than I wanted to spend on it and some were decent. In the end, I am working with a member to build a custom full spectrum LED fixture with a digital controller. it will cost me about $600 for everything but in the end with the savings on replacement bulbs and energy savings, it will be worth it. Plus by going to LED, I should be able to turn off the chiller and save more energy costs there.
Here are a couple pics, Enjoy
Filling it up
Finally full and lights on but still cloudy
Water has cleared up now
