Funlad3
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Hi all! Long time member, first time poster (thank you free ATO giveaway! 
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Anyways, I've been in the hobby for the past nearly three years, and I confess, I'm an acro nut. Zoas are cool, mushrooms are evil, and chalices are hard to turn down, but if I see a cool lookin' acro, it's coming home with me no matter what.
So my current tank isn't all that complicated, though it's getting closer and closer to that by the day. I have a corner drilled 90G that I picked up for $100 about a year and a half ago, and having seen one or two cool peninsulas, I decided I had to follow suit. I built my stand n my basement, and because I hate having to bend over to look into the tanks (unless they're look down tanks!), I made the bottom of the stand 4' tall so that the tank is from 4' to about 6', or right at eye level.
I run an original model Marineland 300 Pro as my skimmer, and although I doubt that it's anywhere near it's 270G rating, it does a fantastic job of keeping my tank clean. And when I got it by trading away some of my hammer coral, I can't complain about the price either (free is good.....). I have a fuge partioned off in my 29G sump, though I'm really not a fan of it; I think I might turn it into a 'frag tank' and remove my 5G refrigerator drawer that I have running in line right now.
For my lighting, I run two PFO 400W halides, though I can now proudly say that I've ran eery type of lighting on this tank. I went from PCs (lasted all of two weeks) to LEDs (which I'd still have running if they didn't shock me) to T5s (which ran for around six months, slowly leaching away the colors on my coral) to finally the Halides. I definitely liked my LEDs the best, though the halides are a close second (slightly slower growth, a little bit less color, way more heat). The T5s kept everything alive, but the growth and color on my coral was terrible. And PCs I just ran for a few weeks after I moved everything out of my old 75G. Enough said.
For flow, I'm running to K4s on Koralia's two pump variable speed wave maker, the one with three dials and buttons and all of that jazz. They move some water, but as soon as funds allow, I'm switching them out for an MP40 or two, though the new Jebao WP40s have caught my eye.
I've had tons of different fish throughout my adventure in reefing, and they tend to do extremely well until I get an ich outbreak. I've been quite diligent with my QT process, but I always manage to forget that a fish can be a carrier or need to evacuate my QT do to a bio-crash etc. . Right now, I have only a Yellow Assessor in my DT, though I have a fully medicated Powder Brown in my QT. My tank is still technically at risk for ich, so until I can catch the stupid Assessor, no new fish for me!
As far as corals go, I have a wide variety. From Mummy Eyes and Desert Twisters to Pearlberries and Maricultured colonies, I've got a ton of it, and I guess that I'll let the video below (uploading as of yet) speak for itself.
Thanks for reading, and I'm looking forwards to being a more active member here!
). Anyways, I've been in the hobby for the past nearly three years, and I confess, I'm an acro nut. Zoas are cool, mushrooms are evil, and chalices are hard to turn down, but if I see a cool lookin' acro, it's coming home with me no matter what.
So my current tank isn't all that complicated, though it's getting closer and closer to that by the day. I have a corner drilled 90G that I picked up for $100 about a year and a half ago, and having seen one or two cool peninsulas, I decided I had to follow suit. I built my stand n my basement, and because I hate having to bend over to look into the tanks (unless they're look down tanks!), I made the bottom of the stand 4' tall so that the tank is from 4' to about 6', or right at eye level.
I run an original model Marineland 300 Pro as my skimmer, and although I doubt that it's anywhere near it's 270G rating, it does a fantastic job of keeping my tank clean. And when I got it by trading away some of my hammer coral, I can't complain about the price either (free is good.....). I have a fuge partioned off in my 29G sump, though I'm really not a fan of it; I think I might turn it into a 'frag tank' and remove my 5G refrigerator drawer that I have running in line right now.
For my lighting, I run two PFO 400W halides, though I can now proudly say that I've ran eery type of lighting on this tank. I went from PCs (lasted all of two weeks) to LEDs (which I'd still have running if they didn't shock me) to T5s (which ran for around six months, slowly leaching away the colors on my coral) to finally the Halides. I definitely liked my LEDs the best, though the halides are a close second (slightly slower growth, a little bit less color, way more heat). The T5s kept everything alive, but the growth and color on my coral was terrible. And PCs I just ran for a few weeks after I moved everything out of my old 75G. Enough said.
For flow, I'm running to K4s on Koralia's two pump variable speed wave maker, the one with three dials and buttons and all of that jazz. They move some water, but as soon as funds allow, I'm switching them out for an MP40 or two, though the new Jebao WP40s have caught my eye.
I've had tons of different fish throughout my adventure in reefing, and they tend to do extremely well until I get an ich outbreak. I've been quite diligent with my QT process, but I always manage to forget that a fish can be a carrier or need to evacuate my QT do to a bio-crash etc. . Right now, I have only a Yellow Assessor in my DT, though I have a fully medicated Powder Brown in my QT. My tank is still technically at risk for ich, so until I can catch the stupid Assessor, no new fish for me!
As far as corals go, I have a wide variety. From Mummy Eyes and Desert Twisters to Pearlberries and Maricultured colonies, I've got a ton of it, and I guess that I'll let the video below (uploading as of yet) speak for itself.
Thanks for reading, and I'm looking forwards to being a more active member here!
