So I have been out of the hobby for quite a while. My last aquarium was a 55 gallon FOWLR. I was running two bio wheel hang on the back filters. I was very successful for about 3 years before moving to Key West, so I had to break it down.
Fast forward to 9 years later. My wife told me if I ever bought her (us) a house I could start up another aquarium. Well we bought a house and a deal came across the table were our neighbor upgraded his reef from 125g to 300g, and he had no where to put his old tank so......... He handed it down to me! Not a bad deal if I say so my self. Well after weeks of work on it. Here is what it looks like today. (Before and after pictures)
Into week 3 of cycling, nothing added just love sand and one actually piece of live rock the rest is reef rock from BRS. About 120lbs total.
What do you guys think? Any idea where I should start with live stock and coral? I have a 30g sump. I do have a cheap seaclone 150 running as protein skimmer ( I know, I know) but even with no bio load this thing is pumping out some nasty skim every 3 days. It's a work horse.
Fast forward to 9 years later. My wife told me if I ever bought her (us) a house I could start up another aquarium. Well we bought a house and a deal came across the table were our neighbor upgraded his reef from 125g to 300g, and he had no where to put his old tank so......... He handed it down to me! Not a bad deal if I say so my self. Well after weeks of work on it. Here is what it looks like today. (Before and after pictures)
Into week 3 of cycling, nothing added just love sand and one actually piece of live rock the rest is reef rock from BRS. About 120lbs total.
What do you guys think? Any idea where I should start with live stock and coral? I have a 30g sump. I do have a cheap seaclone 150 running as protein skimmer ( I know, I know) but even with no bio load this thing is pumping out some nasty skim every 3 days. It's a work horse.
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