Hello, new guy here

James Miller · Jun 22, 2015

Yes a new guy, LOL. I have 2 tanks, 1 a 44 gallon corner tank and 2 is a 6.25 gallon nano tank. I have had a salt water tank before many years back and a lot has changed since starting up again. I will post pictures here soon and keep you up to date on what I have and done. You may laugh or call me stupid but i did make a mistake and even the locale fish store didn't catch a problem I had. I even kicked my self in the rear for not remembering this. My tank has a high evaporation rate due to high humidity area i live, so i refilled with salt water, OOPS. yes i was topping off tank but also jacking the salinity rate up also. needless to say when i got my cleaner shrimp it was instant death. I was stumped and so was fish store till i took a water sample. Hey everything was OK except for salinity...... 1.032, ouch. OK now my issue to let everyone know where my mistake was, I had a Fluval inside tank salinity tester and it read 1.023 - 1.024. Boy was it wrong, it's now blown to pieces with a little help from a 9 mm round. I bought a refractometer so I know what I have. Both tanks are doing great now and fish are happy.

Tahoe61 · Jun 22, 2015

Welcome James, glad you got the issue resolved, we've all been there.

eatbreakfast · Jun 22, 2015

Welcome, glad to have you here.

kschweer · Jun 22, 2015

Welcome to R2R!!!

Shep · Jun 22, 2015

That is one way to deal with a broken piece of gear! Welcome to R2R

Oscaror · Jun 22, 2015

Welcome to R2R!

KJ · Jun 22, 2015

Welcome to R2R

Reefing Madness · Jun 22, 2015

megisawesome06 · Jun 22, 2015

I just signed up here, too! First off, I love your name. Second, my husband and I share a love of guns! Yay!

I can't help with anything yet as I'm really new to this whole thing. I'd love to see pics of the corner tank!

kireek · Jun 27, 2015

*Welcome to Reef2Reef @James Miller !*

James Miller · Jun 27, 2015

I will put comments on each picture and tell you what I did to get the tank going. The store I visit and shop at the gal is very impressed on how my tank is evolving at a fast pace. I still have some minor issues to resolve but not tank threatening. The stand you see I made cause when I bought the the tank and stand in which the stand was a pressed wood junk. This stand I made out of 3/4" plywood with birch surface. The tank I put a plexi-glass wall to make a in tank filtration system. Mistake 1 is I didnt seal both sides to trap the wall. When water level drops the wall bows and moves. I use 2 350 gph power heads and pump water from behind out the 2 pvc pipes you see in tank. I did add a self contained pump filter with uv in the stand. I run a 850 wave maker once a day to stir the tank so to speak. Will post more current photos soon.