My 150 build

Kylereefer120 · Dec 24, 2018

Well I decided to make the move to salt water from freshwater what I big change it had been I decided to buy a brand new 150 gallon with a 40 gallon sump right now I am running a simplicity skimmer and return pump with a ice cap 3k wave maker for the lights I am running two hydra 26s stocked with 90 pounds of rock and a few lps frogspawns and hammers and couple zoas I plan on doing mixed reef for the fish I have had some issues and already lost some I have a sailfin tang and some waersse right now tanks pretty empty still. Dealing with some new tank sendroms and my tang is sick

P-Dub · Dec 24, 2018

Welcome! You have come to the dark side... good for you. New tank syndrome is something that we all have to deal with to one degree or another. The trick is PATIENCE. I always suggest 4 months of cycling with no animals and no light during that time. Then, start with livestock... slowly. Hang in there and ride the ups and downs. Don't do anything drastic at this point other than maybe setting up a QT for the fish. The corals... wait and see. More details on where you are in the process and the parameters would help if you need some advice. Merry Christmas.

SPR1968 · Dec 25, 2018

The tank looks great and thanks for sharing it with us

And welcome to R2R as well!

NY_Caveman · Dec 25, 2018

Looks great! Love that Sailfin Tang.

Captain Quint · Dec 25, 2018

Again I welcome you to R2R. The tank looks awesome. Obstacles hit us usually at the beginning and just hang in there with that thingy they call patience.

Kylereefer120 · Dec 25, 2018

P-Dub said:
Welcome! You have come to the dark side... good for you. New tank syndrome is something that we all have to deal with to one degree or another. The trick is PATIENCE. I always suggest 4 months of cycling with no animals and no light during that time. Then, start with livestock... slowly. Hang in there and ride the ups and downs. Don't do anything drastic at this point other than maybe setting up a QT for the fish. The corals... wait and see. More details on where you are in the process and the parameters would help if you need some advice. Merry Christmas.

Well today is a new day and I am discovering that my frogspawn is losing the soft part from the skeleton just started to fall out did this on my hammer to I’m not sure what’s going on

acabgd · Dec 25, 2018

Hi and welcome to R2R.
There's a whole section dedicated to cycling your new tank, you should read it: https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/cycling-an-aquarium.306554/

There's also a beginner's guide to acclimation and quarantine so you can avoid issues with sick fish: https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/beginners-guide-to-acclimation-and-quarantine.304980/

Good luck and if you need more help please post more detail.
Merry Christmas!

P-Dub · Dec 25, 2018

Kylereefer120 said:
Well today is a new day and I am discovering that my frogspawn is losing the soft part from the skeleton just started to fall out did this on my hammer to I’m not sure what’s going on

Well, without knowing anything about your parameters and the process that you took from the very beginning up to this point we can't help much. It sucks watching the slow demise of your tank inhabitants.
If you can give us a rundown about all the equipment that you have including model type, what your process was in setting up and starting the tank, what you are dosing, what your maintenance schedule is, when you added what livestock, what your sand is and what type of rock you added, what your cycling schedule was & how/what you tested for during that cycle, your lighting schedule & intensities, what your test parameters are, settings of adjustable pumps, what/how you have your sump set up, basically every single little detail from beginning to now. With that information, we can help. It sucks for us to know/watch your tanks demise as well.