New To Reefing

[ClearLife]

New member. I have a hex acrylic 35 gallon fish only tank for a little over 3 years. I want to upgrade to REEFING. I have been slowly changing tank parameters to more suit corals. Added a DIY CO2 chemical scrubber for my skimmer air intake and am pulling outside air in. Upped the PH from 7.7 to 8.3. Purchased Potassium, Alk, Calcium test kits and balanced those readings with newly purchased additives. Purchased new reef appropriate lights from Currant. (Orbit Marine LED Pro) Other equipment: Eshopps S-120 skimmer, Currant efflux DC return pump, Currant efflux wave pumps (just one), Eshopps hang-on-the-back overflow/ATO box and a DIY 10 gallon sump.

 

[Crabs McJones]

Welcome to R2R!!

 

[Billldg]

Welcome to R2R!!!

 

[Deep dive coral]

Welcome. Do you know what kind of coral you are going to want to keep?

 

[Antics]

Welcome to R2R!

 

[Peace River]

Welcome to R2R and great job on the introduction post! It looks like you are off to a good start! Read through the sticky threads at the top of each of the subforums (especially the "New to Saltwater and Reef Aquariums"), keep asking questions, watch the BRS 52 Weeks of Reefing videos on YouTube, and continue to engage with the R2R community.

 

[LAReefer4Life]

Nice job and thanks for sharing pictures with us!! Welcome to R2R!! A lot of great resources for you here.

 

[Irishman]

Awesome looking tank! Welcome to R2R!

 

[James M]

Welcome to reef2reef !!!

 

[Style185]

Welcome to reef2reef lotta good info n experienced reefers who are here to help

 

[Auquanut]

Welcome to the family. Be careful with the corals. Their kind of addicting!

 

[Hitman]

Welcome to R2R!!!

 

[BadFish619]

Welcome to R2R!

 

[KJ]

Welcome to R2R!!!

 

[Bob Weigant]

Welcome to a great hobby. Learn as much as you can and move slow

 

[ClearLife]

Welcome. Do you know what kind of coral you are going to want to keep?

I don't know anything about corals. I have been reading up on reef tank setup only so far. Any recommendations will be greatly appreciated. Thanks.

 

[Deep dive coral]

I don't know anything about corals. I have been reading up on reef tank setup only so far. Any recommendations will be greatly appreciated. Thanks.

According to the light you stated you purchased, and the height of that tank you can keep LPS no problem. Now if you are planning to add more rock to lessen the distance then you "may" be able to do some SPS.

 

[ClearLife]

According to the light you stated you purchased, and the height of that tank you can keep LPS no problem. Now if you are planning to add more rock to lessen the distance then you "may" be able to do some SPS.

Your saying I have the wrong light. Can you recommend one for this tank?

 

[Deep dive coral]

Your saying I have the wrong light. Can you recommend one for this tank?

I didnt say you have the wrong light. The light matches what you want to keep. I can recommend a light but i would need to know what tou want to keep, budget, etc

 

[Mastiffsrule]

I don't know anything about corals. I have been reading up on reef tank setup only so far. Any recommendations will be greatly appreciated. Thanks.

Welcome to reef 2 reef. Do what I do on corals, pick the pretty one you like. Just kidding, there lots of good info here for easier corals to start with.