StevieGM
Community Member
Hi,
Thank you for the warm welcome.
I have had saltwater tanks of different varieties since about 1995 but didn't make a commitment
to reefing til about 6 years ago.
My first reef was 20 gallon long with basic equipment and at the time I was always working and did not have the time to care for it properly.
My wife and I went on vacation and while we were gone our house lost electricity (out for 5 days)
Needless to say our tank died a messy and horrible death.
My wife had named everybody in the tank and took the loss hard.
I had gotten the bug to do it again but we decided not to do it until I had more time for it and we could afford proper equipment. A wise decision.
This brings me up to my 2 tanks.
My first one is a 37 gallon tall setup that I started about 3 years ago.
The equipment:
37 gallon old style tank with rim.
40 pounds of live sand
35 pounds of live rock
Penn Plax 1000 265 gph
Eshopps psk-75h Skimmer 357 gph
2 Koralia power heads 850 gph
1 cpr aquafuge 2 HOB refugium 152 gph
2 custom modified nanobox mini tide plus m
eggcrate tank top
The livestock:
1 Clown fish
1 sunrise dottyback
1 coral banded shrimp
1 blue tuxedo urchin
1 sad sifting star
2 zoa colonies
1 leather
1 candy cane lps
7 nassarious snails
6 turbo snails
My new build: 2 weeks ago (still cycling)
13.5 fluval evo
all stock equipment so far
1 koralia 240 gph
20 pounds live sand
15 pounds of live rock
I am pleased to say how much this hobby brings from the technical aspect to the joy and peace
from observing my two communities grow.
Thank you for the warm welcome.
I have had saltwater tanks of different varieties since about 1995 but didn't make a commitment
to reefing til about 6 years ago.
My first reef was 20 gallon long with basic equipment and at the time I was always working and did not have the time to care for it properly.
My wife and I went on vacation and while we were gone our house lost electricity (out for 5 days)
Needless to say our tank died a messy and horrible death.
My wife had named everybody in the tank and took the loss hard.
I had gotten the bug to do it again but we decided not to do it until I had more time for it and we could afford proper equipment. A wise decision.
This brings me up to my 2 tanks.
My first one is a 37 gallon tall setup that I started about 3 years ago.
The equipment:
37 gallon old style tank with rim.
40 pounds of live sand
35 pounds of live rock
Penn Plax 1000 265 gph
Eshopps psk-75h Skimmer 357 gph
2 Koralia power heads 850 gph
1 cpr aquafuge 2 HOB refugium 152 gph
2 custom modified nanobox mini tide plus m
eggcrate tank top
The livestock:
1 Clown fish
1 sunrise dottyback
1 coral banded shrimp
1 blue tuxedo urchin
1 sad sifting star
2 zoa colonies
1 leather
1 candy cane lps
7 nassarious snails
6 turbo snails
My new build: 2 weeks ago (still cycling)
13.5 fluval evo
all stock equipment so far
1 koralia 240 gph
20 pounds live sand
15 pounds of live rock
I am pleased to say how much this hobby brings from the technical aspect to the joy and peace
from observing my two communities grow.
