My New Tank

[thanhreef]

I dreamed about a reef tank for years. I read some reef books and researched online. Finally, I found the ARC website. I love this website. It is local. So I decided I am going to begin my new adventure : setting up a reef tank. The tank has been running for 3 weeks. I am going to try to make it an SPS tank which I know will take time to get that level.

Equipment
-(1) 70 gallon Ultimate Oceanic Ultra-Clear Starphire Beveled Front Glass (Center overflow)
-(1) Matching Cherry Stand and Canopy
-(1) 125 Gallon Pro Clear Wet/Dry
-(1) Aqua Medic Turboflotor 1000 Multi SL Protein Skimmer
-(1) Danner Mag-Drive Supreme 7 700 GPH Water Pump
-(1) SeaChill TR-15 1/5 HP Aquarium Chiller by TECO
-(1) 400W TECO SeaChill Heater for TECO SeaChill Chiller
-(1) 15W UV Sterilizer for TECO SeaChill Chiller
-(1) Coralife 36 Inch Aqualight Pro, 1x150W HQI MH Lamp + 2x65W PC + 2x1W Lunar LED
-(1) Tunze Powerheads 6060
-(2) Tunze Powerheads 6045

Live Stock
- Roughly 150 lbs+ of Fiji and Tonga Live Rock
- Rougly 80 lbs of Carribean Reef Live Sand
- Some snails and crabs
- Two ocellaris clownfish
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[maddog]

lookin good!

 

[jcusmarine]

...making all the right choices from the start. Nice Work!

 

[jetchris]

wow dude , nice work and also nice choice of equipment.

 

[jmaneyapanda]

if it were me, id discontinue the wet dry. Just pull out the media. You ahve more than enough rock to handle it.

 

[thanhreef]

yeah, that's only one item I don't like. I just got ADHI Refugium and I am going to use it instead of Wet/Dry

 

[momma&amp;papafishels]

Very nice!

 

[triga22]

Awsome aquarium you got there.

 

[ralph atl]

very nice! definitely remove any bioballs!

 

[steve]

dang vista, you're setting it up good, let me know if you need any help. I'll hook you up.

Hopefully when I get a new bulb/reflector I'll have more growth and can frag you some nice stuff.

 

[thanhreef]

thank you very much for all your inputs. I am still new to reef tank. I would adjust some equipments when time comes. What other equipments do I need? I am thinking to get Calcium Reactor. Do you know there is great one? How about CO2?

thank you
-thanh

 

[steve]

If you don't want to shell out the ridiculous money for a calc reactor you can just do two part, Brightwell Aquatics sells is at well as every other chemical brand, you do part A first, then 15 minutes later you do part B. Everyday.

 

[purplegorilla]

very nice and clean!