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Any Saltwater Aquarium people here?
Posted on 11/18/15 at 11:12 am
Posted on 11/18/15 at 11:12 am
Just wanted to get a thread started up. I have set up my first reef tank and have already ran in to some issues.
I got the Ich. Just as my tank started growing a ton of coralline, Ich showed up. I have everyone in a Quarantine tank on a cupramine treatment for the next month to eradicate ich from them and the main tank. I lost my blenny due to this transfer. He stopped eating and 5 days later saw him floating.
Once all fish were in quarantine i have had a bad green algae bloom. And I want to put some cheato in my sump. Anyone in BR want to give me some?
As of now I have:
2 clowns
1 blue hippo
1 flame angle
1 yellow watchman goby(all in the Quarantine tank)
In the main tank i have:
Duncan Coral frag
grenish/yellow zoa frag
2 cleaner shrimp
1 yellow pistol shrimp
tons of snails
4 or 5 hermit crabs
Main reason i started this was for the cheato but we can keep this thread if people want to talk about their tanks. here are some pics.
I got the Ich. Just as my tank started growing a ton of coralline, Ich showed up. I have everyone in a Quarantine tank on a cupramine treatment for the next month to eradicate ich from them and the main tank. I lost my blenny due to this transfer. He stopped eating and 5 days later saw him floating.
Once all fish were in quarantine i have had a bad green algae bloom. And I want to put some cheato in my sump. Anyone in BR want to give me some?
As of now I have:
2 clowns
1 blue hippo
1 flame angle
1 yellow watchman goby(all in the Quarantine tank)
In the main tank i have:
Duncan Coral frag
grenish/yellow zoa frag
2 cleaner shrimp
1 yellow pistol shrimp
tons of snails
4 or 5 hermit crabs
Main reason i started this was for the cheato but we can keep this thread if people want to talk about their tanks. here are some pics.
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Posted on 11/18/15 at 11:18 am to CarRamrod
That looks awesome. I have always wanted a tank but I hear the maintenance is a total bitch to put up with.
Posted on 11/18/15 at 11:20 am to CarRamrod
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I had a 200 gallon reef for years. It went in the divorce. 
There is a reef club in Louisiana that is a very good resource. LARC
There are many members from all over the state. I'm sure several in your area have some cheato for you. It grows like a weed. Try for a couple of different macro-algaes. It will help more with stability.
There is a reef club in Louisiana that is a very good resource. LARC
There are many members from all over the state. I'm sure several in your area have some cheato for you. It grows like a weed. Try for a couple of different macro-algaes. It will help more with stability.
This post was edited on 11/18/15 at 11:38 am
Posted on 11/18/15 at 11:36 am to CarRamrod
I had intentions of mine being a reef tank but just about all the frags i have bought in the last two years have died. I have a 125 gallon tank with 30 gallon sump. Currently have an algae problem and just have one kenya tree for coral. Fish i have:
1- blue hippo tang
1- yellow tang
1- Flame angle
2- Banghi Cardinals
1- bicolor dotty back
2- clown fish
1- blue hippo tang
1- yellow tang
1- Flame angle
2- Banghi Cardinals
1- bicolor dotty back
2- clown fish
Posted on 11/18/15 at 11:39 am to bayoudude
my is 75. I really want to get a bigger one now like a 150-200.
Posted on 11/18/15 at 12:10 pm to CarRamrod
I had one set up for 3 years at my apt, but I lost it all due to a fire. Coral and fish all gone.
Have a new one that's been set up for a few months in my new house. Currently just live rock and fish. Haven't decided if I want to do coral again. it SUCKED putting 3 years into it last time and losing it all.
Current set up is 90gal with clown, blue hippo tang, coral beauty and some reef chromis. Plan to add a goby and maybe some others at some point.
Have a new one that's been set up for a few months in my new house. Currently just live rock and fish. Haven't decided if I want to do coral again. it SUCKED putting 3 years into it last time and losing it all.
Current set up is 90gal with clown, blue hippo tang, coral beauty and some reef chromis. Plan to add a goby and maybe some others at some point.
This post was edited on 11/18/15 at 12:12 pm
Posted on 11/18/15 at 12:15 pm to ChatRabbit77
quote:
I hear the maintenance is a total bitch to put up with.
It's really not as bad as you think, if you set it up right.
I had one for years, but after about the 4th move I decided to give it up.
Posted on 11/18/15 at 12:24 pm to Teague
Yeah maintenance is only really "bad" the first few months. At least in my experience. After a year I was just doing a 10% water change a month and rotating lights out every so often.
Everything else pretty much took care of itself.
Everything else pretty much took care of itself.
Posted on 11/18/15 at 12:47 pm to CP3
Do you have any cheato? id rather not spend 30 bucks to ship some to me or run to prairieville to pay for some.
Posted on 11/18/15 at 12:57 pm to CarRamrod
I never have. I just use a simple sump setup with a protein skimmer. Really don't even need the skimmer, just have it because it was free
Posted on 11/18/15 at 1:02 pm to CP3
yea i have a simple "berlin" style sump. i was going to grow some cheato in there to balance the PH swing and help with the algae bloom i just had.
I believe the bloom started cause i put some food in the tank without the fish in the tank to feed the shrimp and kep bacteria alive.... Thing is i did this like 3 nights in a row drunk. so i think i put too much nutrients in there and the algae bloomed.
I believe the bloom started cause i put some food in the tank without the fish in the tank to feed the shrimp and kep bacteria alive.... Thing is i did this like 3 nights in a row drunk. so i think i put too much nutrients in there and the algae bloomed.
Posted on 11/18/15 at 2:06 pm to CarRamrod
Yup. That will cause bloom.
Water changes are your friend in that case.
Water changes are your friend in that case.
Posted on 11/18/15 at 2:07 pm to CarRamrod
quote:
I got the Ich. Just as my tank started growing a ton of coralline, Ich showed up. I have everyone in a Quarantine tank on a cupramine treatment for the next month to eradicate ich from them and the main tank. I lost my blenny due to this transfer. He stopped eating and 5 days later saw him floating.
I have not the slightest clue what you just said.
Posted on 11/18/15 at 2:16 pm to convertedtiger
quote:
There is a reef club in Louisiana that is a very good resource. LARC
There are many members from all over the state. I'm sure several in your area have some cheato for you. It grows like a weed. Try for a couple of different macro-algaes. It will help more with stability.
I would recommend Bayou Reefkeeping over LARC. BRK is better organized and they have a lot of great members across the state and in the surrounding states.
I used to have a 34gallon tank and 120 gallon. I've been toying around with the idea of getting back into the hobby with a small setup.
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