Atlantic Reefer's 26 Gallon Bowfront

[atlantic reefer]

Originally Posted by ReefSilly

What is a fair price; What is your lfs offering?

Not sure what they are offering quite yet. I was thinking around 20 dollars. The only problem with him would be either war wounds around his eyes or a case of hlle that hasn't expanded.

[mad-reef]

your's is a nice tank shane!

Could you please let me know some hardware info in your setup! like what kind of filteration, protein skimmer lights etc. I have a 29g sitting around and I have been thinking of getting in at a small scale (I know the experts are going to tell me that bigger is better!) but money is a big issue here. So, I was looking for a person who had experience setting up a small tank from the start and I guess you are the man!

Thanks in advance for your reply.

[atlantic reefer]

Hi Mad-ReefThis tank I have just recently redone - pics to come at a later date.Here is a list of what i did - note that the items with the * are not reccomended for begining reefers even though it worked for meFiltration - *HOB Filter - this i cleaned every month to 2 months to keep it from becoming a nitrate factory, I also ran carbon 24/7 in the filter and changed it out every 2 weeks or so.Live Rock and Live Sand as Other meansI did not run a skimmer on this tank.Water changes - *I slacked on these doing 1 maybe once every 3-4 months. I did however blow off the rocks every now and then to keep detritus from building up.There was no sump to this tank - not skilled enough to drill it and I'm not a big DIY guy.Lighting - I run 130 watts PC - Coralife Dual Aqualight with Lunar Lights and some indirect sunlight from the windows.Flow - I had the flow from the HOB filter - 100 or 200 or so gph and a Maxi Jet 1200 placed at the top for surface agitation. (I will be adding more flow this time around)I do have a custom built - dad built it - plexi glass top but this I am changing to an egg crate top as the glass top cuts down alot of lightI dripped kalk about once every 2-3 weeks.I hope this helps you out

[atlantic reefer]

sorry its such a mess my isp or my comp is all messed up and won't allow me on this site without a proxy and that messes the organization up. I type it organized but then it makes it all combined.

[atlantic reefer]

35lbs of Sand All the Rock Again - Different Shot Rock In Tank Top Down 3/4s Full of Water 1 Hour In

[atlantic reefer]

4 hours in 8 hours in Next Day Not So Still Water 1 Week In - 2 Large Crabs added - they were in the 5.5 and did completely fine with my coral(decided to keep the coral and YWG) 9 days in - Urchin 1 and Urchin 2 added(1 didn't want a photo that day) 2 weeks in - Params = 0 across the board except Trate which is 10 - 2 Bangaii Added

[atlantic reefer]

Shrimp added - day 15 Snail - who knows what is but has been fine with the coral Urchin 2 FTS - 17 Days In YWG Took Out Some Rock - 15 of around 35lbs Coral Platform 1 Coral Platform 2 Electrical System Turbo Some pics I got a little lazy on as you can tell

[sfortune]

Very nice pics and looking very good!

[JTMAC]

nice job Shane. Do I need to show you how to use a camera?? LOL focus my young friend focus when the heck did you move to Ohio???

[atlantic reefer]

i got lazy and i don't have a tripod yet so i have to free hand it. Moved to Ohio june 19 or 20 - the tank was set up the day we arrived so yeah