I am not new to saltwater, not by any means; but I just started a setup after a 4 year "break". I thought I would share some pictures of my tank. It is just off of its cycle and I have been adding livestock over the last couple of days. I bought a few corals at a LFS that has been great to me since day one of my hobby, and got a few frags from a friend of mine. Enjoy, please comment.
Congrats on your re-entry into the hobby of the empty wallet!! What are your plans for the tank?
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No kidding! I forgot how expensive it was until just recently. The latest expense was the addition of a chiller. I really didnt want to buy one but I couldnt keep the temps down using any other method, ie evaporative cooling, fans; and I didnt spend all of this money thus far to have incorrect parameters so a couple of hundred bucks didnt seem that unreasonable. My plans are for a mixed reef with mainly softies, a Maxima clam, 2-3 fish, 2 shrimp. Maybe, depending on water parameters a royal gramma or a fire goby later. I keep my fish load down because I HATE absolutely HATE hair agae, so I want to keep nitrate to a minimum. Like the 0 PPM it is right now.
It's not all that tough to have a higher fish load and keep your nitrates down. Don't overfeed. Frequent water changes with a quality salt will do wonders. Looks like you have some room right through a wall since you put the chiller elsewhere. You could even consider adding a nice big refugium into the mix for nutrient reduction and pod growth.
Keep the pics coming as this progresses.
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150 gal Custom. Born 5/7/07. 50gal, 29gal, 20gal Sumps. 30gal Frag Tank. ETSS 800 Skimmer, Deltec APF600 Skimmer. PFO Solaris Lighting on Display and Frag Tank
Just off my cycle - *pics*
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