WayneVT08
Fishaholic
Here's some background:
First had a 55 gallon freshwater community up for a few weeks. I was looking at all the SW stuff on here and decided to make the change before I got too heavily into the freshwater aspect of the hobby. So first thing to do was to sell the 55 gallon and the stuff in it. I gave the 7 fish I had in it to a LFS. The fish were 3 baby angelfish, a sailfin pleco, and three zebra danios. I kept the snails and shrimp and put them in the only freshwater thing I have left, a small 10 gallon tank and now they are rooming with 6 Neon Tetras. So I sold the 55 gallon tank alone for 90 dollars USD, I then sold my original xbox and all my games for 80 to start to fund the amount for the new SW tank I'll be getting. I used one set of lights on the 10 gallon I have and donated the other set of lights to my friend for his little sisters 10 gallon. I basically only have 2 TopFin 60 filters left which at least one is going to be used for a mini-fuge along with a larger fuge in the sump, the mini fuge is mainly going to be for a food source for a Mandarin Dragonet that I will get farther down the road.
But enough writing, now for the fun.
Tank Specs
75 gallon 48"x18"x21" (Pretty sure its AGA)
20 gallon long sump 30"x12"12" I think.
Skimmer: TBA
Lighting: TBA (more then likely T-5's which I will buy locally and retrofit them into my canopy.
LR: 60-70 lbs of LR
Sand: enough to have at least a 2-3 inch bed.
Circulation: 1 Hydor Koralia 3, 1 Hydor Koralia 4, along with whatever I use for my pump to create a Vortex effect so that the tank gets perfect circulation.
Corals:
LPS first, maybe some SPS down the road, near the very top of the tank.
Stocking: (To be adjusted)
2x Clownfish (Ocellaris/Percula)(TB/TR)
1x Bicolor Blenny
1x Kaudern's Cardinal
1x Firefish
1x Neon Goby (possibly)
1x Watchman Goby/Pistol Shrimp pair
1x Royal Gramma Basslet (possibly)
1x Green Mandarin (possibly)
1x Convict Tang
CUC:
No hermits, only snails.
A few peppermint shrimp
1x Scarlet Skunk Cleaner Shrimp
My friend is ordering me some stuff off of liveaquaria.com since he has a 15% off coupon, so I'll be getting the Hydor Koralia's, the 250 watt heater, and the Reef crystal salt off of there in a week or two.
Getting the tank, stand and canopy, along with a skimmer next weekend for 100 USD, and the guy is going to help me get it plumbed and "set-up" even though I still have to run electricity to the wall where it's going to be at in my basement. It will be a while, but I'm going to try to document it all the way through, maybe not the electrical since my dad would get pissed that I would be taking pictures and not helping so I may omit that part, but I'll try.
First had a 55 gallon freshwater community up for a few weeks. I was looking at all the SW stuff on here and decided to make the change before I got too heavily into the freshwater aspect of the hobby. So first thing to do was to sell the 55 gallon and the stuff in it. I gave the 7 fish I had in it to a LFS. The fish were 3 baby angelfish, a sailfin pleco, and three zebra danios. I kept the snails and shrimp and put them in the only freshwater thing I have left, a small 10 gallon tank and now they are rooming with 6 Neon Tetras. So I sold the 55 gallon tank alone for 90 dollars USD, I then sold my original xbox and all my games for 80 to start to fund the amount for the new SW tank I'll be getting. I used one set of lights on the 10 gallon I have and donated the other set of lights to my friend for his little sisters 10 gallon. I basically only have 2 TopFin 60 filters left which at least one is going to be used for a mini-fuge along with a larger fuge in the sump, the mini fuge is mainly going to be for a food source for a Mandarin Dragonet that I will get farther down the road.
But enough writing, now for the fun.
Tank Specs
75 gallon 48"x18"x21" (Pretty sure its AGA)
20 gallon long sump 30"x12"12" I think.
Skimmer: TBA
Lighting: TBA (more then likely T-5's which I will buy locally and retrofit them into my canopy.
LR: 60-70 lbs of LR
Sand: enough to have at least a 2-3 inch bed.
Circulation: 1 Hydor Koralia 3, 1 Hydor Koralia 4, along with whatever I use for my pump to create a Vortex effect so that the tank gets perfect circulation.
Corals:
LPS first, maybe some SPS down the road, near the very top of the tank.
Stocking: (To be adjusted)
2x Clownfish (Ocellaris/Percula)(TB/TR)
1x Bicolor Blenny
1x Kaudern's Cardinal
1x Firefish
1x Neon Goby (possibly)
1x Watchman Goby/Pistol Shrimp pair
1x Royal Gramma Basslet (possibly)
1x Green Mandarin (possibly)
1x Convict Tang
CUC:
No hermits, only snails.
A few peppermint shrimp
1x Scarlet Skunk Cleaner Shrimp
My friend is ordering me some stuff off of liveaquaria.com since he has a 15% off coupon, so I'll be getting the Hydor Koralia's, the 250 watt heater, and the Reef crystal salt off of there in a week or two.
Getting the tank, stand and canopy, along with a skimmer next weekend for 100 USD, and the guy is going to help me get it plumbed and "set-up" even though I still have to run electricity to the wall where it's going to be at in my basement. It will be a while, but I'm going to try to document it all the way through, maybe not the electrical since my dad would get pissed that I would be taking pictures and not helping so I may omit that part, but I'll try.
