pireefgirl85
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Hello all, from the Gulf Coast in Coonassville South Louisiana; lovely Pecan Island! Lol
Im new to this group, and pretty fresh in the saltwater/reef tank hobby.
I was actually thrown into it, without floaties, and had to learn to swim pretty quickly.
Can we say one heck of a learning curve?! [emoji15][emoji15][emoji15]
I had no idea about correct water parameters, the difference between a coral and an anemone...literally, nothing.
I was offered, wellll more so kind of forcefully given, a 120 gallon reef tank and all of its inhabitants and supplies(it was in a state of total disarray, so imagine the nightmare this newbie took on with an OLD established banged up tank full of hair algae, coral unidentified, broken pieces in the sand bed, murky water that you do not even want to know the parameters. I say it often, now that I know exactly what I was handed...the original tank inhabitants that are still alive and well,never lost a single one, could survive the bubonic plague![emoji85]).
Needless to say, it took a 40 ft closed in box trailer to haul tank, 55 gallon drums for live rock, buckets for fish with aeration, and the SIX different pump systems that came with it, plus food, cleaning supplies, chemicals, etc. 40+ miles to BFE country. Anyone familiar with South LA can sympathize with me on this, with our road conditions.(My father in law actually rode in the box trailer to holdthe buckets up right that contained all the fish and live rock...mans got a set, that's for sure! [emoji110][emoji110])
Well, none of these 5000 systems that were given to me had instruction manuals...so, imagine the panic that ensued when I arrived home with all these pieces and parts and hoses, and filters, and sumps, and fish that needed to be retanked asap.
Thank gawd for YouTube and Google! [emoji120] lol
Sooooo, after the [emoji90] show of setting that bad boy up, I run a 30 gallon sump/refugium with a CPR CS102 over flow box w/ a Tom's Airlifter pump, Reef Octopus 110-INT, caulepra taxifolia in my center chamber for macro, and if needed I use the baffles between my middle and last chambers for chemical media bags between filter floss . I have an extra HOB Reef Octopus DBH-300 Protein Skimmer, a Fluval Canister, Hydor 600 Canister, and some other Florida brand protein skimmer, and numerous pieces and parts to other systems I have no clue what they are, for back up. And, I have enough chemicals and medication to turn the GOM into the Carribean [emoji85] I also run a 30 gallon qt tank, permanently, after one horrible experience with a Sailfin Tang from Satan's Layer, as I now call it(Petco)hahahaha I checked their water parameters from the bag our fish came in, and [emoji33] I'll stick to local marine stores from now on.
Also have a 10 gallon hospital tank for all incoming inverts/coral.
And, my originals....my Oscar, parrot, and cichilid 65 gallon FW tank.
Here's a list of what inhabits my saltwater DT, and a picture:
1- Yellow Tang
2- Baby Hippo Tangs
1- Coral Beauty Angel
2- Maroon Gold Stripped Clownfish-Mated/Bred Pair(Mafia lords!! Worst fish in the history of ever)-edited to say they have been moved to their own system to spawn
1- Ocellaris(False Percula)Clownfish
1- Six Line Wrasse
1- Mandarin Dragonet
1- Blue Springer Damsel
1- Pink Spotted Watchman Goby
1-Orange Spotted Shrimp Goby
2- Firefish Goby
6- Blue Green Chromis
1- Banggai(Banner) Cardinals
1- Royal Gramma Basslet
1- Engineer Goby
2- Harlequin Shrimp(bonded pair)
1- Peppermint Shrimp
1-Cleaner Shrimp
2- Saron Shrimp(inhabit the tank with the maroon gold stripped clowns)
And, a clean up crew consisting of numerous Nassarius snails(which just had babies all over my tank [emoji33]), astrea snails, red leg hermits, blue and orange leg hermits, and one HUGE, scary, mexican turbo snail, that I unearthed one afternoon and I named the kracken! [emoji15] lol
9- Australian Duncan Polyps(ranging from 3 to 50+ polyps in each colony)
1- Blastomussa Welsi
1- Blue Eye Lithophyllon
1- Green Toadstool Leather
1- WWC Blow Pop Cyphastrea
1- WWC Red Aussie Lord Acan
1- WWC Rainbow Lord Acan
1- WWC Neon Splatter Wall Hammer
1-Reverse Superman Montipora(pink and blue)
1- Pink Montipora Capricornis
1- Red Montipora(Velvet Branch) Digitata
Toxic Green Florida Ricordea Mushroom Bed
Green and Blue Ricordea Yuma Bed
A plathora of different colored discomas and frilly shrooms
1-Super Cultured(Chili Coral-Red and Orange) Alyconium Plate
1- plate of snake polyps
1-Kenya Tree Coral
1-Pipe Organ Rock (Daisy Coral)
1- softball size purple and green Galaxea
2- Pavonia Cactus
1- Double Head Green and Purple Branching Hammer
1- Double Head Orange Wall Hammer
1- Purple with Yellow Tip Torch Colony (6 heads)
1- Red and Green Favite Pentagonia War Coral
1- Hawaiian Feather Duster
4- Rainbow BTA
I think that's everything....lol
1st pic is of a 3 month progression of the system. Top picture of collage is night it was set up, middle is on 3 month anniversary, and last is of my fuge.
2nd pic is more recent (last night).
And, the rest are just randoms. Lol
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Im new to this group, and pretty fresh in the saltwater/reef tank hobby.
I was actually thrown into it, without floaties, and had to learn to swim pretty quickly.
Can we say one heck of a learning curve?! [emoji15][emoji15][emoji15]
I had no idea about correct water parameters, the difference between a coral and an anemone...literally, nothing.
I was offered, wellll more so kind of forcefully given, a 120 gallon reef tank and all of its inhabitants and supplies(it was in a state of total disarray, so imagine the nightmare this newbie took on with an OLD established banged up tank full of hair algae, coral unidentified, broken pieces in the sand bed, murky water that you do not even want to know the parameters. I say it often, now that I know exactly what I was handed...the original tank inhabitants that are still alive and well,never lost a single one, could survive the bubonic plague![emoji85]).
Needless to say, it took a 40 ft closed in box trailer to haul tank, 55 gallon drums for live rock, buckets for fish with aeration, and the SIX different pump systems that came with it, plus food, cleaning supplies, chemicals, etc. 40+ miles to BFE country. Anyone familiar with South LA can sympathize with me on this, with our road conditions.(My father in law actually rode in the box trailer to holdthe buckets up right that contained all the fish and live rock...mans got a set, that's for sure! [emoji110][emoji110])
Well, none of these 5000 systems that were given to me had instruction manuals...so, imagine the panic that ensued when I arrived home with all these pieces and parts and hoses, and filters, and sumps, and fish that needed to be retanked asap.
Thank gawd for YouTube and Google! [emoji120] lol
Sooooo, after the [emoji90] show of setting that bad boy up, I run a 30 gallon sump/refugium with a CPR CS102 over flow box w/ a Tom's Airlifter pump, Reef Octopus 110-INT, caulepra taxifolia in my center chamber for macro, and if needed I use the baffles between my middle and last chambers for chemical media bags between filter floss . I have an extra HOB Reef Octopus DBH-300 Protein Skimmer, a Fluval Canister, Hydor 600 Canister, and some other Florida brand protein skimmer, and numerous pieces and parts to other systems I have no clue what they are, for back up. And, I have enough chemicals and medication to turn the GOM into the Carribean [emoji85] I also run a 30 gallon qt tank, permanently, after one horrible experience with a Sailfin Tang from Satan's Layer, as I now call it(Petco)hahahaha I checked their water parameters from the bag our fish came in, and [emoji33] I'll stick to local marine stores from now on.
Also have a 10 gallon hospital tank for all incoming inverts/coral.
And, my originals....my Oscar, parrot, and cichilid 65 gallon FW tank.
Here's a list of what inhabits my saltwater DT, and a picture:
1- Yellow Tang
2- Baby Hippo Tangs
1- Coral Beauty Angel
2- Maroon Gold Stripped Clownfish-Mated/Bred Pair(Mafia lords!! Worst fish in the history of ever)-edited to say they have been moved to their own system to spawn
1- Ocellaris(False Percula)Clownfish
1- Six Line Wrasse
1- Mandarin Dragonet
1- Blue Springer Damsel
1- Pink Spotted Watchman Goby
1-Orange Spotted Shrimp Goby
2- Firefish Goby
6- Blue Green Chromis
1- Banggai(Banner) Cardinals
1- Royal Gramma Basslet
1- Engineer Goby
2- Harlequin Shrimp(bonded pair)
1- Peppermint Shrimp
1-Cleaner Shrimp
2- Saron Shrimp(inhabit the tank with the maroon gold stripped clowns)
And, a clean up crew consisting of numerous Nassarius snails(which just had babies all over my tank [emoji33]), astrea snails, red leg hermits, blue and orange leg hermits, and one HUGE, scary, mexican turbo snail, that I unearthed one afternoon and I named the kracken! [emoji15] lol
9- Australian Duncan Polyps(ranging from 3 to 50+ polyps in each colony)
1- Blastomussa Welsi
1- Blue Eye Lithophyllon
1- Green Toadstool Leather
1- WWC Blow Pop Cyphastrea
1- WWC Red Aussie Lord Acan
1- WWC Rainbow Lord Acan
1- WWC Neon Splatter Wall Hammer
1-Reverse Superman Montipora(pink and blue)
1- Pink Montipora Capricornis
1- Red Montipora(Velvet Branch) Digitata
Toxic Green Florida Ricordea Mushroom Bed
Green and Blue Ricordea Yuma Bed
A plathora of different colored discomas and frilly shrooms
1-Super Cultured(Chili Coral-Red and Orange) Alyconium Plate
1- plate of snake polyps
1-Kenya Tree Coral
1-Pipe Organ Rock (Daisy Coral)
1- softball size purple and green Galaxea
2- Pavonia Cactus
1- Double Head Green and Purple Branching Hammer
1- Double Head Orange Wall Hammer
1- Purple with Yellow Tip Torch Colony (6 heads)
1- Red and Green Favite Pentagonia War Coral
1- Hawaiian Feather Duster
4- Rainbow BTA
I think that's everything....lol
1st pic is of a 3 month progression of the system. Top picture of collage is night it was set up, middle is on 3 month anniversary, and last is of my fuge.
2nd pic is more recent (last night).
And, the rest are just randoms. Lol
Sent from my SM-G935V using Tapatalk
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