newbie to salt and computers

Dumpster Dave · 01-22-2006, 11:43 PM

hi all,

i'm not only new to salt but i'm also new to computers so be patient with me. my wife however does a lot on the internet so she set me up with a signature and avatar. (thanks dear)

we paid for all the equipment today - and the LR and are picking it up next weekend - finally converting the 90 gallon to salt!

oh ya, the wife finally gave in!

currently we have a 210 gallon freshwater tank which houses our eels and plecos as well as many other varieties of fish. a 135 gallon bismarck frontosa tank. the wife's 77 gallon oscar tank with some other cichlids to keep 'felix' company. a 46 gallon aulo. tank to breed syno. and aulo. a 33 gallon blue crayfish tank (we breed and sell them) and then some other tanks with either freshwater, crays (or fry tanks) in them scattered here and there around the house.

i keep trying to find somewhere else to squeeze in another tank... but alas there is no more plug-ins!

i am railroader... hence the nickname... recently retired from there but still working somewhere else - keeping busy! have 3 kids 7, 12 and 19.

well i guess that's it.

Witfull · 01-22-2006, 11:53 PM

welcome to both of you~

Travis · 01-23-2006, 12:42 AM

Welcome.

My prediction: By 2007 all those tanks will be reefs/propagation tanks.

cioutlaw · 01-23-2006, 01:34 AM

Geesh...next time I go to the zoo im just going to come to your house. I like how you put the wife & kids on the list as well LOL That deserves some Karma!! Welcome!!

Woodstock · 01-23-2006, 06:21 AM

Welcome to Reef sanctuary!!

Dragon Wrasse · 01-23-2006, 10:45 AM

Welcome aboard! I'm with Travis....you'll have more than one salt tank before long...LOL....

blue_eyes53813 · 01-23-2006, 10:50 AM

Hello. With the great beauty of reefs and Saltwater , you will have more than one tank. Should we take a poll of when he will be adding or even getting a bigger saltwater tank. ? I say 6 months.....

Little Luey · 01-24-2006, 04:23 PM

Hi there. I think Travis is right, all those tank will be saltwater in a few months, you got the salwater virus and it spreads super fast.

KimPossible · 01-24-2006, 07:46 PM

Welcome to RS Dave!!!
Glad to have you aboard

This is quite a pic.... thought provoking...yes...
(Compliments of "Da Wife" )

Rougiem · 01-24-2006, 10:00 PM

Welcome to RS!

cheers!

Dumpster Dave · 01-29-2006, 11:46 PM

giggling... this is da wife! my name is aleesha... and yes that is a beautiful cover image on my magazine

steve is a talented artist!

we are taking down our little 12 gallon tank which is salt... we've had it for a year now and it's doing okay... nothing spectacular though. after setting up this new 90 gallon yesterday... and the cost that went into it... there's no way he's going to convert my other tanks to salt! *she says and hopes it's true*

so here's the new setup:

2x250 watt HG metal halides - 2x55 watt actinics and 4 moon glows

d a smith 1/4 horse power pump - dart - with pvc closed loop system.

coralife sump (not hooked up yet) and some really gorgeous rock from one of the guys tanks who works at 'hidden reef' in abbotsford... it's been in his tank for 12 years so it's good to go in our tank!

so we have a reading of 0.3 for ammonia and expect that to be gone by wed at the latest... if it's gone by then, we'll be picking up our 'cleaning crew' kit (snails, crabs, sand sifting starfish, cleaner shrimp etc) on thursday!

here's the tank today:

Icebox · 01-30-2006, 12:01 AM

It is great to have you around. Salt tanks are like rabbits. They multiply and get bigger quickly. I started with a 29 then moved a 55, then a 40 or 45, then a 75, then a second 75, then I got a 150, but I decided that was not what I really wanted, so I traded it in before I ever got it set up and Now I am setting up a 180.

That should be the last change for a while. Well other than a frag tank at some point.

The wife does not know the plans for that yet.

Anyway it is great to have you.

Dumpster Dave · 01-30-2006, 12:15 AM

ya i hear you. we started with a 77 gallon and within months we were up to 13 tanks... then... as time went on... we cared for the 12 gallon salt and so then i finally caved and agreed to covert our 90 to salt.

with the expense of this tank... there won't be anymore salt tanks, unfortunately we just can't afford to do anymore. but this one will be SPECTACULAR!!!

01-22-2006, 11:43 PM	#1 (permalink)
Dumpster Dave Tunicate Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: BC Canada Posts: 18 View Gallery Karma Komment	newbie to salt and computers hi all, i'm not only new to salt but i'm also new to computers so be patient with me. my wife however does a lot on the internet so she set me up with a signature and avatar. (thanks dear) we paid for all the equipment today - and the LR and are picking it up next weekend - finally converting the 90 gallon to salt! oh ya, the wife finally gave in! currently we have a 210 gallon freshwater tank which houses our eels and plecos as well as many other varieties of fish. a 135 gallon bismarck frontosa tank. the wife's 77 gallon oscar tank with some other cichlids to keep 'felix' company. a 46 gallon aulo. tank to breed syno. and aulo. a 33 gallon blue crayfish tank (we breed and sell them) and then some other tanks with either freshwater, crays (or fry tanks) in them scattered here and there around the house. i keep trying to find somewhere else to squeeze in another tank... but alas there is no more plug-ins! i am railroader... hence the nickname... recently retired from there but still working somewhere else - keeping busy! have 3 kids 7, 12 and 19. well i guess that's it. __________________ 6 fish tanks - 90 gallon SW snakes, lizards, frogs, birds rats, mice... oh heck... a little of everything! 1.2 kids 0.1 wife da wife's magazine

01-23-2006, 12:42 AM	#3 (permalink)
Travis Smilie Bartender Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Dallas, TX Posts: 6,697 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Re: newbie to salt and computers Welcome. My prediction: By 2007 all those tanks will be reefs/propagation tanks. __________________ Help build the Encyclopedia of ReefKeeping Find over 1400 Reef Aquarium Articles at The Reef Aquarium Index

01-23-2006, 01:34 AM	#4 (permalink)
cioutlaw Harlequin Tuskfish Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Champaign Illinois Posts: 958 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: newbie to salt and computers Geesh...next time I go to the zoo im just going to come to your house. I like how you put the wife & kids on the list as well LOL That deserves some Karma!! Welcome!!

01-23-2006, 06:21 AM	#5 (permalink)
Woodstock The Wand Geek was here. ;) Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: North Carolina Posts: 23,614 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Re: newbie to salt and computers Welcome to Reef sanctuary!! __________________ ~Doni Marie~ *GOT ICH???* *My Anemone & Picasso Tank ~* 120 Reef Chronicle ~ *Breeding Picasso Clownfish~* *Massive 300 gal growout~* *Picasso & Snowcasso for sale~* "Energy and persistence conquer all things." Benjamin Franklin __________________________________________________ ______________________________________________

01-23-2006, 10:45 AM	#6 (permalink)
Dragon Wrasse Harlequin Tuskfish Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Southern California Posts: 991 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: newbie to salt and computers Welcome aboard! I'm with Travis....you'll have more than one salt tank before long...LOL.... __________________ *Member "Crabs Are Evil" Society* "A wise man learns more from a foolish question, then a fool learns from a wise answer" - Bruce Lee _____________________________ 75 gal SeaClear II Reef Tank (softy tank) - Coralife 125 Super Skimmer - Little Giant 2-MDQX-SC - Angstrom 2537 UV 15W - HOB Refugium - Eheim Pro 2228 - Red Sea Wave Maker w/Maxi-Jet 600 (X4) - 100 lbs Live Sand (DSB) - 100 lbs Live Rock - 260W PC lighting - 470nm lunar lights (X15) - AquaController II Custom 75 gal Starphire glass tank (SPS/LPS tank) - Custom 24 gal Refugium - Tuzne Wave box - JBJ Chiller - 390W PC lighting - 175W MH (X2) - Knop Cal. Reactor - AquaController 3 Pro - Aqua C Skimmer - Phosban Reactor - 18W Turbo-twist UV sterilizer - Sump - Sony Computer 5 gal Nano Hospital Tank - Eheim 2213 - Red Sea Prizm Skimmer - Live sand - Live Rock - Built in Refugium - 36W PC lighting

01-23-2006, 10:50 AM	#7 (permalink)
blue_eyes53813 Hey!Its not my fault Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Lancaster, Wisconsin Posts: 6,879 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Re: newbie to salt and computers Hello. With the great beauty of reefs and Saltwater , you will have more than one tank. Should we take a poll of when he will be adding or even getting a bigger saltwater tank. ? I say 6 months..... __________________ 265 Gallon Reef built into basement wall. Lighting = 6x250 watts MH, 2x96 watt PC ,and 2x140 watt VHO for a total watt of 1,972 watts . New addition on 4-14-07 of 100 gallon sump and 100 gallon refugium. I think I have lost my mind. Gotta love this hobby Vicki Life is like a pathway of untrodden snow. Be careful how you step in it for every mark will show Definition of FRIENDSHIP: All lives touch other lives to create something new and alive My tank chronicles. http://www.reefsanctuary.com/forums/...wall-reef.html

01-24-2006, 04:23 PM	#8 (permalink)
Little Luey Scopas Tang Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Yuma, Arizona Posts: 432 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: newbie to salt and computers Hi there. I think Travis is right, all those tank will be saltwater in a few months, you got the salwater virus and it spreads super fast. __________________ Little Luey 20Gal, 30 lbs. Live rock. 1 yellow goby 1 firefish 1 rainsford goby 5 turbo snails 1 feather duster 1 devil's hand leather 1 sea grass colony 2 Zoantoids colonies

01-24-2006, 07:46 PM	#9 (permalink)
KimPossible Golden Moray Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Gilbert, Arizona Posts: 2,549 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Re: newbie to salt and computers Welcome to RS Dave!!! Glad to have you aboard This is quite a pic.... thought provoking...yes... (Compliments of "Da Wife" ) __________________ Kim ~My environment is a product of myself~

01-24-2006, 10:00 PM	#10 (permalink)
Rougiem Ichthy Inquisitor Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Biggest Little City In The World Posts: 2,898 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Re: newbie to salt and computers Welcome to RS! cheers! __________________ "Apes don't read philosophy." "Yes they do Otto, they just don't understand it." Intial School Tank Set Up and Progress

01-29-2006, 11:46 PM	#11 (permalink)
Dumpster Dave Tunicate Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: BC Canada Posts: 18 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: newbie to salt and computers giggling... this is da wife! my name is aleesha... and yes that is a beautiful cover image on my magazine steve is a talented artist! we are taking down our little 12 gallon tank which is salt... we've had it for a year now and it's doing okay... nothing spectacular though. after setting up this new 90 gallon yesterday... and the cost that went into it... there's no way he's going to convert my other tanks to salt! she says and hopes it's true so here's the new setup: 2x250 watt HG metal halides - 2x55 watt actinics and 4 moon glows d a smith 1/4 horse power pump - dart - with pvc closed loop system. coralife sump (not hooked up yet) and some really gorgeous rock from one of the guys tanks who works at 'hidden reef' in abbotsford... it's been in his tank for 12 years so it's good to go in our tank! so we have a reading of 0.3 for ammonia and expect that to be gone by wed at the latest... if it's gone by then, we'll be picking up our 'cleaning crew' kit (snails, crabs, sand sifting starfish, cleaner shrimp etc) on thursday! here's the tank today: __________________ 6 fish tanks - 90 gallon SW snakes, lizards, frogs, birds rats, mice... oh heck... a little of everything! 1.2 kids 0.1 wife da wife's magazine

01-30-2006, 12:01 AM	#12 (permalink)
Icebox Torch coral Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Creston, NC Posts: 528 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: newbie to salt and computers It is great to have you around. Salt tanks are like rabbits. They multiply and get bigger quickly. I started with a 29 then moved a 55, then a 40 or 45, then a 75, then a second 75, then I got a 150, but I decided that was not what I really wanted, so I traded it in before I ever got it set up and Now I am setting up a 180. That should be the last change for a while. Well other than a frag tank at some point. The wife does not know the plans for that yet. Anyway it is great to have you. __________________ Mike

01-30-2006, 12:15 AM	#13 (permalink)
Dumpster Dave Tunicate Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: BC Canada Posts: 18 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: newbie to salt and computers ya i hear you. we started with a 77 gallon and within months we were up to 13 tanks... then... as time went on... we cared for the 12 gallon salt and so then i finally caved and agreed to covert our 90 to salt. with the expense of this tank... there won't be anymore salt tanks, unfortunately we just can't afford to do anymore. but this one will be SPECTACULAR!!! __________________ 6 fish tanks - 90 gallon SW snakes, lizards, frogs, birds rats, mice... oh heck... a little of everything! 1.2 kids 0.1 wife da wife's magazine

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