Hello--New to the Forum

doomax · 04-16-2008, 10:36 PM

Hi, I am Dominic and live in Jersey. I have two 35 gallon bow fronts in the back corners of my family room--one reef and one fish only. I have had my tanks for about 2 years and really got serious with the reef tank over the last 6 months. I don't have pictures yet, but will try to get some soon:

Tank 1 (fish only): Cascade 1000 (spray bar), Sunpod 150W MH (white), aqua remora skimmer with maxi 1200. 2 anenomies, live rock formations. Fish: Maroon Clown (super aggressive), porc puffer, blue spot puffer, marine betta, and shrimp goby.

Tank 2: reef: Cascade 700 (spray bar), sunpod 150w MH (blue tint), aqua remora skimmer w/ maxi 1200. Kalkwasser 1000 stirrer w/Liter meter III for dosing. Vortex for flow.

Fish: Yellow Tang, Blue Tang, six line wrasse, clown (nemo), lawnmower blenny.

Purple Lobster (Pain in the rear, but cool!!!), purple shrooms, hairy shrooms, red shrooms, green striped shrooms, cabbage leather, toadstool leather, flower leather, soft brain, snake polyps, sun polyps, clam, featherduster, austrailan elegance, neon bubble coral, hammer coral, branch bubble coral, rose bubble anenomies (2), neon bubble anenomie, neon green blanket anenomie (nemo's home), zenia--think that's it.

I've learned alot reading these forums and hope to learn more.
Thanks for taking the time to read my post.

Dominic

AQTCJAK · 04-16-2008, 10:38 PM

Welcome ABoard

Dentoid · 04-16-2008, 10:42 PM

Frankie · 04-16-2008, 11:17 PM

Nice first post! Welcome to RS! I would like to see some pictures of your filtration and the kalk reactor. It sounds like you have it going in the right direction.

heels92 · 04-16-2008, 11:57 PM

Hello, this crowd loves pics.

Darrell

SaltwaterGeek · 04-17-2008, 06:25 AM

Welcome to RS!

blue_eyes53813 · 04-17-2008, 08:22 AM

Hello Welcome to RS

BigAl07 · 04-17-2008, 08:38 AM

Hello

and Welcome to RS!

Sounds like you have 2 really cool set-ups. I'd also love to see some pics.. I'm interested in your "spray bars" and how you like them. Do you have them terminating UNDER the water line? How's the Salt Creep on that system?

doomax · 04-18-2008, 03:30 PM

I really like the spray bars. I place them right above the waterline. At night when the lights go out, my blue spot puffer will invert himself at the bottom of the spray bar and just chill there. My porcupine puffer likes to play in the flow that comes out of the bar.

Not sure what you mean by salt creep, but if you mean salt accum on the glass--I get enough in about 2 weeks to pull it off and clean it. I just do that when I do my water changes...the system overall is very easy to maintain, so I do like them.

rlcline76 · 04-18-2008, 03:33 PM

Welcome!

tbittner · 04-19-2008, 08:28 AM

Welcome to RS!

I love our porcupine puffer. He has a fun personality. I love those eyes!

doomax · 05-14-2008, 01:49 PM

OK, took some time, but put about 12 pics in my gallery--not sure how to put a link in to my gallery...I will figure it out along the way...

BTW--wow--looked a a few thousand pics of everyone's stuff over the last month--All of you have gorgeous stuff!!

Dominic

JWarren · 05-14-2008, 01:52 PM

JWarren · 05-14-2008, 01:56 PM

Go find your pic that you want to post.

Right click - properties - copy the link to the pic.

Go to make a post and click on the insert image icon, ctrl V to paste the link and thats it.

JWarren · 05-14-2008, 01:57 PM

Try it it in this thread.

04-16-2008, 10:36 PM	#1 (permalink)
doomax Tunicate Join Date: Apr 2008 Posts: 14 View Gallery Karma Komment	Hello--New to the Forum Hi, I am Dominic and live in Jersey. I have two 35 gallon bow fronts in the back corners of my family room--one reef and one fish only. I have had my tanks for about 2 years and really got serious with the reef tank over the last 6 months. I don't have pictures yet, but will try to get some soon: Tank 1 (fish only): Cascade 1000 (spray bar), Sunpod 150W MH (white), aqua remora skimmer with maxi 1200. 2 anenomies, live rock formations. Fish: Maroon Clown (super aggressive), porc puffer, blue spot puffer, marine betta, and shrimp goby. Tank 2: reef: Cascade 700 (spray bar), sunpod 150w MH (blue tint), aqua remora skimmer w/ maxi 1200. Kalkwasser 1000 stirrer w/Liter meter III for dosing. Vortex for flow. Fish: Yellow Tang, Blue Tang, six line wrasse, clown (nemo), lawnmower blenny. Purple Lobster (Pain in the rear, but cool!!!), purple shrooms, hairy shrooms, red shrooms, green striped shrooms, cabbage leather, toadstool leather, flower leather, soft brain, snake polyps, sun polyps, clam, featherduster, austrailan elegance, neon bubble coral, hammer coral, branch bubble coral, rose bubble anenomies (2), neon bubble anenomie, neon green blanket anenomie (nemo's home), zenia--think that's it. I've learned alot reading these forums and hope to learn more. Thanks for taking the time to read my post. Dominic

04-16-2008, 10:38 PM	#2 (permalink)
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04-16-2008, 11:17 PM	#4 (permalink)
Frankie Angel Girl's Daddy Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: The End Of The World Posts: 6,818 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Re: Hello--New to the Forum Nice first post! Welcome to RS! I would like to see some pictures of your filtration and the kalk reactor. It sounds like you have it going in the right direction. __________________ Visit my aquarium -->Frankie's 120 gal Experiment Bruce: Today's meeting is Step 5: Bring a fish friend. Everyone brought a fish friend? DIY=DO IT YOURSELF! If we ignore the environment maybe it will go away....

04-16-2008, 11:57 PM	#5 (permalink)
heels92 Serpent Star Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Mount Pleasant, SC Posts: 238 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: Hello--New to the Forum Hello, this crowd loves pics. Darrell __________________ 65 gal reef with fish. 250 14k mh, 2 2x96in actinic pc, berlin protein skimmer, 5 gal sump, uv sterilizer, phoban reactor. soft, lps, and some sps corals. 2 gobies, 2 clownfish, anemone, coral beauty, fridmani, dusky jawfish, mandarin, brittle starfish.

04-17-2008, 06:25 AM	#6 (permalink)
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04-17-2008, 08:22 AM	#7 (permalink)
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04-17-2008, 08:38 AM	#8 (permalink)
BigAl07 Reef Addict (hopeless) Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Waynesville, North Carolina Posts: 10,340 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Re: Hello--New to the Forum Hello and Welcome to RS! Sounds like you have 2 really cool set-ups. I'd also love to see some pics.. I'm interested in your "spray bars" and how you like them. Do you have them terminating UNDER the water line? How's the Salt Creep on that system? __________________ Allen Allen's testimonial . . ."Let Me help you help YOURSELF" (Click Here) with a SW set up there is one basic fundamental rule that we ALL should follow *When in doubt... wait it out. This means take it slow and let the tank "develop" and don't rush it. Time is your friend Ask me about how to increase your REEF budget without going without FOOD!!* Big Al's 10g Julie's (BigAl's Gal) 6g NanoCube BigAl's Slow 90g Tank Chronicle Allens OFFICE 12g Nano-Reef Reef Balls & Cakes Debt Free & Change your Family Tree!!

04-18-2008, 03:30 PM	#9 (permalink)
doomax Tunicate Join Date: Apr 2008 Posts: 14 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: Hello--New to the Forum I really like the spray bars. I place them right above the waterline. At night when the lights go out, my blue spot puffer will invert himself at the bottom of the spray bar and just chill there. My porcupine puffer likes to play in the flow that comes out of the bar. Not sure what you mean by salt creep, but if you mean salt accum on the glass--I get enough in about 2 weeks to pull it off and clean it. I just do that when I do my water changes...the system overall is very easy to maintain, so I do like them.

04-18-2008, 03:33 PM	#10 (permalink)
rlcline76 Manta Ray Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Fort Bliss, TX Posts: 3,212 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Re: Hello--New to the Forum Welcome! __________________ ~Becky~ I think everything ALWAYS comes back to underwear sooner or later. Whether or not that's a good thing is up to conjecture. BarbMazz Any weather is thong weather. BEELZEBOB honesty and a skidmark fetish will get you far Sasquatch I don't want the world, I just want your half. TMBG

04-19-2008, 08:28 AM	#11 (permalink)
tbittner Watch this Ma! Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Northern VA Posts: 5,562 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Re: Hello--New to the Forum Welcome to RS! I love our porcupine puffer. He has a fun personality. I love those eyes! __________________ Terry 150g predator tank full of killers. Soon to be upgraded to a 360g. 450g reef 300g sump.

05-14-2008, 01:49 PM	#12 (permalink)
doomax Tunicate Join Date: Apr 2008 Posts: 14 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: Hello--New to the Forum OK, took some time, but put about 12 pics in my gallery--not sure how to put a link in to my gallery...I will figure it out along the way... BTW--wow--looked a a few thousand pics of everyone's stuff over the last month--All of you have gorgeous stuff!! Dominic

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JWarren Reef Lobster Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Port Saint Lucie, Florida Posts: 1,314 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: Hello--New to the Forum __________________ John Typhoon RO/DI filter unit. The 10 gallon quarantine tank. The 55 gallon. Help build ReefPedia!

05-14-2008, 01:56 PM	#14 (permalink)
JWarren Reef Lobster Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Port Saint Lucie, Florida Posts: 1,314 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: Hello--New to the Forum Go find your pic that you want to post. Right click - properties - copy the link to the pic. Go to make a post and click on the insert image icon, ctrl V to paste the link and thats it. __________________ John Typhoon RO/DI filter unit. The 10 gallon quarantine tank. The 55 gallon. Help build ReefPedia!

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JWarren Reef Lobster Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Port Saint Lucie, Florida Posts: 1,314 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: Hello--New to the Forum Try it it in this thread. __________________ John Typhoon RO/DI filter unit. The 10 gallon quarantine tank. The 55 gallon. Help build ReefPedia!

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