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Alberta reef first reef

The story of my frist reef tank. I have been seperated from my common law wife for over a year. I needed something to do while my daughter is with her mother. I all was want a salt water tank, did not know what tip or how big. I wanted to spend alittle money on myself. A month before Thanks giving of 2008, I head a fellow co-work was selling his tank. I found out the whole system for $500. I mean everthing. So I took a look at it. I was a hurting tank. Has been neglected for alone time. I figure what the hell. I am a real do it yourself person. I can make the tank look real good when I am done. Here are some pic's before I picked it up. Alittle grainy!

Lights resting on top of tank.
http://i884.photobucket.com/albums/a...F/IMG_0780.jpg

Sump bubb traps and plumging wrong.
http://i884.photobucket.com/albums/a...F/IMG_0782.jpg

hey man this how i got in to it too my tank is a 65
has been running for 3 month if you have any q? call me @ 780-996-8048

More before pic's.

Mushrooms are doing will.
http://i884.photobucket.com/albums/a...F/IMG_0785.jpg

Bear with me I am still learning to insert photos. My tank has been up and running for 9 months. So I have around 9 month of pic's and progress up dates if any one is interested.

Thank you leducreef. I am sure look you up or PM.

Pictures are not working.

Did the tank have sand in it before you moved it from your co-workers place to your own? Disturbing this sand can release built up toxins that have fallen under the surface of the sand into non-oxygenated zones to rot. This would poison the water extremely fast. If this is the case I would do a 50% water change pretty much immediately and keep doing 10% every day for a good week.

Thought Id say that right away since time is of the essence if thats the case.

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Originally Posted by Eb0la11 (Post 439777)

Ya I know the pic's are not working. I am new to inserting photos. does it take a long time to upload or is it somthing I did wrong. Any advise would help.

The tank had sand, live rock, fish and inverts. When I moved the tank. I saved 50% water. The fish, invert and live rock I left at his placed with heaters and air lines. I moved the tank with sand. I set up the tank to running operation and slowly added heated ro water mixed with salt 5G every hour. I put a heater, power head and skimmer in the tank running through the whole prosses. I picked up the fish, inverts, live rock two day later. That was over 9 month ago.

To insert a photo, upload a picture online to a free account (eg. Photobucket). Copy the web address and do the following:

[img]paste the web address of your picture here[/img]

I know it sounds confusing at first. I had the hardest time figuring it out cause I'm not very good with computers. Hope that this helps.

I still don't know how to insert smiley faces and all the other icons like other people do.

Hope this helps.

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Originally Posted by ALBERTA REEF (Post 439775)

http://i884.photobucket.com/albums/a...F/IMG_0781.jpg

But Mushrooms are doing really will.
http://i884.photobucket.com/albums/a...F/IMG_0785.jpg

Bear with me I am still learning to insert photos. My tank has been up and running for 9 months. So I have around 9 month of pic's and progress up dates if any one is interested.

I edited your pic links... you had 1 too many "http://" infront of each link.. :wink:

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Originally Posted by Dez (Post 439798)

I have a free account at photobucket and followed the diretions from canreef and photobucket.

JDigital I will try. It might be the pic's are to to big. Canon was set to 8 mega pixels when I took them.

just make sure you only have 1 "http://" in your link... and you should be fine... Photobucket automatically resizes pics if they are too big..

Thank you. I will give it a try.

Thank you JDigital. I when back and edit my post. It worked. Like I said learning curve. :biggrin:

Sunday Oct 13 2008.

Now I have figured on how to insert Photos. thanks again for all the help. On Oct 13 2008. I when to pick up my tank. My friend from work that was selling it helped me move it. First we removed all the live rock, inverts and fish into 20 gallon rubber maid containers with water. We added heaters and air lines. we drained all the water except 50% we saved. We left the live rock, invets and fish to be picked up later. we moved the tank with the sand in it. On the way home I picked up 2 more bag of sand from LFS. We set the tank on the stand. Then it was all up to me. I set the tank to operation running. I washed the new sand mixing it with the old. I save half bag for the sump. I put a heater, power head and skimmer into the display tank. Added the save water. At this point I cleaned the tank. Then ever hour add 5G of heated salt mixed ro water. As fast as the ro purifier made. 10pm the next day everything was running. Day late I picked up the live rock, inverts and fish. i put them in climatized them first of course. I most likely did alot of thing wrong, not bad for a guy that did not have a clue. It came out good. Now I can start posting photo and progress of my tank over the last 9 months. :biggrin:

Hear are some more pic's of progress and the months when on. I tend to leave blurred pic's because some time they are fun to make out what the are. I if there are no texts, please be free to add in what type of fish, inverts and coral you see. If there any info or interesting faxs. I am not being lazy, I want to make this thread fun for everyone that veiws it and learn as we go along. :biggrin:
So what do you see?
http://i884.photobucket.com/albums/a...F/IMG_0904.jpg
The photo up top I see Yellow tang, Fox Face Rabbitfish, Virgate Rabbitfish and Percula Clown.

http://i884.photobucket.com/albums/a...F/IMG_0905.jpg

http://i884.photobucket.com/albums/a...F/IMG_0906.jpg

http://i884.photobucket.com/albums/a...F/IMG_0907.jpg

http://i884.photobucket.com/albums/a...F/IMG_0908.jpg

Nice chocolate chip star. Be careful though, they might eat some of your corals.

xtreme you are right. I learn the hard why with this one. My Chocolate Chip Starfish has the taste for coral and exspecailly mushroom. So if anyone has a shroom problem. Let me Know I have a Fs thread. :biggrin: Now he is in my fuge. I feed him every second day. I suggest research be for you be from LFS.

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Originally Posted by ALBERTA REEF (Post 440390)

I suggest research before you buy from LFS.

I agree 100%.

Heads up, your chocolate chip starfish is not reef safe.

Chip the Chocolate Chip Starfish.

I found out the hard way with this starfish. Now I put it in my fuge. It is good to have around if you have shroom problem. :biggrin:

http://i884.photobucket.com/albums/a...F/IMG_1104.jpg

Here are two hermit crabs that is really not reef safe. My buddy gave these to me after the distroyed his tank. I put them in my sump until I had a tank ready for them.
http://i884.photobucket.com/albums/a...F/IMG_1105.jpg

http://i884.photobucket.com/albums/a...F/IMG_1106.jpg

http://i884.photobucket.com/albums/a...F/IMG_1107.jpg

http://i884.photobucket.com/albums/a...F/IMG_1108.jpg

Lookin good mang. Rollin the dice with the angel too....hows he been so far?

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Originally Posted by fishytime (Post 440809)

Lookin good mang. Rollin the dice with the angel too....hows he been so far?

Thanks! Two no. Try three. I have a Emperor changing colours, Coral Beauty and a Flame angle. They get along fine. I think it has to do with the size, shape and colour. What can I say, I like to gamble. :biggrin: