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I guess ill finally make a thread about my 1st saltwater tank. I was going to wait until it was done but I want to keep a journal for myself. There are nothing but rocks so nothing interesting....yet!

To date:

Equipment:
72G Bowfront
30G sump
Euro-reef RS135 protein skimmer
Sedra 700 return pump
4x54W T5
2xKoralia 3

Livestock:
100lbs LR
50lbs LS
Hitchhiker crabs, brittle stars, worms, feather dusters...
Astrea, nassarius, turbo snails.

I've had freshwater for a couple years but cichlids got boring after a while.

Here's was my 72G bowfront freshwater
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In mid October, I found a used saltwater tank that came with everything I needed to start up. Guess what? I bought it.

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After I set it up:

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Took me about 2 weeks to fill the tank with water. I used RO water that is tapped into my sink for drinking. Shoulda got an RO/DI system...o well.

Next was the sand. I bought 50lbs of aragonite sand.

http://i205.photobucket.com/albums/b...t/IMG_7334.jpg

and then some live rock:

http://i205.photobucket.com/albums/b...t/IMG_7507.jpg

then some more live rock:

http://i205.photobucket.com/albums/b...t/IMG_7525.jpg

Just spent a couple hours trying to put the rocks together. It seems really cramped so I threw a couple pieces of rock in the sump along with the gorilla crab I found. Not exactly happy with this but it will do for now.
I am not using any rods or anything to keep the rocks together. I have aquarium epoxy...should I use that? Any creative thoughts on how to aqua scape this?

I left the liverock in the tank for about 3 weeks and, since the rocks were already cured, I dont think I got a cycle. All the organisms and inverts from the rock have been living ever since and my ammonia & nitrite = 0. My temperature is around 81-82 when the lights are on and drops to about 78-79 when lights are off. Is this okay? I am in the process of installing more fans.

Wow! Nice tank

As far as aquascaping you just have to play around with it till your happy.
You can look at what others have done to maybe get some ideas.

Any reefers here actually happy with your aquascape?...lol
For those who answered yes, I'll ask again tomorrow.

Nice 72, I miss my old 72 bowfront reef....sigh

Quote:

Originally Posted by gobytron (Post 464868)

Any reefers here actually happy with your aquascape?...lol
For those who answered yes, I'll ask again tomorrow.

Nice 72, I miss my old 72 bowfront reef....sigh

I am satisfied with my aquascape.....I am just not satisfied with my coral estate...:lol:

satisfied and happy with are two different things...lol
Thats like my virgin tennant telling me he's satisfied with his social life.
I'm not convinced, stop lying to yourself...:lol:

ooohhh....ok. I won't lie.
I am happy and satisfied with my aquascape (after dozens of re-scaping :redface:)

BUT I am not happy and satisfied with my tank.

being as honest and truthful as I can...:mrgreen: