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01-29-2013, 05:16 AM
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 I shut down my 125g freshie in fall of 2011 to alleviate the maintenace headaches and went salt for a change I have more free time from my tank now, and more time to gawk at it, but my research didn't prepare me for the costs  Hope you enjoy the hobby and find a tank size you like There's lots to read here if you want to do more research, and lots of help 
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01-29-2013, 05:23 AM
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 well almost I'm keeping all the cash i make from the livestock and equipment on my 125 and using that toward my salty fund.
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01-29-2013, 05:33 AM
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02-15-2013, 10:16 PM
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Well it's the 4 week mark.... damn i'm not patient enough, I thought it was a lot longer than that.
Well here's the low down, this morning I did the 3rd water change after testing the parameters and here's what we got: PH 8.2 Temp 77 Phosphate between 0 and 0.05 Ammonia 0 Nitrite 0 Nitrate 0 The denitrifying bubbles stopped and the detrius on the sand stopped both about 2 weeks ago i think, but yesterday just noticed the bubbles coming back and another couple spots of detrius... i guess the cycle is not completely done although my water chem seems to be in a good place. I still haven't picked up a calcium tester - but will be purchased next time i swing by J&L. I've added another coral piece, though once again the name has slipped my mind... becoming a bad habbit i know, but i'll get there Here's the newest pics... oh and I just got a new samsung galaxy s3 and the camera seems to be real impressive, these are almost on par with my DSLR. Enjoy!   here's the new one... any help with an ID would be great. Its tips look very much like my flower pot, but it doesn't stretch nearly as far out          
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02-15-2013, 10:35 PM
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And you have only spent $500 on your tank till now? You got a long way to go then  But great progress I must say 
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02-16-2013, 12:36 AM
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Looks great! Salt is so much more interesting than fresh
 . How long have you had the flower pot? Your new coral looks like a pagoda cup. (the little flowers do resemble duncans)Last edited by STANKYfish; 02-16-2013 at 12:40 AM.
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02-16-2013, 03:28 AM
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150DD mix reef with 90 gal sump and 40gal frag tank purple tang, sohal tang, yellow eye kole tang, fairy wrasse. cleaner wrasse, leopard wrasse, and misc fish. GHL Mitras 6200HV X 2, MP40 X 2, MP60 X 1, tunze 6095 X 2, Vertex RX6 calcium reactor, Bubble King SM250, Aquamaxx bio pellets reactor, Profilux 3
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04-28-2013, 09:51 PM
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I've had this 60 gallon drilled tank sitting here for a while and now it's time to get her full of water. First things first, I had to set up my first sump system. I took a couple trips out to JnL's and talked with one of the guys there to get a good understanding of the mechanics of the sump. I've been perplexed by them for a while, but now it all makes sence. So out comes the wallet and I got my return pump (eheim compact 2000) bulkhead fittings, gate valves and lock lines. They sent me to Corix Water Products for the PVC stuff. Ok so 10 feet of 1" and 10 feet of 3/4 plus a bunch of elbows and threaded adaptors. It probably took me an hour to map the system out in the store and make sure i had every peice i needed!
So i got home and went to work. On the advice of the guys at JnL I decided to do a Herbie drain to keep the noise down a bit. Now this is my first sump setup so if you see something weird with the plumbing just let me know please... not that I can do anything about it now, but let me know so i can learn. Here's a good before and after shot! lol   and the full tank shot 
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