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Offline Reddog

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« on: September 02, 2011, 21:53:03 »
Hay everybody I am A FW guy Have 6 set up at this time.all lager than 75gal. Doing FW for 30 years. The reason I joined was at the first of the year The wife asked me to set up a SW tank.  Which I knew nothing about. Bought a lot of books and none of them say the same thing. So still no tank yet. Hope you all can help me out. I did buy a 180gal  drilled tank. and that is as far as I have got.  don't know if I wont a FOWLR or a reef Tank
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Offline lazylivin

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Re: Hello
« Reply #1 on: September 02, 2011, 22:09:39 »
Hey Reddog, glad you found us. FOWLR is a great way to start. You can always convert it to a reef later after adding some good lighting. So what is it going to take to get it up and running? Aside from the tank do you have any other equipment yet?
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Offline micki

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« Reply #2 on: September 03, 2011, 08:02:12 »
Welcome aboard!  Looking forward to watching your new set up!  :)
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Offline Reddog

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« Reply #3 on: September 03, 2011, 15:13:56 »
I have a RO/DI unit 100 gpd, Aquatec RO pump I use This for my Discus fry. A UV Sterilizer Turbo Twist 36w I have these on all my Tanks. I plan on using 2 Fluval FX5 That I have for any Emergency That comes up for my FW tanks. They are new. 2 Fluval E series 300 w heaters. AquaticLife Six LampT-5 Ho fixture 72 inch 432w 10000K lamps. I did order from Foster And Smith A Digital Seawater Refractometer Part# BAK-71911 And a Protein Skimmer Turboflotor 1000 Multi Skimmer Part# BAK-11918. Should be here next week.
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Offline HUNGER

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Re: Hello
« Reply #4 on: September 04, 2011, 17:51:24 »
welcome  hope to see some pics
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Offline kattz

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Re: Hello
« Reply #5 on: September 04, 2011, 21:26:07 »
Welcome to our club.  Hope we can help you with setting up your SW tank.

Kev
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90g SPS and LPS reef tank, 35g sump, ceramic rock by The Alternative Reef, Neptune Apex w 2 X EB8's, Moonlight module, ATI Sunpower Dimmable 8 X 39W T5's, Octopus Extreme 160 skimmer, PM Kalkwasser Reactor, 2 X Vortech MP40's, Geo 618 Ca reactor


Various thriving montipora, acropora, stylopora, wellsophyllia, blastomussa, hammer, anchor, and frogspawn, lobophyllia, rhizotrychus, pavona, scroll, and pagoda SPS and LPS corals, but no fish because I was too stupid to QT...

Offline lazylivin

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Re: Hello
« Reply #6 on: September 04, 2011, 23:11:12 »
UV sterlizer's are really not necessary for marine tanks although they don't hurt anything. You can also forgo the 2 Fluval FX5. Typically for a fish only or reef all the filtration is handled via Live Rock and Sand. The bacteria that grows on and in the rock consumes ammonia and converts it to Nitrates. Typically people have a sump under their tank. It is used to hold all the equipment such as heater and skimmer. Unlike freshwater tanks there is lots of small life forms throughout the system, this life and it's waste will quickly clog a canister filter.
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Offline Sunny

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Re: Hello
« Reply #7 on: September 04, 2011, 23:16:12 »
Hi Reddog .. welcome
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Offline HUNGER

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« Reply #8 on: September 05, 2011, 12:27:34 »
i would never run a canster filter  as a filter  if ur doing a fish only tank just go with a wet dry filter
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