Manny Tavan Posted December 6, 2017 Share Posted December 6, 2017 Hey everyone! Just here to learn. I’ve had my tank for a few months now and it’s a lot of fun (and stress) 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Emerald525 Posted December 6, 2017 Share Posted December 6, 2017 Welcome! Nice Red Sea tank! Looking good so far! Funny how you say the hobby is fun and stressful. When something goes wrong in my tank and I’m pissed off af my tank , I sometimes grit my teeth and say this is sooo relaxing ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fishoutawater Posted December 6, 2017 Share Posted December 6, 2017 Welcome Manny! This is a great club and the forums are a great resource. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flashy Fins Posted December 6, 2017 Share Posted December 6, 2017 Welcome! Nice hammer coral there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Manny Tavan Posted December 6, 2017 Author Share Posted December 6, 2017 1 hour ago, Emerald525 said: Welcome! Nice Red Sea tank! Looking good so far! Funny how you say the hobby is fun and stressful. When something goes wrong in my tank and I’m pissed off af my tank , I sometimes grit my teeth and say this is sooo relaxing ! It’s a lot of stress even when everything is going well. Always worried about a leak? About my skimmer overflowing, about a snail dying and crashing the tank. Not sure when all the worrying is going to stop lol 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Manny Tavan Posted December 6, 2017 Author Share Posted December 6, 2017 (edited) 1 hour ago, Flashy Fins said: Welcome! Nice hammer coral there. Got that from cuttle fish and coral but it’s now in the back corner because it sure doesn’t like any flow at all. Probably going to rehome it when i get more sps Edited December 6, 2017 by Manny Tavan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tommy Posted December 6, 2017 Share Posted December 6, 2017 That is a clean looking setup. I'm going to try to get a smaller setup just like that in my new home. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
albertareef Posted December 6, 2017 Share Posted December 6, 2017 2 hours ago, Manny Tavan said: It’s a lot of stress even when everything is going well. Always worried about a leak? About my skimmer overflowing, about a snail dying and crashing the tank. Not sure when all the worrying is going to stop lol I don't think it ever really stops... you just start to get numb to it after a while. Either that or you tear it all down one day in a fit of frustration Hopefully you never get to that point. Welcome BTW - looks like you are off to a good start and have already discovered at least one of our helpful LFSs here in town. There are some others listed on the sponsor page that can also be a good resource as well as the community here on the forum. Lots of experience amongst this user group so they can certainly help in answering questions and giving advice to help you avoid some of the more stressful situations you could face. Good luck! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrsBret Posted December 7, 2017 Share Posted December 7, 2017 Love your tank! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SantaMonicaHelp Posted December 7, 2017 Share Posted December 7, 2017 Welcome to the forum! -Kamran Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Manny Tavan Posted December 7, 2017 Author Share Posted December 7, 2017 10 hours ago, albertareef said: I don't think it ever really stops... you just start to get numb to it after a while. Either that or you tear it all down one day in a fit of frustration Hopefully you never get to that point. Welcome BTW - looks like you are off to a good start and have already discovered at least one of our helpful LFSs here in town. There are some others listed on the sponsor page that can also be a good resource as well as the community here on the forum. Lots of experience amongst this user group so they can certainly help in answering questions and giving advice to help you avoid some of the more stressful situations you could face. Good luck! Jeff at cuttle fish has been awesome but I’ve also been at pretty much all the LFS within a 20 mile radius numerous times i’m pretty sure I have a coral, fish or snail from all those places. Can’t wait to get more 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nrc Posted December 7, 2017 Share Posted December 7, 2017 Welcome to the forum. Your tank looks excellent. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Manny Tavan Posted December 7, 2017 Author Share Posted December 7, 2017 Huge shout out to Tommy. Stopped by his place to buy corals from his tank breakdown sale. I got too much stuff and he was hooking me up with a bunch of free frags. What a cool guy! Now my tank looks like a war zone but I’ll clean up soon 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Manny Tavan Posted December 8, 2017 Author Share Posted December 8, 2017 SO bright! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Willapa Posted December 8, 2017 Share Posted December 8, 2017 You really scored! I think you need a bigger tank already!Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
albertareef Posted December 8, 2017 Share Posted December 8, 2017 Nice! You are filling that up fast - hope everything does well for you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Manny Tavan Posted December 8, 2017 Author Share Posted December 8, 2017 52 minutes ago, Willapa said: You really scored! I think you need a bigger tank already! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk He has a gorgeous hippo tang that I wanted to take home...thhat’s the only reason I regret getting a nano tank Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Manny Tavan Posted December 8, 2017 Author Share Posted December 8, 2017 (edited) 23 minutes ago, albertareef said: Nice! You are filling that up fast - hope everything does well for you. Yeah i’m probably filling too fast for such a “young system” but I couldn’t resist Edited December 8, 2017 by Manny Tavan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tommy Posted December 12, 2017 Share Posted December 12, 2017 Oh man I didn't realize this was your thread Manny! Everything looks so nice! and so glad that they went to a good home, but it looks like you might need to upgrade to a bigger tank soon haha! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Manny Tavan Posted December 12, 2017 Author Share Posted December 12, 2017 5 minutes ago, Tommy said: Oh man I didn't realize this was your thread Manny! Everything looks so nice! and so glad that they went to a good home, but it looks like you might need to upgrade to a bigger tank soon haha! Yup I’m running out of room. I did clean up everything yesterday 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavidK Posted December 12, 2017 Share Posted December 12, 2017 On 12/7/2017 at 6:43 PM, Manny Tavan said: Yeah i’m probably filling too fast for such a “young system” but I couldn’t resist Nice looking tank. I know every tank is different but when i setup my first tank a few years ago I started out with a bunch of acros right after it was cycled because I didn't want to be patient. I just dosed red sea reef energy heavily to account for low nutrients until everything balanced out and never lost a single frag. The only hard part I would say about adding stuff to a new system is you have be prepared to deal with all the nuisances that come with a new tank and stay on top of them. I don't think the worrying ever ends though lol. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pdxmonkeyboy Posted December 31, 2017 Share Posted December 31, 2017 how is the tabk goingalso off topic... you race with ommraI have been jonesing for a track day, a race... SOMETHING to get on the slippery edge Sent from my SM-G930V using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jtarmitage Posted December 31, 2017 Share Posted December 31, 2017 You need to update this thread Manny. Even from the door, I saw a ton of color Thanks for the deal on the pods BTW Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Manny Tavan Posted January 31, 2018 Author Share Posted January 31, 2018 (edited) Quick update. The tanks is now 4 months old. Last month I lost half of my corals and the other half was dying. Sent a icp test and the results two weeks later showed an aluminum level over 100. I quickly removed the 4 quarts of marinepure spheres I had in a sump and did 5 30% water changes over a week. The corals that weren’t competely dead are recovering but aren’t looking good. For some reason, zoas and mushrooms were unaffected. Then today, i decided to empty my chaeto reactor and noticed a lot of salt creep on it. Turns out he marinedepot dyi chaeto reactor wasn’t well thought out and the heat of the led strips cracked the plastic. Could have been a disaster but looks like I caught it in time. Edited January 31, 2018 by Manny Tavan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Manny Tavan Posted January 31, 2018 Author Share Posted January 31, 2018 Here’s my new sump set up. No more marinepure spheres, no more reactor. I’m waiting for my custom sump from Charles and I had already bought a kessil h80 also here’s a frag from upscales from last weekend. Doing well! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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