Aerinah Posted October 17, 2007 Share Posted October 17, 2007 Wanted to say hello to everyone and introduce myself. I was referred here by Rose City Aquarium in Portland where I frequent. (queen) I've been in the saltwater hobby now for 2 years (set-up my first system Oct 05). First system was a 55g acrylic "show" tank (funky round corners). I don't believe I had the patience or knowledge then to let it actually cycle the full 6 weeks you are supposed to and started buying fish from a store that's no longer in business and they sold me about $700 worth of equipment that I didn't need for a saltwater tank with corals and fish. Purchased a bunch of corals around Jan 06 from someone who was selling their tank and moving. After that venture, I met Woody at Seahorse Aquarium Supply who set me up with a 135g acrylic tank with stand and matching hood. I moved my 55g critters into this tank over a period of 3 weeks (live rock and sand being the first thing added to the tank live rock with corals and such being last). Lighting then was a 4' Compaq fluorescent with moonlights. My hood had 4" of clearance on the underside above the tank. I picked up a sump with a sock filter through Woody, and Steve (one of his old employees) came out and installed it for us. Through Steve we replaced our old lights and hood with a new system, and are now running 4-6' VHO lights and a very nice new hood with 10-12" clearance above the tank and room for MH should my fiancée decide to let me add them (innocent) Our tank is now 2 years old this month! (Happy birthday us lol) and is going rather well I'd say considering. (whistle) We have a good stocking in our tank right now, with a few members in the tank who will be leaving us later due to for-seen problems that could arise. Anyway, here’s a list of what we have in the tank: Fish: 4 Green Chromis (ranging from small ¾” to large 3”) 2 Oscelarus Clownfish (both aprox same size 2” but one is larger than the other) 2 Heniochus (1 medium sized one small?) 2 Bartlett’s Anthias (2f) Both same size, about 2”) 2 Mandarin Gobies (1m/1f) male 3” female 2”) currently spawning in the tank 1 Blue-lined Cleaner Wrasse (aprox 2”) 1 Leopard Wrasse (2-3”) 1 Red Choris (Choris Wrasse) (Same as leopard wrasse maybe just a hair larger) (sick) 1 Regal Tang (Dori) (4” nose to tail?) 1 Royal Gramma (2-3”) 1 Yellow Tang (large one easily) 1 Orange-spotted Shrimp Goby (3” or so) 1 Dragon Goby (4-5”) Corals that I know the names of: 2 Bubble-tip Anemones (one large pink/green, one small white w/orange foot) 1 Long Tentacle Anemone 4-6 stalks of Pulsing Xenia Hammer Coral (aka Frog Spawn) Lots of Zooanthid colonies (what I’ve been told they were called) (wasnt me) Large Button Polyps 3 different kinds Green Star Polyps (at least they all look different) Gorganthid (looks like a green star but slightly different) 2 different color mushrooms (red and green) Flower Pot (I think) (huh) Inverts: 1 Horseshoe Crab 5 Emerald Crabs (1m/4f) 1 Conch Several Turbo Snails, Narcissus (sp?) Snails, Margarita Snails 1 Mystery Crab (just found him 2 days ago) He’s white with spots and a black “thumb” I’m not sure what the correct terminology is I’m sorry. Any ideas what he might be? (scary) 2 Cleaner Shrimp 1 Peppermint Shrimp I believe that is it as far as things in our tank. I’m sure we have other things in there that I have no idea about at this time. (daz) Hope that’s a good enough introduction… Feel free to ask any questions you’d like. You may not get an answer back but your free to ask Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
impur Posted October 17, 2007 Share Posted October 17, 2007 Welcome to the site!!! Sounds like a great tank, i'd love to see some pics Miles Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nyles Posted October 17, 2007 Share Posted October 17, 2007 Welcome to the site and thanks for sharing your tank with us. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
180Brandy Posted October 17, 2007 Share Posted October 17, 2007 (worthless) (welcome)(To)(P)(N)(W)(M)(A)(S). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aerinah Posted October 19, 2007 Author Share Posted October 19, 2007 Ok, hopefully these links will work Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
180Brandy Posted October 19, 2007 Share Posted October 19, 2007 Nice pictures! thank you for sharing them with us! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aerinah Posted October 19, 2007 Author Share Posted October 19, 2007 The bottom 3 are the most current Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CCR Posted October 19, 2007 Share Posted October 19, 2007 Looks good. Welcome littleToad Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chief Posted October 19, 2007 Share Posted October 19, 2007 I just wanted to personally welcome you to the PNWMAS. We hope to see you at a meeting in the future. This month we will be visiting a members home and discussing raising clownfish fry. You will find the info on our homepage at http://www.pnwmas.org. November will be a fraging demonstration, and December is our annual Christmas Party. Nice photos. They were taken on my birthday. Jay Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dsoz Posted October 19, 2007 Share Posted October 19, 2007 welcome to the club. Thanks for sharing the pictures. dsoz Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spectra Posted October 20, 2007 Share Posted October 20, 2007 Hey thanks for the pics and no where in your post did I see a sponge bob listed(whistle) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aerinah Posted October 20, 2007 Author Share Posted October 20, 2007 np, glad they posted. I'll do my best to get a full tank shot as it looks now Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThePremiumAquarium Posted October 20, 2007 Share Posted October 20, 2007 Welcome welcome. Thanks for the pics. Nice tank! Garrett Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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