vicmacki

I just traded in a 150w metal halide to the lfs. Got a bit of credit for it.

Well, the tanks been up and running for four months now. Current stock is 1 cleaner shrimp, 2 peppermint shrimp, 2 emerald crabs (love these guys) and 1 carpenter wrasse and some hermit crabs and turbo snails.

Looking for advise and some easy to grow corals. Thinking about trying some green star polyps. Quick refresher the tank is a 14 gallon bio cube with a couple finnex marine+ leds.

Thanks

Welcome to the money pit!

 If there is one thing i am good at, its hemorrhaging money. So this might work out well. 

With my current lighting i am getting about 80 par at the substrate and over 120 up where my one coral is. I think i definitely am going to need more water flow though. I will try and get some pictures up this weekend. 

Wow so many replies. I got slammed for awhile but back in it.

 

 Welcome vicmacki! That's awesome! Do your setups have established liverock/sand?

 

I started with Caribsea Arag-Alive Bahamas Oolite, 20lbs worth. And 8 good sized live rocks.

It is a 14 gallon Oceanic bio-cube.

 

 

if your missing pieces for the tank let us know.. 

or when its cycled we have coral for ya.. 

For salt I would recommend Cuttlefish and Coral to get the box of Kent Reef Salt, if your in the Portland area

 

I did not experience a cycle, or it cycled really fast, it's been running for almost 5 weeks now. I think maybe because the amount of live sand and live rock? Also i used a bottle of beneficial bacteria when first starting, don't remember the brand though.

 

Week three i added some red and blue legged hermit crabs. Last weekend i added a turbo snail and a cleaner shrimp and a very small pulsing xenia. So far everyone is doing pretty well.

 

I also tore out all the flourescent lighting and mounted a 12inch Finnex fugeray Marine + and a regular 12inch Finnex Fugeray. Though i think i'll probably swap out the regular Fugeray for the Ray 2 for the 10k leds.

  

 

Hello,

Newer to salt and working on my first reef tank. I was given some Seachem Reef Trace and wondered if this stuff is safe for shrimp. I noticed it has copper in the ingredients which is usually a no go for freshwater shrimp.

Thanks

Just dropping in to say hi

Been into freshwater planted tanks and decided to make the plunge into salt. No tanks set up yet however i just picked up two turnkey saltwater tanks. They were just tore down by another member.

Looking forward to reading through the forum and meeting some people.

Thanks