...im lost .... help

[erictorres0311]

this is my first tme in any kind of forum , im still trying to figure this thing out as i write, i noticed an add on craigslist so i figured i give it a try. is there anythin i need to be aware off ?

names eric by the way have a small 55g trying to get it started with some corals any help would be really appreciate it
thanks in advance

 

[pgr11]

Welcome Eric. You have come to the right place. Tell us more about your system . This will give everyone an idea on what your working with. What are your major concerns

 

[BluRocket3]

What's your list of equipment you have currently? What are you aware of that you do need? Whatever you're missing we can fill you in on the rest of whatever you might have forgotten or are not yet aware of.

 

[dorkymk3]

Welcome to SCR, yes please post your setup with what you got going. We have many helpful reefers to guide you in the right direction

 

[erictorres0311]

Welcome Eric. You have come to the right place. Tell us more about your system . This will give everyone an idea on what your working with. What are your major concerns

thanks well i have a 55g acrylic tank

items:
* 20 g wet/dry /refugium (has a refugium on the right and wet dry on the left ... over flow box drains water into both sections with controlled valves and return pump in the middle )
* lighting three ecoxotic panorama pro modules
* nano protein skimmer (space is limited under stand specialy height )

livestock:
*about 2 inch of live sand
*60 lbs live rock covered in coraline algae
* yellow tang about 4"
*niger trigger about 3.5"
*three frags of green star polyps
*venus fly trap zoan about 10p
*one frogspawn

 

[Reef Bullet]

Welcome Eric! Scr advertises on craigslist? How long have you had your tank up & running? Is it still cycling or have you already added some livestock? Definitely post up some pics & a lot of equipment & anything else you think we might need to know to help get you on your way to a gorgeous tank!

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[erictorres0311]

Welcome Eric! Scr advertises on craigslist? How long have you had your tank up & running? Is it still cycling or have you already added some livestock? Definitely post up some pics & a lot of equipment & anything else you think we might need to know to help get you on your way to a gorgeous tank!

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lol yea someone posted on craigslist , and it has been up and running for about 7 months

also have sifting starfish and some reef safe crabs ...at least thats what lfs says ...havent had a problem with them so cant complain

 

[Reef Bullet]

Sounds good but best piece of advise I can give you is don't believe what a lfs tells you. Their main objective is to make money. We have some pretty good sponsors on here, though.
Any fish or just inverts so far?

EDIT: Sorry I just saw your list... For some reason it hadn't appeared on my screen but I refreshed & there it was...

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[wickedfish]

Welcome to the forum E. What is your question? Or is this your intro.?

Like Lindsey said a lot of LFS will not be as kind as others. There are some good sponsors on here. Obviously take that with a grain of salt.

Everyone and I mean everyone has a degree of flaw in this hobby. What works for me will not always work for you.

One thing that is a resource on here is asking questions about concerns and things you need to be learned on.

Craigslist has a lot of shady folk on it and some deals. But the deals are usually not as good as they say. Buy off other hobbyists in the forums. If you buy equipment buy new and buy quality.

Good luck and please ask well thought out questions.

 

[erictorres0311]

lol i hate when that happens and i just uploaded some pix i think there on an album ?.... thats pretty much all i have ....

ph is 8.4
nitrates lower part of strip
amonia lower part of strip
nitrite lower part of strip

calcium dont have test kit ..... is there anything else i should be lookin for ?

 

[erictorres0311]

Welcome to the forum E. What is your question? Or is this your intro.?

Like Lindsey said a lot of LFS will not be as kind as others. There are some good sponsors on here. Obviously take that with a grain of salt.

Everyone and I mean everyone has a degree of flaw in this hobby. What works for me will not always work for you.

One thing that is a resource on here is asking questions about concerns and things you need to be learned on.

Craigslist has a lot of shady folk on it and some deals. But the deals are usually not as good as they say. Buy off other hobbyists in the forums. If you buy equipment buy new and buy quality.

Good luck and please ask well thought out questions.

thank you, i will keep that in mind reall appreciate it

 

[erictorres0311]

this is one of the pix of my tank hopefully i did it right?

 

[toomuch420]

I see it
Nice tank


*rAzOr*

 

[Reef Bullet]

lol i hate when that happens and i just uploaded some pix i think there on an album ?.... thats pretty much all i have ....

ph is 8.4
nitrates lower part of strip
amonia lower part of strip
nitrite lower part of strip

calcium dont have test kit ..... is there anything else i should be lookin for ?

If you're gonna want to do coral, you're gonna need a test kit for calcium, alkalinity, magnesium, & phosphates. I'd ditch the strips if I were you... They're not very accurate. I had terrible luck with api, but a lot of people use their kits & like them ok. The price is definitely better than salifert or red sea pro.

 

[Reef Bullet]

Oh, & nice looking tank!

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[gr1mm]

Welcome to SCR Eric, not sure what kind of trigger you got but he might end up making a meal of your clean up crew so be carefull.

 

[erictorres0311]

If you're gonna want to do coral, you're gonna need a test kit for calcium, alkalinity, magnesium, & phosphates. I'd ditch the strips if I were you... They're not very accurate. I had terrible luck with api, but a lot of people use their kits & like them ok. The price is definitely better than salifert or red sea pro.

ok as far as calcium , alk, mag , and phospate what are the parameters that i would idealy have to have the for a successful coral tank?

 

[erictorres0311]

Oh, & nice looking tank!

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thanks lindsey ... the tank originaly started from a 20g hex than a 30g finally a 55g for now... it was a small project built for my brother and me ... we built the custom canopy that wraps around the back of the tank down to the stand in order to be able to hide all the plumbing and wires ;.... it also has two fans that i added for the summer incase it would get to hot in there but so far so good havent had a problem ... ill see if i can add some more pix from the beginning

 

[erictorres0311]

thanks marco and its a niger trigger and i have noticed that ... my lil crew have slowly started dissapearing .. i was thinkin of gettin rid of him along with my tang as well and have different fish ,... would that be a smarter move?

 

[subzero101]

Welcome Eric! This is a sweet tank! My next tank will definitely have to be a 55g like urs! Not too small not to big
Where did u get the tank from ?

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