Hello!

[Reeftanker3295]

Hi everyone, i'm new to this site. I joined because I would really like to have some people locally that I can trade or get some corals from instead of buying expensive corals from the LFS. I've only been in the hobby of having a reef for a year now but I have learned alot. I am very interested in the hobby and research almost every day. I've been on the reef tank. com for months now learning all I can. I started off with a 29 biocube and learned alot from it. I didn't have RO/DI water and got massive amounts of hair algae from my LFS' water but now I am getting an RO/DI unit. In the past week I purchased a 90 gallon with a 55 gallon sump and a Aqua-C EV120 skimmer that I am slowly but surely setting up. I hope I get to know you all well and hopefully I can attend some meetings!

 

[aznt1217]

cool. Welcome!

 

[Davidl919]

Welcome! Enjoy your visits here, Lots of helpful people and Info here.

 

[Reeftanker3295]

Aznt is that a lemon peel mimic tang in your avatar? I'm thinking of getting one as my only tang in the new 90.

 

[aznt1217]

I think you invented a new type of fish LOL.

It's a lemon peel angel

 

[Reeftanker3295]

:lol: Naw they're real. Also known as chocolate surgeonfish. Going with a blue eye tang, tomini tang or some other small tang for the new 90. Nice looking angel though!

 

[Davidl919]

The Mimic Surgeon is also called the mimic lemon peel tang but it changes color as it goes into adulthood.

 

[Reeftanker3295]

The Mimic Surgeon is also called the mimic lemon peel tang but it changes color as it goes into adulthood.

Yea thats the only thing thats making me turn away from it. Thats why my top 2 choices right now are the tomini and the blue eye, they dont really have color changes as they grow up.

 

[Chiefmcfuz]

Welcome to MR

 

[dubs]

welcome to mr

 

[NYreefNoob]

Welcome to mr

 

[Awibrandy]

Welcome to MR! Lot's of info, and friendly people here for you to find.

How about some pics of the 29 for now? Just to hold us over til the 90 is up, and running....

 

[Quang]

welcome to MR!

 

[Reeftanker3295]

Here is a picture of the 29 before the algae took over. The 90 should be on the stand running days after christmas.

I have xenia, zoas, clove polyps, button polyps and just last week I started getting some stuff just temporarily for the biocube. I got 2 anemones 1 LTA and 1 BTA. The fish list right now is just a sixline and a fuzzy dwarf lionfish. My tomato clown passed away due to a recent ich breakout that has just ended.

 

[NDY]

Nice welcome To MR

 

[NYreefNoob]

sixline and a fuzzy dwarf lionfish, lion will eat six line, what type of lighting do you have for the anenomes ? they require high light, id get the hair algea under control before adding anything else and a list of equiptment would help people out in helping you out

 

[Reeftanker3295]

sixline and a fuzzy dwarf lionfish, lion will eat six line, what type of lighting do you have for the anenomes ? they require high light, id get the hair algea under control before adding anything else and a list of equiptment would help people out in helping you out

The lion is only an inch and a half long. He is staying in the biocube, that is what the biocube will be for after everything is transferred over so no problems there. Plus I keep him very well fed :lol:. The anemones are only temporarily in the biocube. Next week they are going to be under 250w 12k MH's. For the hair algae, I am getting 50 pounds of marcorock and cooking the rock that is in the biocube now for a couple of months until they are rid of phosphates. I found out a while ago that it is my LFS' water that is causing the hair algae so I am getting a 5 stage RO/DI unit to get rid of the algae once and for all.