Hello, My name is Tommy I'm a salt-aholic!

[NYfish]

180 gals. reef underway!

Acrylic tank, etss 800 skimmer, penair(lifeguard) mechanical/chemical filters, VHO 60" 10,000k aquasun bulbs, Iwaki pumps.....Tunze wavebox on order! Next on the list RO/DI unit, 3-250w MH, maybe a Calcium reactor!.

Here some pic's!

Live arogonite reef sand(Caribsea) 1-2" bed, 200 gals. Redsea salt, Tap water was filtered through Aquarium pharmecudical filter.....
Side shot with the rock is about 150lbs. what use to be live!...is dead!

Tonga is in the house!.....lol!

2 boxes 130lbs.............hopefully it will seed the dead rocks!.

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[pEEshEE]

Cool! Looking good.

 

[aaron23]

my name is aaron and im a saltaholic as well. great start cant wait to see more keep em comming :tank:

 

[SuRFeR BoY]

sweet setup..welcome to MR! if you ever need any help i would be more then happy to help you. is this your first reef tank? also how did the dead rock die?

 

[SIReefer]

Nice setup NYfish, I'm thinkin of going FOWLR. Lot less trouble & bucks

w/lots of colorful fish. Good luck on the monster tank. Keep the pics coming.:goldfish2

 

[scarf_ace1981]

great start. can't wait to see the progress of this beast.

 

[meschaefer]

Hi Tommy. great start.

 

[PalmTree]

Hi Tommy! Welcome to MR! Looks like you're on the right path. Can't wait to see more!

 

[Aqua Pro Builder]

Salt-aholic-who isn't here?

I worked in a public aquarium before and understood the addiction of saltwater so I reframe from owning any saltwater stuff for half of my life but last year, I started to jump on a super deal (in kind of a rescue mission-the owner is trashing the whole setup) and by now I am at the point of no return with more than 7 saltwater tanks-even more than my fresh water ones which accumulated for 10 years.

BTW can you brief a little more on the stand(sump? what's is it under the tank?). It looks DIY and all acrylics. Interesting.

 

[m'akoyPINOY]

welcome to MR tommy!:party:

 

[Chiefmcfuz]

Welcome to MR.

If you are looking to be cured of your addiction this place is far from Reefers Anonymous, but it's a helluva ride!

 

[duke62]

Hi Tommy

 

[crox99]

Tommy welcome to MR.

 

[jhale]

welcome tommy,

your set up looks good. like wingo asked, what's that sump? it looks like it's the same size as the tank!
the only thing I'd change is your water filter, if your going to keep coral get an RO/DI filter, the one you used is just a DI cartridge. it's better than nothing but not as good as an RO/DI

 

[NYfish]

Thanks all for the warm welcome!

Surfer boy: Yes, 1st reef! always kept marine fish.....
Dead rocks.... A rio powerhead failure in the tank!

The stand double as a sump!
It had a spraybar going across w/2 drip trays in every compartment.....IMO It didn't work! So I Modified!.

Yeah, the water was kinda a quick fix from my salt-aholic addiction!
RO/DI Is on top of my list!

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[Aqua Pro Builder]

Surfer boy: Yes, 1st reef! always kept marine fish.....
Dead rocks.... A rio powerhead failure in the tank!

Is it an explosion like the one I have? Show you the pic if I finds it.

 

[NYfish]

Yeah! it was bad, if u wanted to call it an explosion! It was fluids likes black oil.....

 

[masterswimmer]

Tommy welcome to a group of enablers. No addiction breakers here

Looks like a nice start you've got there. Keep us updated.

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