Noob Tank Startup for Noob Forum LOL

[Delphin25]

Just started it up last Sat Nov 2007.
(not in the bedroom LOL)

Thanks to all the members of SDREEFS who helped me with great suggestions and some good buys. I'm loving it.
I'll post some more recent photos later.
Lots of noob questions too. LOL
(Can you guys see the pics? I used photobucket.com and HTML paste?)

Yellow bottom Palau Damsel AW (Azure Damsel): (Their names are Koror and Airai, yes I name my fish too!)
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Hey Dad, where's Nemo??? (Try to explain the nitrogen cycle to a 3 year old!)
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Cleaned, New sand and background (40lbs CaribSea Special Select Reef Sand, and 20lbs AragAlive, PennPlax Deep Blue Sea 24"):
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Original pic off SDREEFS (MustangDan!!!):
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That's all for right now, have to find charger for the camera!

Specs:
90gal tall acrylic 48"x 18" x 24"
30gal sump, stand pipe
Coralife Super Skimmer 220
4x65watt Current USA PC's (for now)
2 x 200 watt Stealth heaters (why?)
2 x Korolia #2
Iwaki 30 pump
52lbs live rock (from SDREEF members)

[Jessy]

nice setup. you might want to catch that damsel before you try and add any other fish or rocks in the tank. They can become terrors in a tank. And welcome.

You should come to the christmas party. Might be able to start your tank out with some free corals. Just started it up last Sat Nov 2007.
(not in the bedroom LOL)

Thanks to all the members of SDREEFS who helped me with great suggestions and some good buys. I'm loving it.
I'll post some better recent photots to later.
Lots of noob questions too. LOL
(Can you guys see the pics? I used photobucket.com and HTML paste?)

Yellow bottom Palau Damsel AW (Azure Damsel): (Thier names are Koror and Airai, yes I name my fish too!)
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New sand and background (40lbs CaribSea Special Select Reef Sand, and 20lbs AragAlive, PennPlax Deep Blue Sea 24"):
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Original pic (MustangDan!!!):
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Hey Dad, where's Nemo??? (Try to explain the nitrogen cycle to a 3 year old!)
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Thats all for right now,have to find charger for camera!

Specs:
90gal tall acrylic 48"x 18" x 24"
30gal sump, stand pipe
Coralife Super Skimmer 220
4x65watt Current USA PC's (for now)
2 x 200 watt Stealth heaters (why?)
2 x Korolia #2
Iwaki 30 pump
52lbs live rock from SDREEF members

[Delphin25]

Sweet,I'll definetly goto Xmas party. SWI is right down the street. Will is great.

Hey can you delete the quote of my pics etc from your post,Ive beene diting it for content. thanks a bunch.

Thanks for tip.
Trying to stock fish/verts according to "Harmonic Convergence" article by Michael Hoaster, in Nov Freshwater and Marine Aquarium Magazine."set up the perfect marine community". But saw damsels and had to have em. LOL
May pay for it latyer, but so far so good, Azures are supposed to be a bit nicer than some other damsel but they are Damsels (Fenner). We shall see. I'll read up some more.

Already have 52lbs of live rock, looks like I need 40-50 more lbs? not sure? (more pics later)

My modified plan in order of introduction:

3 neon blue gobies
5 blue green Chromis
2 ocellaris clown fish
1 lawnmower blenny
1 orchid dottyback
1 Blue hippo Tang
2 firefish
1 Mako shark

Cleaner crew (inverts etc) in any order:
2 skunk cleaner shrimp
5 blue legged reef hermit crabs
3 scarlet reef hermit crabs
3 Trocus snails
3 Strombus snails
3 Nassarius snails
3 Cerith snails
1 fighting conch

...of course Ive already screwed up the plan LOL

Cheers,
Richard

New Pics Dec getting better:

http://i209.photobucket.com/albums/bb258/Delphin25/FishNKidsNov2007052.jpg

Godzilla (Tokyo Lawnmower baby):

Oh no, they say hes got to go
Go go godzilla, yeah
Oh no, there goes Tokyo
Go go godzilla, yeah

History shows again and again
How nature points out the folly of men
Godzilla!

http://i209.photobucket.com/albums/bb258/Delphin25/FishNKidsNov2007048.jpg

Godzilla and Dotty (Mantis slayer and bristleworm executioner):
http://i209.photobucket.com/albums/bb258/Delphin25/FishNKidsNov2007023.jpg

Perfect parameters sweeeeet!!!:
http://i209.photobucket.com/albums/bb258/Delphin25/FishNKidsNov2007059.jpg

[Jessy]

wow that is a huge bioload! I was feeling rebelious with my 9 fish. What kind of skimmer and filtration are you going to have to take care of all that poop? Be prepared to do your water changes if you want to keep that many fish.Sweet,I'll definetly goto Xmas party. SWI is right down the street. Will is great.

Hey can you delete the quote of my pics etc from your post,Ive beene diting it for content. thanks a bunch.

Thanks for tip.
Trying to stock fish/verts according to "Harmonic Convergence" article by Michael Hoaster, in Nov Freshwater and Marine Aquarium Magazine."set up the perfect marine community". But saw damsels and had to have em. LOL
May pay for it latyer, but so far so good, Azures are supposed to be a bit nicer than some other damsel but they are Damsels (Fenner). We shall see. I'll read up some more.

Already have 52lbs of live rock, looks like I need 40-50 more lbs? not sure? (more pics later)

My modified plan in order of introduction:

3 neon blue gobies
5 blue green Chromis
2 ocellaris clown fish
1 lawnmower blenny
1 orchid dottyback
1 Blue hippo Tang
2 firefish
1 Mako shark

Cleaner crew (inverts etc) in any order:
2 skunk cleaner shrimp
5 blue legged reef hermit crabs
3 scarlet reef hermit crabs
3 Trocus snails
3 Strombus snails
3 Nassarius snails
3 Cerith snails
1 fighting conch

...of course Ive already screwed up the plan LOL

Cheers,
Richard

[Delphin25]

But there such small fish. LOL:o

...hmmm
The original list from the article is for a 75 gal marine community tank. (FOWLR)
I was planning on putting it into a 90 with 30 gal sump? So I figured I'd be OK.
15 fish...
May have to rethink this plan.:confused:
It wont be the first mistake I make and certainly not the last. Ask me in another few years and I may have half a clue by then. LOL
I'n the mean time I'll keep reading books, articles, posts, etc and learning as I go.

Its funny you need to function like or consult a marine boiologist, ichtheologist, nutritionist, vetrenarian, carpenter, plumber, electrician, mechanical engineer, chemical engineer, artist, or just be a lunatic to do this. LOL
but I guess thats part of the fun.

Hey we just caught 2 more fry in our freshwater tank tonight! Little mini Red Wag Swordtails. Kool, put em in a small breeder box with some gravcel and JavaMoss. We must be doing something right. LOL Luke and Lei, decendents of Amidala and Anakin. Only a few had enough mastery of the force to evade the jaws of our Dwarf Gourami (George Lucas).:)

Filtration: (the poop plant);)
Big clean up crew? 8 crabs, 28 snails, fighting conch, 2 cleaner shrimp, 3 cleaner gobies, 1 lawnmower blenny, sand sifter starfish.
60 lbs live sand
Have 53lbs live rock probably add 50+- more lbs.
Filter sock.
Macro algae
Pre filter.
Usinig a SuperSkimmer 220 (for up to 220 gallons).
Maybe I'll have to add a canister filter, UV, HOB refugium on Sump, or something.

[Delphin25]

FTS Full Tank Shot, just starting to look like a reef tank.
still need more rock (Michael Ryan?)
Notice effect of purpleup. New dual actinics too.
Still learning alot.
http://i209.photobucket.com/albums/bb258/Delphin25/Jan2008061.jpg

Kool shot of Jaques,skunk cleaner shrimp
http://i209.photobucket.com/albums/bb258/Delphin25/CJsBdayDec2007199.jpg

Right side, GSP, pink birdsnest, softie, LTA
http://i209.photobucket.com/albums/bb258/Delphin25/CJsBdayDec2007177.jpg

Fishaholic (Nemo, Marlin, and Dory LOL)
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[Delphin25]

Godzilla and 2 conch's (I love these conch's they are so kool) :
http://i209.photobucket.com/albums/bb258/Delphin25/CJsBdayDec2007147.jpg

Left side, mushrooms (free hitchhikers), yellowsponge, branching GSP, sailors eyballs, more nuisance macro algae LOL:
http://i209.photobucket.com/albums/bb258/Delphin25/CJsBdayDec2007165.jpg

Branching (rare) Green Star Polyps, growing, splitting:
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Long tenacle anemone (cant see purple tips?):
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[Jessy]

Any Updates? NEW PICS!!

[Delphin25]

Here you go Jess , tales of the living room 90, making progress, still learning, got some new fish, skunk shrimp (3 total now), scarlet crabs, baby nassarius snails, frogspawn, and more rock. Still need to put the new rock in. I'm waiting till the new critters get acclimated, so far so good. Will do some more Full Tank Shots once done. Got current USA blue LED Moonlights from Marlin, very nice effect. Using bags of Chemi pure elite in sump, helps water. Still fighting some hair and bubble algae but starting to win the battle. and some aptasia still, as you can see in the pics, LOL. Using aptasia control, may try some pepermints

06-17-08
(got peps and lettuce nudi now)
Got even more live rock yesterday 30+ lbs total, will likley re aquascape this weekend.


New fish pics:

Pair of fire dartfish:
Cute, if you watch theirs tales undulate the fire name really makes ssense.
http://i209.photobucket.com/albums/bb258/Delphin25/FishPics_May_08004.jpg

Johnny Angel:
Photos dont do the colors justice.
(Got pep shrimp and lettuce nudis now working on the bryopsis and aptasia)
http://i209.photobucket.com/albums/bb258/Delphin25/FishPics_May_08062.jpg

Dory queen of the tank:
5 months after the initail ich outbreak, healthy and stong.
http://i209.photobucket.com/albums/bb258/Delphin25/FishPics_May_08134.jpg

New frogspawn:
My first official comercial purchase of a coral, another attempt to get my retarted clowns to host something.
http://i209.photobucket.com/albums/bb258/Delphin25/FishPics_May_08117.jpg