Important: Saltwater shit

Fatso · 10-20-2011, 03:48 AM

Figured I would share my build log of the aquarium from the beginning.

The brittle stars that I tried to save from the previous tank. A little difficult since I used zero of the LR from my 75....

And on their merry way after a drip acclimation.

RM90 · 10-20-2011, 03:58 AM

Looks very nice. I bought fish once and they all died in 2 days

VmaxEngage · 10-20-2011, 04:02 AM

BAMF I always wanted a salt water tank

Mr.Rogers · 10-20-2011, 04:11 AM

Dam heat that's sexy as fuck !! Love that coral. How hard is it to maintain the water? And those lil starzz are bamf

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Fatso · 10-20-2011, 04:15 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by VmaxEngage

BAMF I always wanted a salt water tank

Do one

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Mr.Rogers

Dam heat that's sexy as fuck !! Love that coral. How hard is it to maintain the water? And those lil starzz are bamf

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Its easy once you get past the first couple of months. I cycled it for two months, thought it was ready, but it still isnt. Having a cycle of diatom bloom right now, so, I will be doing a water change this weekend.

But once my biopellets kick in, it will be easy mode. I had quite a bit more coral, but gave it away when I did the tank transfer. The corals I gave away were trouble makers, always stinging peaceful corals and shit.

Mr.Rogers · 10-20-2011, 04:21 AM

Gawd daaayum dude that's hard core. I didn't know u had to cycle water for that long, its less for normal water tanks or same?

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Fatso · 10-20-2011, 04:26 AM

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Originally Posted by Mr.Rogers

Gawd daaayum dude that's hard core. I didn't know u had to cycle water for that long, its less for normal water tanks or same?

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It took so long cause I used dry live rock. If I bought shit straight from the ocean, it wouldnt have been so bad. Problem is, the shit straight out of the ocean is expensive as fuck and comes loaded down with pest. Rarely do you get something nice in the shipment.

Freshwater, I never cycled. I said fuck it. I would de-chlorinate the water and then shove the fish in after acclimating to temperature. It so easy to do a water change in freshwater tanks.

When I do a saltwater change, I have to dig out my 35 gallon trash-can used strictly for mixing, fill it it ro/di water from my filtration system (which would take about 5 hours, since its a 75gpd system), throw in a pump, throw in the salt, and measure the salinity with a refractometer until it reads 1.025 sg.

Or you can buy it for a dollar a gallon. Salt mix is about 20 bucks for 50 gallons of mix.

**stonehenge** · 10-20-2011, 04:31 AM

bamf imo. Saltwater tanks are so sexy, the fishehs are all so colorful and beast looking

VmaxEngage · 10-20-2011, 04:33 AM

Way too much work for me. Might have one when I get my own place.

Fatso · 10-20-2011, 04:36 AM

no, you do it now

VmaxEngage · 10-20-2011, 04:36 AM

Paypal is ready.

Please send monies

Fatso · 10-20-2011, 04:37 AM

you send me monies first

Mr.Rogers · 10-20-2011, 04:37 AM

That's pretty bad ass dude it seems like a really time consuming hobby but BAMF overall !

Juan true that I love the colors on them saltwater fish

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VmaxEngage · 10-20-2011, 04:41 AM

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Originally Posted by Heathd

you send me monies first

a/s/l?

Fatso · 10-20-2011, 04:43 AM

Some pictures I took a couple of nights ago. I cant get the white balance correct on my camera, so the colors of the corals arent as vivid.

This coral is non-photosynthetic, and require to be hand fed daily. They are eating mysis shrimp in this photo.

Maroon clowns yucking it up. I hope to breed these one day.

Surface is skewed because I took it from the top. Water pump was causing ripples.

VmaxEngage · 10-20-2011, 04:45 AM

hand fed?

I will have one of these one of these days

Fatso · 10-20-2011, 04:48 AM

Yea, I have to thaw out the shrimp, and then grab each one with tweezers and try to get each polyp to take a shrimp

Mr.Rogers · 10-20-2011, 04:48 AM

U using special lighting ? Cuz they look like they glow in le darks

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Fatso · 10-20-2011, 04:52 AM

I have a 4 bulb t5ho fixture. One bulb is a 10k, another 14k, third is a fiji purple, and the last one is an actinic.

The actinics and fiji purple bulbs are on the blue side, like 420 to 450 nm, and they cause corals to fluoresce. Most corals posses this ability, but like i said, I cant capture it because my fucking camera has a shitty white balance setting.

Mr.Rogers · 10-20-2011, 04:59 AM

Dang dude all the shit sounds expensive I just recently upgraded my dragons cage and spent like 200 and most was on lighting, but ur shit sounds $$$$

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Fatso · 10-20-2011, 05:02 AM

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Originally Posted by Mr.Rogers

Dang dude all the shit sounds expensive I just recently upgraded my dragons cage and spent like 200 and most was on lighting, but ur shit sounds $$$$

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Lighting for a reef tank can get retarded, real fast. Im looking at switching out to leds in the near future.

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Pics of said dragon?

Mr.Rogers · 10-20-2011, 05:07 AM

My lil bearded dragon

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Fatso · 10-20-2011, 05:10 AM

I might convert my old 75 gallon into a reptile cage. What all is involved with them? I was thinking about some anoles, or a pacman frog.

75 is too big for a pacman, but they're so damn cool.

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He looks like he is ready to rape your anus or something.

VmaxEngage · 10-20-2011, 05:11 AM

lizard anus rape

My friend had one, built a huge cage for it when he got more. They were cool as fuck

Get vid of feeding skrimps to polyps

Fatso · 10-20-2011, 05:15 AM

No way I can juggle a camera and feed them the shrimp.

10-20-2011, 03:48 AM	#1
Fatso Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2010 Posts: 2,292	Saltwater shit Figured I would share my build log of the aquarium from the beginning. The brittle stars that I tried to save from the previous tank. A little difficult since I used zero of the LR from my 75.... And on their merry way after a drip acclimation. __________________ NHB muppet fgt buick fgt CV fgt popo fgt Cez fgt nekkidness fgt apple hating fgt

10-20-2011, 03:58 AM	#2
RM90 Ritmo y Sabor Join Date: Apr 2011 Posts: 12,990	Looks very nice. I bought fish once and they all died in 2 days __________________ REY le autobus expert ~~soccer~~ futbol expert twitter hoar bish

10-20-2011, 04:02 AM	#3
VmaxEngage melons :drool: Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Jawja Age: 35 Posts: 11,442	BAMF I always wanted a salt water tank __________________ hng

10-20-2011, 04:11 AM	#4
Mr.Rogers Papagos.... :scared: Join Date: Feb 2010 Posts: 6,230	Dam heat that's sexy as fuck !! Love that coral. How hard is it to maintain the water? And those lil starzz are bamf Sent from my DROIDX using Tapatalk __________________

10-20-2011, 04:21 AM	#6
Mr.Rogers Papagos.... :scared: Join Date: Feb 2010 Posts: 6,230	Gawd daaayum dude that's hard core. I didn't know u had to cycle water for that long, its less for normal water tanks or same? Sent from my DROIDX using Tapatalk __________________

10-20-2011, 04:31 AM	#8
stonehenge Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Hoenn Posts: 85,082	bamf imo. Saltwater tanks are so sexy, the fishehs are all so colorful and beast looking __________________ \| Smilies To-Do \| MAL (bishplz) \| Current PS+ Free Games\|

10-20-2011, 04:33 AM	#9
VmaxEngage melons :drool: Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Jawja Age: 35 Posts: 11,442	Way too much work for me. Might have one when I get my own place. __________________ hng

10-20-2011, 04:36 AM	#10
Fatso Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2010 Posts: 2,292	no, you do it now __________________ NHB muppet fgt buick fgt CV fgt popo fgt Cez fgt nekkidness fgt apple hating fgt

10-20-2011, 04:36 AM	#11
VmaxEngage melons :drool: Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Jawja Age: 35 Posts: 11,442	Paypal is ready. Please send monies __________________ hng

10-20-2011, 04:37 AM	#12
Fatso Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2010 Posts: 2,292	you send me monies first __________________ NHB muppet fgt buick fgt CV fgt popo fgt Cez fgt nekkidness fgt apple hating fgt

10-20-2011, 04:43 AM	#15
Fatso Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2010 Posts: 2,292	Some pictures I took a couple of nights ago. I cant get the white balance correct on my camera, so the colors of the corals arent as vivid. This coral is non-photosynthetic, and require to be hand fed daily. They are eating mysis shrimp in this photo. Maroon clowns yucking it up. I hope to breed these one day. Surface is skewed because I took it from the top. Water pump was causing ripples. __________________ NHB muppet fgt buick fgt CV fgt popo fgt Cez fgt nekkidness fgt apple hating fgt

10-20-2011, 04:45 AM	#16
VmaxEngage melons :drool: Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Jawja Age: 35 Posts: 11,442	hand fed? I will have one of these one of these days __________________ hng

10-20-2011, 04:48 AM	#17
Fatso Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2010 Posts: 2,292	Yea, I have to thaw out the shrimp, and then grab each one with tweezers and try to get each polyp to take a shrimp __________________ NHB muppet fgt buick fgt CV fgt popo fgt Cez fgt nekkidness fgt apple hating fgt

10-20-2011, 04:52 AM	#19
Fatso Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2010 Posts: 2,292	I have a 4 bulb t5ho fixture. One bulb is a 10k, another 14k, third is a fiji purple, and the last one is an actinic. The actinics and fiji purple bulbs are on the blue side, like 420 to 450 nm, and they cause corals to fluoresce. Most corals posses this ability, but like i said, I cant capture it because my fucking camera has a shitty white balance setting. __________________ NHB muppet fgt buick fgt CV fgt popo fgt Cez fgt nekkidness fgt apple hating fgt

10-20-2011, 04:59 AM	#20
Mr.Rogers Papagos.... :scared: Join Date: Feb 2010 Posts: 6,230	Dang dude all the shit sounds expensive I just recently upgraded my dragons cage and spent like 200 and most was on lighting, but ur shit sounds $$$$ Sent from my DROIDX using Tapatalk __________________

10-20-2011, 05:07 AM	#22
Mr.Rogers Papagos.... :scared: Join Date: Feb 2010 Posts: 6,230	My lil bearded dragon Sent from my DROIDX using Tapatalk __________________

10-20-2011, 05:10 AM	#23
Fatso Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2010 Posts: 2,292	I might convert my old 75 gallon into a reptile cage. What all is involved with them? I was thinking about some anoles, or a pacman frog. 75 is too big for a pacman, but they're so damn cool. ---------- Post added at 11:10 PM ---------- Previous post was at 11:09 PM ---------- He looks like he is ready to rape your anus or something. __________________ NHB muppet fgt buick fgt CV fgt popo fgt Cez fgt nekkidness fgt apple hating fgt

10-20-2011, 05:11 AM	#24
VmaxEngage melons :drool: Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Jawja Age: 35 Posts: 11,442	lizard anus rape My friend had one, built a huge cage for it when he got more. They were cool as fuck Get vid of feeding skrimps to polyps __________________ hng

10-20-2011, 05:15 AM	#25
Fatso Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2010 Posts: 2,292	No way I can juggle a camera and feed them the shrimp. __________________ NHB muppet fgt buick fgt CV fgt popo fgt Cez fgt nekkidness fgt apple hating fgt

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