michael_t Posted October 3, 2006 Share Posted October 3, 2006 Hi, I'm new. Can't believe I missed a meeting by mere days! I am getting my first corals, anemone this week (10-3-6). Here is my tank set up? Tank age: In new location since April ?06. Since initial set-up Year and a half Tank stats: 65 gal (I think) Jebo R3100 Acrylic Tank Dimensions: 39 3/8? (L) X 19 5/8? (W) X 19 5/8? 1 x 1200 Maxi-Jet power head 1 x 900 Maxi-Jet power head 120 Coral Life Super Skimmer 25 lbs (or more) of Live Rock Illumination: 4X35W 6400k Jebo lights Came with wet/dry trickle filter and ceramic bio media (now in quarantine tank) Fish: Yellow Tang (Maggie), Clown (Crusty), and a Lawn Mower Bennie (Plucky). Macro aglae in in-tank fuge. (new 10-1-6) Cleaning Crew: Scarlet Hermit Crab : 20 Blueleg Hermit Crab :20 Nasssarius Snail :10 Emerald Crab : 5 Coral Banded Shrimp :1 Sally Lightfoot Crab : 1 (MIA) Turbo/Astrea Snail :20 9-29-6 Water test reveals everything A-OK with nitrates at 12. (Had a problem in the past.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+ACampbell Posted October 3, 2006 Share Posted October 3, 2006 Can we get a group buy on ARC cowboy hats? icon_compress.gif Just Kidding. Welcome to board. Glad to have you here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michael_t Posted October 3, 2006 Author Share Posted October 3, 2006 I would gladly trade cowboy gear for fish, corals, lr, whatever. fish.gif Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
irishtexan Posted October 3, 2006 Share Posted October 3, 2006 blob7.gif Welcome to ARC! Do you have any pics of your tank? Its sounds really nice. Also, what anemone are you getting? texx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigbird123 Posted October 3, 2006 Share Posted October 3, 2006 Welcome Michael, You'll find a super group of people here and a lot of info not all the best but take it with a grain of salt (or 1/2 cup per gallon) LOL! Everyone here tries really hard and some succeed. Others do well inspite of the school the cheer for. No Clint, I'm not just talking about you. I hope you find here what you came for and become a part of the family. Again, Welcome. Steve Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thedude Posted October 3, 2006 Share Posted October 3, 2006 BOO Aggies. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeK Posted October 4, 2006 Share Posted October 4, 2006 Be nice John, that was Aggie brisket last weekend. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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michael_t Posted October 4, 2006 Author Share Posted October 4, 2006 Irish, I am getting a Bubble Tip and a Pink Tip. The Pink Tip was free! Should be in tomorrow. Can't wait. I took the tank over from a friend. He was getting bad advice from a LFS and he just had a baby so he did not have time to mess with the tank. I had more time to mess with it. Nitrates were in the 80?s and no amount of water changes would affect it. I did a lot of research and eliminated the wet/dry trickle filter and the enclosed bio balls. Purchased the Coral Life 125 Skimmer (wish I would have ordered it online) and that has helped. Nitrates hover at 12 ppm now. Just upgraded the lights on it too. It was a Jebo tank with crappy wet/dry filter and crappy 35 w pc?s. Some would say that the 35 w pc?s would not be enough lights for a 60 g but I have crazy coralline growth with the OEM hood. When it was time to change out the lights I decided to replace the metal plate since it was rusting out. I removed the metal plate and noticed that the diagram on the ballast read 55w bulbs and not 35 w. The bulbs were 16? on the 35 w and the 55 w?s I found were 21?. On the new plate, I realigned the holes and shoehorned in the 21? 55 w. So now I have 4 21?x 55w bulbs, that?s an 80 w and 20? increase over the OEM lights. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fishypets Posted October 4, 2006 Share Posted October 4, 2006 BOO Aggies. Now John that is not what this club is all about, shame on you. Please don't kick an Aggie while he is down................ Wait till he is down and out. Like after the Horns beat em bad Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fishypets Posted October 4, 2006 Share Posted October 4, 2006 BTW welcome to ARC. Aside from a little poking fun of Aggies this is a very good site. Glad you found us Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thedude Posted October 4, 2006 Share Posted October 4, 2006 Reefing and Texas football are two different things! Welcome to ARC! PS: Aggies can cook brisket... just not play football Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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