new to the site 8 months into salt tanks

[D.J.]

just thought i intro myself.

names dj hollingsworth live in chippewa falls, married,2 kids and work for eau claire mack and volvo as a body technician.

always had a freshwater tank and just got into salt 8 months ago, i currently have 2 tanks going 30g rearing tank(which was my first tank), 75g eef in the makin tank, and currently setting up a 55g that is being converted over from freshwater.

inhabitants....
30g.......one cleaner skunk shrimp,15lb LR,black sand,4 cortez hermits
75g.......mated pair perc clowns,1 pajama cardnial,1 scooter blenny,1 lawnmower blenny,yellow eyed tang,dwarf fuzzy lion,1 turbo sanil,2 astrea snails,2 red leg hermits,3 cortez hermits,4 anenome's, 60lbs LR,white sand

plans for the 55g
will be setup for the fuzzy dwarf lion and maybe a snowflake eel...but along way away yet.....

thats it i guess......lol

[Afish4u]

Well First off Welcome, We will be having a meeting in town here soon. I'm also working on trying to get a group order on cleaner crew, of snails, hermits, Can you tell us any more about your tank, ie lighting, skimmer. Welcome again,

[condiman]

Welcome and I hope one day I can see your setups

[Sndwave80]

Hello and Welcome to TRT!

[Loverotties]

Welcome to TRT!also

[crvz]

welcome aboard! would love to see some pictures of the setup.

[Loverotties]

Yes please ,some pics!

[D.J.]

im working on pics now, we juat moved to this new house so my camera cords are still in boxes..

a far as lighting.....go ahead and laugh...but im just getting started....

on the 30....regular tank hood with a 10000k ocean light,empior 400 HOB filter with biowheels

on the 75....dual 36in strip lights.....10000k coral light and the other is waitin on a moon light bulb to show up....1 emperior 400 HOB w/biowheels,1 magnum350 canister with coral carbon inserts,2 601 power heads and one 200 wavemaker(which doesnt move much water.(all from petco, blah)

the 75 will be converted over to halite(SP) lighting but its still a work in progress...

skimmers.......30...none....75 none(AT THE TIME) this tank has only been up for a month....waitin on tropic waters to get some in i cant remember what brand they carry thou


so let the %*^ chewing begin for my setups!!!! LOL but remember its still a work in progress and i keep up with my maintance on them so all my param's st in check.....

the only issue i seem to be having is temp....in my 75 the temp stays around 78-80f.....ive been told it should be around 82f what type of heaters do yall run????

thanks for looking
dj

PS>>>>>i was refered to this site by Jrmass in the L.A.R.K. forums on here........

[Afish4u]

where did you run into Jrmass? Temp is in the right spot right now. Tropic waters HOLD OFF ON. Look around here and Shoot me a PM at some point Depending on what your wanting to do with your tank there may be a skimmer around these parts for much less. are you planning on a sump? or hang on skimmer? have you read any books(skimmed)? How much live rock do you have in the tanks at this point.

[Jrmass]

Aaron, I actually ran into him by accident as I was "scanning" Craigslist *as I do now and again*. And happened to see that he was from the Eau Claire Area. Thus mentioned that he could look into talking with some of the members in our club as we are always willing to take in new hobbiests/members.


*****I AM A RECRUITING MACHINE***** lol j/k

[D.J.]

LOL yea thanks again jason


LR.......60-70LBS Figi in the 75


im gona stick to HOB stuff for now untill i get outa this duplex and have room for a LARGE tank then ill do a sump setup

but for now i really need a HOB type skimmer.....yeah im iffy on tropics prices since i dont really know what im buying but after lookin online(ebay) at skimmers the one they carry is a bit high in my opion...

i could REALLY use one thou....i have enuff motion at the waters surface right now that there is nof ilm build up but i know that i gota get a skimmer on it soon...

havent checked out the classifed's here.....is there a salt section or just all together?

[Afish4u]

there may be a few hob skimmers around here. for sale. I have one that I bought used and I used it only for a day or 2 (before I got my sump setup) and there are a few others here also.