All Blog Posts Tagged 'reef' (5)

I now have a small "greenhouse" (or hoophouse, whatever you want to call it) in my backyard! this is for coral propagation in one system (125g) and raising a shark in the "sump" (which is a "pond" I dug in the ground) which is approx. 180g's in itself... that raises the grand total gallonage to (including all of the equipment) 330 gallons! I need some help with advice for EVERYTHING!!!! Especially on how I am going to make all that tap water safe to use so I don't get algae! I have an R/O unit b… Continue

ReefFlix is the largest Reef Tank Video Community on the web! We currently have over 400 Reef Tank videos for your enjoyment. We started this project because of the difficulty finding reef tank video content on the web, our vision was to have one video community that would be dedicated to only the reef tank hobby. Please Join our video community today and share your underwater world. It's FREE! visit us at www.reefflix.com Share The Experience! ReefFlix Continue

Well I decided to use a 55gal for my DT, and a 38gal for my sump/fuge. the fun part is designing the fuge. I got a good idea for the fuge size. But It's the DT drain side that the skimmer will be at, I just haven't figured out what size that section gonna be. I know I'm gonna build either a 2 x 2 or a 3 x 3 column that the DT drain pipe will dump in, to fill the skimmer section up after it passes thru a bubble trap. I know it might be a overkill but I'm planning on putting 3 bubble traps in the… Continue

.... as the topic title implies ... the move of a few 90's has finally been accomplished! Last weekend the wife and I did some shifting of tanks it was brought on by the sale of most of my fresh water fish and one of the fresh water 90 gallon tanks a few weeks ago. The current tank list is officially: 1 fresh water 90 with Bubba (a nearly 14 inch Midas), Cube (a 6 or so inch cichlid) and whatchamacallit (the un-named 15 inch Arrowana) 1 saltwater 90 with mostly snails… Continue

The twists and turns of life bring us to this moment in time with the things we have to work with ... Such is the way it is with my reef experience .... The powers that be have been resisting the course which has presented it's intriguing face to me ... Fortunately; it has finally receded to it's shadows ... and now before me sits a bunch of reef salt in my 90 gallon tank with about 75 pounds of live rock and 5 pounds of base rock :-)) and 90 pounds of some sort of sand which has turned my wa… Continue