55gallon Salt

So yea i was to lazy to install the software from my digital camera into my new laptop. So heres 3 crappy cellphone pic's.
I will get better pics later

 

sweet man!!

 

looking good!!!!

 

You doing SW fish only or a reef?

 

Reef and fish.
Ive got Purple Mushrooms, Gsp's and Orange Zoa's in the tank now

Just added a new addition
Red Firefish

 

looks good, make sure when you crank your speakers it dont knock over your rocks.LOL

 

Lol i know right? There Kenwood 200w apiece with 12' woofers in them
There not hooked up atm cause son likes to turn volume all the way up, then turn on radio.
Tank isint gonna be there very much longer anyway.
In May were moving and i got to look foward to breaking it back down and resetting it up

 

Looks really nice. I'd like to make a couple of suggestions for you to implement when you move.

1. Get rid of the undergravel filter. You're going to want to let your live rock do the filtering for you. Keep the power heads for the flow.
2. It looks like you have crushed coral for a substrate. When you move you should replace it with live sand. The crushed coral will trap deitrius and you'll be plagued with high nitrate levels.
3. I can't tell what you have for lighting. From the picture the tank looks bright but it looks like you are using stock normal output fluorescents. If that's whatthey are you'll need to upgrade for your corals to survive.
4. Your HOB filters may end up producing a lot of nitrate that you don't want. Wath the nitrate level. You'll probably have to pull the biowheels out and keep the filter pads extremely clean. You could actually pull the filter pads altogether.

None of these have to be done today but should be done when you rip the tank down to move.

 

1.Thank you for your advice but i will keep my undergravel setup. Extra filtration isint gonna hurt me one bit.
2.Aswell as the crushed coral. Its all prefrence. Hince why i chose it. to work with my undregravel filtration.
3. The lighting fixture is yea basic, but i have ordered a 216w pc with daylights, actnincs, and moonlights. No im not upgrading after this.
4. My hob filters get changed every month.

 

The crushed coral and undergravel filter will do more harm than good. Change the HOB filters once a month is totally inadequate. Make the change when you move or make the change later your choice.

Good luck combating nitrates down the road. You'll need it.

http://www.magazine.reefbuilders.com/2008/01/14/4-most-common-mistakes-made-by-newbie-reef-keepers/
http://www.cvreefers.org/showthread.php?p=70729