Rbacchiega

Yep, mixing my own, I bought 125 gallons of ro bottled water because my ro unit STILL hasn't come in yet, and even then, it only outputs 20 gallons a day. I was going to go with 60 a day, but really, what would I do with 420 gallons a week LOL Reef salt says on the bucket that it'd keep the parameters where you'll need em for a succesful reef, but I want to double check. Right now there is only 15 lbs of live rock (all they had left) and it was pretty much cured, so I'm not sure how much of a cycle will start (I'll add a piece of shrimp in the am to get it going just to be safe) and then at the end of the month the LFS will have in the 100lbs I ordered today. It sucks having an empty tank though LOL the sooner this tank cycles, the better.

oh, and I've settled on a bare bottom tank, and ordered a Koralia 4, which moves 1200 gallons per hour. Which means with the 3 powerheads, and the return pump, I'll be moving 44x the tank volume. Perfect for the sps and lps! wooooo!

Rbacchiega

First bit of water through the return....


About 1/3 full


Not much you can do with only 4 hunks of rock....


Full and with Metal Halides on...

Wolfgang8810

those are some lonely looking rocks lol. Im going to the LFS tomorrow to get my clowns an ocellaris clown and a black onyx ocellaris clown

Rbacchiega

pictures are a must! especially for the black ocillaris. I'm hoping to get a pair of them for my tank once its ready to go. Going to do some spring skiing today and will test the water when I get back.

Wolfgang8810

picked up teh little guys dam that black ocillaris was 80 bucks. Oh well its the plan i had for my tank from the very beginning. pics up later.

Wolfgang8810

here are some preliminary pictures lol they are still pretty spooked ill get better ones after they calm down. The orange ocillaris moves way too fast i cant get him.

Rbacchiega

great looking fish! How big are they? The look to be pretty tiny...

Wolfgang8810

the larger one is 3 inches and the black one is about 2

Rbacchiega

They look great Mark! And that's not a bad size either... do you know if they were cb or wild caught? I find that wild caught ones will refuse to eat flake....but maybe thats just my own personal experience

Wolfgang8810

definatly tank bred i wont buy any other way. Also within 5 mins of being in my tank i put soem Omega One falkes in for my wrasse and chromis and the clowns got most of it.

Rbacchiega

herm. Well, that's great for you! Hopefully my future pair will chow down as well as yours do.

Wolfgang8810

I most certainly Hope so! here are some pictures. They look like a yin yang lol

Rbacchiega

they are officially named!

Wolfgang8810

haha that true. sorry for stealing your thread. hows the tank comming?

Rbacchiega

looks quite sad actually...stupid 4 hunks of rock LOL. I"m moving out of this house tomorrow though, so kind of a bummer I"ll have to tear it all down just to put it all up in a few days...blah! Oh well.

Wolfgang8810

I thought you were staying in that house?

Rbacchiega

the house isn't sold, but the other half and I are taking a break....sort of. We've decided to try still seeing each other but not living together. We moved in together really fast, as in, less than 2 months of knowing each other fast and have been together for over 3 years, but there's only so much....lack of caring....I can take. So I"m moving out and we'll go from there.

Wolfgang8810

wow that sucks im sorry. Its a ***** to move all 120 gallons of water i think you should stay and he should vamoose.