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Trickerie's Shallow Reef - First Time Getting Salty


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Hello all. I've been a freshwater aquarium enthusiast for many years and after moving states and restarting into the hobby I decided to finally give salt a try. I grew up in Florida and lived near the beach my entire life. Now, being in Maryland it brings a little of my history with me. 

 

Some stats:

Tank: 20g long

Light: 165w Chinese budget fixture

Filter: Tidal 35 

Rock: 30 lb dry

Substrate: 20 lbs aragonite, medium grain 

Stand: simple diy cabinet with light hanging arm

Heater: 100w Aquatop (5/28/19)

Circulation: Sicce Nano Voyager 530gp/h (5/28/19)

ATO: XP Aqua Sumpless with Skimmer box overflow (5/28/19)

Stock: TBD 

 

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16 minutes ago, trickerie said:

Hello all. I've been a freshwater aquarium enthusiast for many years and after moving states and restarting into the hobby I decided to finally give salt a try. I grew up in Florida and lived near the beach my entire life. Now, being I Maryland it brings a little of my history with me. 

 

Some stats:

Tank: 20g long

Light: 165w Chinese budget fixture

Filter: Tidal 35 

Rock: 30 lb dry

Substrate: 20 lbs aragonite, medium grain 

Stand: simple diy cabinet with light hanging arm

Heater: TBD 

Circulation: TBD (stand in 160gph pump just for cycle) 

Stock: TBD 

 

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I like the arch.  What stock are you thinking of putting in it?

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22 minutes ago, bomerst said:

I like the arch.  What stock are you thinking of putting in it?

A pair of clowns, some type of goby and then I haven't decided what else and am open to suggestions! 

 

My original scape was a nice shape too, but I changed it as it was leaning too much on the back glass and I wanted to be able to see around the whole structure. 

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Added new equipment that I ordered today! 

 

100w Aquatop heater, sicce voyager nano circulation pump, and xq aqua Sumpless ato with skimmer box 

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23 hours ago, trickerie said:

Hello all. I've been a freshwater aquarium enthusiast for many years and after moving states and restarting into the hobby I decided to finally give salt a try. I grew up in Florida and lived near the beach my entire life. Now, being I Maryland it brings a little of my history with me. 

 

Some stats:

Tank: 20g long

Light: 165w Chinese budget fixture

Filter: Tidal 35 

Rock: 30 lb dry

Substrate: 20 lbs aragonite, medium grain 

Stand: simple diy cabinet with light hanging arm

Heater: 100w Aquatop (5/28/19)

Circulation: Sicce Nano Voyager 530gp/h (5/28/19)

ATO: XP Aqua Sumpless with Skimmer box overflow (5/28/19)

Stock: TBD 

 

IMG_20190527_171529.thumb.jpg.386a4631d1d6fd47d82ce80ce41b18a0.jpg

 

Looks great so far! 😃

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Welcome and congrats on your first saltwater system! 👍 I look forward to seeing where you take it. Everything looks pretty solid so far!

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