The start of our 90gal salt aquarium

[09jk]

Well my girlfriend and I decided to start a salt water tank. We are both excited to watch it go and hopefully learn some new stuff along the way. I am especially excited for her son to be apart of this. Hes young and is sick, with several issues and a hole in his heart. I noticed how my small freshwater planted tank calmed him and and give him something to enjoy other then tv, and video games. Seeing as he cant run to much nor be outside to much. Most of his activites are indoors. Im hopeing by him helping us feed fish, water changes, and even design on the rocks will give him a sence on ownership and something to relax and enjoy.

Im posting a couple pictures. I have no rock, no light, no skimmer yet. this will be a work in progress.

[09jk]

As I type this out I'm filling up the tank for its first time! I met 2 guys at big als. Super friendly and nice. I didn't catch there names though they were speaking 100 words a second. But I really appreciate the effort and the knowledge they taught me.
Thanks again

[Coralgurl]

Hi and welcome!

Good size tank to start with, congrats. Come here with questions. Lfs are ok for info and always good to find one you can trust, but some are questionable. There's loads of good knowledgable people here who are always willing to help!

Very cool that you are doing this as a family, I'm sure your little guy will love being a part of reef keeping.

As you will find, everyone loves pictures, so get em up!!:lol:

[09jk]

ya im trying to post pics but it says i broke a security token and I need to contact administration so i just send them a message. also my sump is filling up to the top not sure what is going on so i stopped filling it and ill wait to see what I did wrong before I end up with more of an error

[Coralgurl]

Use photobucket to upload pics to the site. Much easier.

[Aquattro]

Best way to post pics is uploading them to a hosting site like photobucket and then linking them here.

[mrhasan]

If you are not running into errors when setting up a saltwater tank, you are not doing it correctly :P

So all I can say is you are the on the right path to start one of the most addictive hobby that exists in this world :D

[Nizzmo]

Best of luck!!:mrgreen:

[09jk]

Seems to be function properly. Now as for the loud funnel sound that has to go.
I'll post pictures soon

[09jk]

http://i1266.photobucket.com/albums/jj535/90gal/ea98a6d3.jpg
http://i1266.photobucket.com/albums/jj535/90gal/232b2b22.jpg
http://i1266.photobucket.com/albums/jj535/90gal/4f3fbeec.jpg
http://i1266.photobucket.com/albums/jj535/90gal/67fe7b1b.jpg
http://i1266.photobucket.com/albums/jj535/90gal/b920b111.jpg

[Aquattro]

Seems to be function properly. Now as for the loud funnel sound that has to go.


Do a search on Durso overflows, that will fix the sound.

[Coralgurl]

Nice setup! I see a hydrometer in one of the pics, get yourself a refractometer to test your salinity. Much more accurate and reliable.

[09jk]

http://i1266.photobucket.com/albums/jj535/90gal/54cd7a0d.jpg

[09jk]

thanks Aquattro i just watched is video. now i know what i need. Simple and cheap!

[Nano]

Welcome to canreef! Best of luck in the build

[09jk]

Ill take all te good luck I can get.

[Aysha]

I like to shop here :)
;)http://www.jlaquatics.com/phpstore/store_pages/mainpage.php
When I started I found the test kits and refractometer prices second to none, and fast shipping
I also found the staff at Red Coral super helpful

Best advice I can give one newbie to another shop at places that specialize in salt water.
Ocean Aquatica
Aquarium Illusions
Blue World
Red Coral.

your fish will thank you. I'm bias to RC myself.
If you need any help let me know, I've only been keeping marine since January but I learned a TON in a short time. Canreef is a great resource! Just remember to take all advice with a grain of salt :mrgreen:

Also take the time to study stores that keep fish
How do they treat their fish? are the tanks clean? are ALL OF THE FISH IN GOOD HEALTH, If not? Why not?

There's a few bad experiences with local stores that I won't post here. Keep in mind in many stores all of the tanks are on the same system If one tang in the tank is blind with ich? all the other fish may be ill.
knowledge is power!

[gregzz4]

If that's a Fluval U filter in the sump, sell it :smile:
It has no use in a reef :mrgreen:

Keep the pics and updates coming