60 Gallon - New To Reefs

[The Guy]

Originally Posted by Salty23

Looks like a great start Mike! seems like there are alot of BCA members are here on Canreef as well! Harp is EVILLLL

Who's Harp ?

[monkE]

Originally Posted by clown lover

Who's Harp ?

Harp is Purple Monkey

[pinkreef]

beautiful tank the sand looks really nice i like deep sandbeds imo the powerheads need to be moved up a bit to disturb the surface of the water?
looking forward to seeing this progress

[monkE]

Originally Posted by pinkreef

beautiful tank the sand looks really nice i like deep sandbeds imo the powerheads need to be moved up a bit to disturb the surface of the water?
looking forward to seeing this progress

thanks for the kind words...

there is also a skimmer and a HOB filter running so there is lots of surface agitation

[gregzz4]

Hey Mike
Welcome to Canreef and The dark side

[monkE]

Originally Posted by gregzz4

Hey Mike
Welcome to Canreef and The dark side

hahaha thanks man! i've already started selling off my big planted tank to make room for a large reef!

[gregzz4]

Originally Posted by monkE

hahaha thanks man! i've already started selling off my big planted tank to make room for a large reef!

Be warned ... a big reef tank can suck up all your wages faster than that boat you fixed last week

I shut down my 125g freshie in fall of 2011 to alleviate the maintenace headaches and went salt for a change
I have more free time from my tank now, and more time to gawk at it, but my research didn't prepare me for the costs

Hope you enjoy the hobby and find a tank size you like
There's lots to read here if you want to do more research, and lots of help

[paddyob]

One point I give with nanos.... Anything you do to a small tank is exponentially more noticeable. For example, less water has little room for chemistry errors.

Evaporation is ten fold. If you don't top up daily you will have spikes in your salinity. Which could be harmful.

Temperature. In summer the tank will heat up more rapidly then a large body of water. Temperature spikes can kill your corals and fIsh if not monitored.

Good luck. Looks ok so far.

[monkE]

Originally Posted by paddyob

One point I give with nanos.... Anything you do to a small tank is exponentially more noticeable. For example, less water has little room for chemistry errors.

Evaporation is ten fold. If you don't top up daily you will have spikes in your salinity. Which could be harmful.

Temperature. In summer the tank will heat up more rapidly then a large body of water. Temperature spikes can kill your corals and fIsh if not monitored.

Good luck. Looks ok so far.

thanks for the input bud... i can't figure out how to change the title on the thread but i've actually moved from the 20 into a 60 gallon tank with a sump, so my water chem is a little less susceptible to the large swings associated with small tanks.

[mrhasan]

Originally Posted by monkE

thanks for the input bud... i can't figure out how to change the title on the thread but i've actually moved from the 20 into a 60 gallon tank with a sump, so my water chem is a little less susceptible to the large swings associated with small tanks.

Yah the picture looked a little bigger than what I would expect a 20 gallon to be haha :P Looking good