New 110 Gallon Reef

[LifeIsGreat]

110 Gallon Reef setup day 1:

[LifeIsGreat]

Got a used tank off Kijiji and resealed it. Size is 48W, 18D, 30T. Built a 2x4 and plywood stand and bedded the tank on 1" white foam. The tank came with a Fluval FX5, so I'll give it a try. I grow macro inside the display, so the dark sealed FX5 won't hamper me unless it comes time to use a skimmer. Rocks are ClearDeep, chose them because I like the shapes available. I set this tank up because I was moving to a new house and I wanted to have a stable tank already running before I moved the life.

[Skimmerking]

looks good man I like. The rock structures look like the apes from jungle book hahahaha

[LifeIsGreat]

Lol! I was thinking garden gnomes.

[LifeIsGreat]

I came home from a 6 week absence to find the new rock covered in hair algae and cyanobacteria. The old live rock I had transferred from my previous system was nearly clean. One of the little clown fish decided that the cyano was his host, and I find him in the same patch of the stuff all the time.

[Skimmerking]

Oh I hate that stuff. that almost sucked me into giving up i went through that stage for 9 months and bam it all went away

[Thanhk87]

Yeah i would keep an eye on those cups for a while. You never know what been in it.

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[crimper]

I'm with Waren. I would not put rocks with algae in my tank. The same practice I do on adding new frags esp acroporas in my tank. I cut them off and ditch the frag plugs. It's too much of a risk.

[LifeIsGreat]

[WarDog]

Originally Posted by LifeIsGreat

Lol, hopefully he helps.