Thursday, February 22, 2007

Rock Finally Arrived

After about a week or so, the pangona rock arrived. I picked up 26 lbs and it just looks amazing, It’s full of color and seems to have a lot of growth. They’re much nicer than the Fiji rock my LFS usually sells. I also added on a Saline skimmer, so far I'm very happy with its performance and it’s ultra quite which pleases me.

I will probably add in a few more pieces of rock to raise it up higher, I may play around with the layout a bit, but overall I’m pretty content with how it looks. So now I wait for the rock to cure and the tank to cycle. In the meantime I’m going to be putting together my livestock wish list.

I will post it when I am finished for any comments or suggestions.

See ya all soon



Saturday, February 17, 2007

My New Tank

Well after 8 years of having a fresh water tank I felt in need of a change. So I sold my 55 gallon planted aquarium and decided to do a 28 gallon reef tank. I'm very excited to begin the setup and start the new learning process.

My tank specs currently are:

- 28 gallon bow front glass tank
- Marineland Bio-Wheel Filter
- 55 watt Heater
- Coralife Lunar Aqualight Deluxe Series-24" (2X65W) with 2- 3/4W Blue-Moon-Glow LED Lamps

This morning I filled the tank with RO water. I'm now waiting for the temperature to stabilize so that I can add in the salt. I’m still researching and looking around for a good Protein Skimmer, so if anyone has any good suggestions or advice, please let me know.

My LFS is getting a nice shipment of live rock in this week; I will be picking up about 30 lbs.
I will be sure to keep posting my progress and updates on my new tank, feel free to leave your comments and/or suggestions.

Enjoy