Tank Entry

Tuesday, October 05, 2010.

So it has been sometime since I last updated my thread due to work and other non reef related things but the aquarium has been filled with saltwater for about 2 1/2 months with no lights at all. The cycling process has come and gone and I finally got tired of looking at this void tank of water in my living. However, due to cost I am not able to entirely setup my Custom LED Lighting System. So I am not worried about lighting that are able to sustain SPS ...

So my wife and I where looking to add a little more scenery to the dinning room area of our home but didn't want to spend a fortune. So while picking up some supplies at a local Pet Smart we stumbled across the the Fluval Chi. It is a 5.5 gallon rimless aquarium with and integrated filter with LED lighting. It allows the water to be filtered and to trickle back into the aquarium like a fountain. So at $55.00 for the sale price we had to pick one up.

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Saltwater Mixing with Tunze NanoStream 6025 & Brightwell Aquatics Neomarine Reef Aquaria Salt
Friday, July 16, 2010

After some initial research among the various salt mixes available I decided to go out and purchase some Brightwell Aquatics Neomarine Reef Aquaria Salt from a local retailer "Gotham Aquatics" who was having a sale on it. After a very long drive sitting in rush hour traffic to Brooklyn and back to the Bronx I finally got home with my salt. From the ...

So I'm most likely going to be bombarded with various post telling me that I am absolutely nuts for thinking about setting up an aquarium without a sump. But my wife purchased a standard 120 gallon All-Glass aquarium for me for Fathers Day and rather then take the aquarium back to the store to imply that she did something wrong I would rather run with it. Besides I know that a sump has many uses and provides for a broader spectrum of equipment to be used but in my thinking really what is a sump ...