Redo for the Average Reefer
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, 01-06-2010 at 03:24 PM (1002 Views)
Heyoh, Rob in St. Pete. Your average reefer... NOT an addict. What is an Average Reefer? Me.. the guy that really enjoys Salt Water Aquariums, but has a "bleh" reef tank in his/her living room. I visit reefcentral, melev's site for years (Mark's 27G is what inspired me to take the plunge), thou I drool over TOTM, and invested alot of time in effort in "starting" my tank... I've never maintained it to get over the hump to uberness, I've been slack on water testing, water changes, had a sweet SPS frag that fell behind some rockwork, and didn't notice for at least a month. So.. I'm gonna "Redo" myself into an one of those Addict's that I have long admired.
First and foremost, what I have to "Redo".
My currrent setup, 90 Gal RR tank with one overflow. Have a custom 20+ Gallon sump, ITECH cone skimmer. Lighting is provided by the OLD Nova Extreme 8xT5HO with the single reflector. I did invest in RODI, and use it for all topoffs and water changes.
Where I want to be... Emster's Jan 09' TOTM (http://reefkeeping.com/issues/2009-01/totm/index.php). Emmett lives in my area, I've met him once in passing at the local store most Tampabay Reefers goto FAOIS http://www.ichthythings.com/ (or maybe it was a meeting).
Gonna start my quest for a nicer, healthier tank. It's not so much the "uberness" that I'm going for, thou that would be nice.. but just to provide a healthly environment for the life that lives in this 90G glass box.