Thanks everyone! Its been a long time coming for the hobby. I think now a year and a half.
The last six months I have been working on my reef tank one step at a time. I remember when my wife took me out to purchase the tank I have now for an early B-day present...
I have always been a keeper of fish ever since I was 6 years old with my ten gallon and gold fish the ones with the bubble eyes. It meant alot to me to be able to watch and learn things threw my beginner tank..
When I first started out I didnt know alot about saltwater tanks. I thought all tanks were the same wrong wrong wrong....My 90 gallon came with a stand usless canopy that opened from the top not front DUHHHH. 1 pc light 4 bags of LS bucket of reef salt, mag pump wet/dry filter.
Wow I was on my way. Not really I had no LR, no fish, nothing but a deselant tank with cool moon lights.
Next purchase was some rock which I was finding very exspensive.. So after browsing the internet I found Marcorocks and ordered about 150 lbs. Not live rock but a great price. I cleaned the rock well not curing it but cleaned it well. And then threw it in the tank... Mind you (HAHAHAHA) I dont know **** about tanks. The next day the whole house stunk like s@#% wow no skimmer oopppss.
So on to my next purchase, a skimmer. Well after becoming a member here I found that after reading the endless threads on skimmers I should have one. Well lets look at skimmers WOW all kinds out there everyone has there own idea of a great skimmer. So lets skip naming them all...Just to many. So I found lifereef and bought my first skimmer... And I needed it too the protien was building up everywhere (FOAM for the newbees)
So lets see tank, stand, salt, skimmer, rock, algea, more algea, more algea. The light I was told to buy was just good enough for lets see nothing but fish...
The first year I just tried to keep regular parameters and add some fish and small zoas after adding a second light. Just keep everything alive. my 1000 mile move with everything Shoot it was alot of money...Ge to think I would just leave it all behind....
Well needless to say a few things made the trip I lost a seaba anemone, huge frogspawn,fish,hermits, alot
After my move to the ATL I fixed everything that was wronge one step at a time. 6 months later I have installed a refugium new lights more sand more LR.
Finally I was ready to start keeping anything I want. Parameters are always on point I'm dosing on a regular and have great growth in all my lifestock and corals...
Its been a hard and long road to complete this tank but patience is key when your in this hobby.. It would be great for all people interested in this hobby to do the reserch first for six months and get as much info as possible before starting your tank....It hasnt been until the last 3 months that I really have been enjoying my hobby.
So thanks to everyone for the support and complements even when I first started it helped me keep going even when things did not want to go my way...And for all the newbees out there we are always here to anwser your questions and help out as much as possible. Just remember what works for some people doesnt always work for you.. You have to try and make those decisions on our own only using us for guidence. Heres a pic of my tank then and know notice the artificail anemone all white ha ha ha.... first pic is funny my wife said we might not fit the tank when we moved shi^(^^ she was wrong all those buckets are filled with LR and water.the door on the largest uhaul truck bairly closed..
