Cory September 22, 2017 Share September 22, 2017 I am a new member and a newbie in the topic. Please don't hate me - but I had a great company set-up and maintain my 220 gallon tank. I've had it for about 8 years and it's now a necessity for me to either learn how to take care of it or (God forbid) get rid of it... I decided on a reef tank as a memorial to my husband of 30 years. He drown in a scuba accident while we were diving in the Honduras. I wanted to recreate the underworld magic we were seeing... Now I need to learn to care for my established tank. Here's a brief overview of what I have: 220 gallon Saltwater aquarium 3 Radion XR30 lights 2 Vortech MP40 pumps Stand canopy Filtration system including skimmer and refugium return pump and more RO/DI filter Assorted livestock (fish, coral, inverts) I am reading books that have been suggested on this site, but think I may need lots more help! any suggestions? Thanks!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Origami September 22, 2017 Share September 22, 2017 Moving this to the "New to the Hobby" forum. Why isn't the tank under a maintenence agreement after all these years if that's how you've been maintaining it? Is this a reef tank today? Or is it fish only? Is the goal to build and maintain a reef tank? Or to maintain an existing reef tank? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cory September 22, 2017 Author Share September 22, 2017 Moving this to the "New to the Hobby" forum. Why isn't the tank under a maintenence agreement after all these years if that's how you've been maintaining it? Is this a reef tank today? Or is it fish only? Is the goal to build and maintain a reef tank? Or to maintain an existing reef tank? I don't know about a maintenance agreement. The company has been servicing/maintaining my tank since they set it up. They come and do weekly maintenance however it's usually when I'm at work so I have no opportunity to watch and learn from them...I have corals, fish and inverts. My goal is to maintain what I have, which, to me, includes adding new livestock, etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruleyii September 22, 2017 Share September 22, 2017 What livestock do you currently have? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tygger September 22, 2017 Share September 22, 2017 Welcome! Is the plan to stop using the maintenance company? If the tank has been up for 8yrs, the water parameters are probably stable, but at a minimum you'll need equipment to make and test water. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
s2nhle October 8, 2017 Share October 8, 2017 Welcome to wamas. do you have pics to show your tank? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
salteacup October 12, 2017 Share October 12, 2017 If you're a visual learner, one of the things that is helping me figure out all of the terminology and how some of the gear works is this YouTube channel: (BRS-TV) https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCcJv2rQDivg8NwXIxydJ86A They are pretty good at explaining the what and why for each thing, and their experiments are pretty cool! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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