Jsbarber12

Right now I have a pretty large part of my sump setup as a fuge hoping it matures quickly.but nothing in this hobby happens quickly ;$

Two 20% water changes in 5 days. Probably will do a 50% Wednesday or Thursday . Hopefully that will do it

Too far in to ever make a profit ha! But I am having a serious nitrate spike even though my bio load is relatively low. Could it be from rock from another way more established tank?

What are the stages of a reef aquarium after the initial cycle, I know I've seen them somewhere just can't find them for the life of me. Ie Cycle New Cycle #2 Mature tank It was something like that, or I completely off

Yea I was a complete noob when I got the 55 the only reason I got it was because it was 55$ (petco dollar a gallon sale)

Prolly a month away from Pics dropped my iPhone one way too many times. :(

Thanks everyone , looking forward to being a contributing member here!

55g Hob overflow 40g sump with about 20g of that dedicated as a refugeium Euro reef fs80 skimmer Rio 2500 return pump 22w? Uv sterilizer 90lbs+- LR 40lbs "live sand" 2 bulb t5 54w with moonlights(need to upgrade for better growth) (1) 12000k (1)true acintics bulb And once a week for two(ish) days I run a hob filter in my sump with carbon only. Livestock 15-20 blue legged hermits 10 turbo snails 2 ocellerius(sp?) clowns 2 domino damsels 1 mandarin goby 1 Condy anenome 1 good size toadstool Large frag of green apple zoas Tons of polyps all over rock with a few leathers. A 6" mat of GSP ( many don't like but weirdly this is probably one my favorites besides the zoas' . I know I probably left some stuff out but this gives and idea of what I have so far Ps for flow I have two marine land maxi-jets (the ones with propellers)

Hey all, I'm jake, I've lurked around for awhile here and finally pulled the trigger on becoming a member. Right now I'm still On my first tank a 55g "baby" reef tank. It's only been running about 7 months so it's getting there. I am a reef addict I will confess. Looking to upgrade soon because I hate the dimensions of the 55 when it comes to rockscaping. really like the way this forum is setup and the group of fellow hobbyist so far! Keep it up guys! Also outside of the hobby I am an underwriter for a surplus insurance company so of you have insurance questions I can probably answer it!