Aloha Reef Frontiers

[Abslt_Zer0]

Hello everyone!

My name is Joshua. I just moved to Washington for a job with the fine folks at Barrier Reef Aquariums! You can view a short highlighting Bio of my saltwater career on the Barrier Reef Aquariums website, along with a awesomely creepy picture of myself, I might add. :loco: I will be posting pictures and details of the nano i recently set up at home.

I am looking forward to being a part of the community here,

Joshua

 

[Red C Aquarium]

Welcome Joshua , There's a lot of reefers around here!!

Red C

 

[user 26995]

Hey, Welcome Joshua. So where did you move here from?
Looking forward to seeing your tank. We will see you in november!

 

[tike]

Welcome Joshua to RF! I'm sure I will see you at the store.:bounce:

 

[Abslt_Zer0]

Thanks you guys. Right now I am running a 5 gallon "EcoPico." There are 2 of the powerheads that come with this aquarium including their sponges. I think i will be running a Phosban 500 reactor externally in the long run. I also upgraded the lighting to a Par38 pendant and probably adding a second sooner or later. A weekly water change is enough maintenance for now. It is also being monitored by a ReefKeeper2 ...no such thing as overkill :doh:. Experimenting to see if i can keep it stable enough for some acros ...aaaaaand start flaming! lol

IPisces: I look forward to meeting you at the sale. Should be really awesome!

 

[Abslt_Zer0]

Oh and in response to your other question, I moved here from Maui.

 

[user 26995]

Man, how could you leave maui?

 

[Abslt_Zer0]

lol yea i get asked that a lot. Just another place to experience, but its not an easy place to leave, thats for sure.

 

[Krish]

Welcome to RF!! :welcome:


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[Abslt_Zer0]

2 weeks in, so far so good

 

[senji]

2 weeks in and u have that much livestock. is this after cycle? just wondering. just fear your moving a lil to fast for the tanks biological filtration. i retract my concern after i read your bio on bra. now i want to know ur secrets lol

 

[user 26995]

on a tank that small, well seasoned cycled rock and very regular and frequent water changes is pretty much the trick.

Joshua, are you going to have a fish in yours? I have a little tiger goby and a phantom anemone shrimp and a peppermint shrimp in mine.

 

[Abslt_Zer0]

Not too worried about the biological filtration. When I set it up I used seeded sponges, all cured and mostly seasoned live rock, live sand, and water from one of the tanks here at the store. It ran for a week and a half before anything went in. pH has been stable and no nutrients present. Diatoms have also almost cleared as well. I do a partial water change once a week.

 

[Abslt_Zer0]

I have a blue line pipefish that i am waiting to get to a size when it can be sexed. Very hard to get a picture of, its very small.

 

[mfinn]

I have a blue line pipefish that i am waiting to get to a size when it can be sexed. Very hard to get a picture of, its very small.

Cool, another pipefish fan.

 

[Krish]

2 weeks in, so far so good

Looks great! Good luck with it!


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[kpiotrowski]

2 weeks in and u have that much livestock. is this after cycle? just wondering. just fear your moving a lil to fast for the tanks biological filtration. i retract my concern after i read your bio on bra. now i want to know ur secrets lol

WAY to use the edit feature lol. yeh when he said he moved here from maui to take a job with barrier I figured it wasn't for a janitor. lol

 

[Spinner]

Welcome to RF looking forward to getting to know you

 

[pandora32]

Welcome! Tank looks good and happy

 

[Bobby brown]

Rad little tank duder!