Hi, I'm new to the whole Saltwater tank thing I'm looking to start a 100+ Gal tank with a refug for my tattoo shop. I think it would be a great addition to are shop. I'm here to learn as much as possible. what would be the perfect light for a 100 to a 120 gal tank. I'm wanting to start with just fish and live rock and eventually grow to a coral reef tank.
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pandora32
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Welcome to reef frontiers. What are the dimensions of your tank? Or is it just going to be a standard 100g?
Red C Aquarium
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i have a nice corner tank complete for sale its only 100 gallons
it is going to be acrylic with sand and Fish oriented not to sure about the corals i do want to add corals but at a later date. want to get the fish down first. On of my friends recommended me to a place to get a good price on base rock and live rock with sand and stuff just want to retain as much as i can well I'm in the process of the build in the tank.
NC2WA
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Saint,
welcome to RF!!!
great people here and a wealth of info.....
welcome to RF!!!
great people here and a wealth of info.....
kpiotrowski
Kevin
Welcome to RF. Based on what you are interested in, and for a tattoo shop, I would go with the 180 glass and focus on fish first and then corals. Glass because aqrylic scratches very easy and live rock and corals are sharp....glass way easier to clean. 180g cuz you will want that when you start figuring out all the cool fish you WILL want that will need a 180. and focus on fish cuz its in a tatoo shop and most people cant apprecitate the expense and accomplishments we acheive in growing corals. reef tanks are super expensive in comparrision if you want to do it right, and most of your customers will be wowed by awesome fish. the coral will go right over their heads. there are many many fish you can NOT put in a reef tank and most of them are the cool ones! once its up and running for a while you can start throwing in hardy corals and see how they do with the fish.
It boils down to do want the challenge and personal satisfaction of a living coral reef along with the expense and maintainace, and take pride in it every day....but have to explain to most of your customers WHY they should appreciate it. or do you want a WOW tank that need no explantion?
hope this helps!
It boils down to do want the challenge and personal satisfaction of a living coral reef along with the expense and maintainace, and take pride in it every day....but have to explain to most of your customers WHY they should appreciate it. or do you want a WOW tank that need no explantion?
hope this helps!
it helps a lot makes sense we are going for more of the wow factor. we want are customers to like it as much as we do. we are one of the few "Family oriented" shops in the area and would like something for the client's and their children to look at while they wait.
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kpiotrowski
Kevin
I would suggest trying to hit up a few locals to view their systems. you will learn much quicker and get better ideas of what you want. I know eww has an awesome coral reef that I have yet to see in person. Reefman069 has the best of both worlds and a more "stick with what has always worked for him" approach. and my door is open for you to see more of a high tech( at least high cost) and also a second middle of the road tank. This is not to say there is not many many others in the area, just ones I know of that would give you plenty of ideas and information based on differnet approches.
pm me your number if you are intersted in comming by or have any question. don't have a tat yet....but its on my bucket list lol.
pm me your number if you are intersted in comming by or have any question. don't have a tat yet....but its on my bucket list lol.
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eww
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Hey Saint, I saw Kevin (kpiotrowski) suggest you take a look at some local tanks. By all means you are welcome to come by here and we are just up Shaw Road from your shop. We work from home (for now
) so we are home most days.
Kevin, get your butt over here. You are very welcome as well. We built this tank for everyone else to enjoy just as much as ourselves.
) so we are home most days. Kevin, get your butt over here. You are very welcome as well.
We built this tank for everyone else to enjoy just as much as ourselves.
kpiotrowski
Kevin
Hey Saint, I saw Kevin (kpiotrowski) suggest you take a look at some local tanks. By all means you are welcome to come by here and we are just up Shaw Road from your shop. We work from home (for now
Kevin, get your butt over here. You are very welcome as well.
yes much over due I know! I will have to get off my butt soon! been busy tweeeking things with 2 tanks. I don't know i use to keep up with 11 freshwater tanks!!!!
eartaker
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Saint, also look into the PSAS (Puget Sound aquarium Society) thepsas.org. A lot of us are close to you and could help out with explaining and showing in person. It also may help a bit to just go to a monthly meeting just to ask questions and pick some brains. =]
but most of them died the over night so when i showed up to the shop it was full of death. i got filters and a skimmer but i was told not to run the skimmer by the people i got it from. my friend told me i need to run the skimmer and since i have been running the skimmer the fish still alive look better. Dose any one think they know what went wrong?
NC2WA
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what kinda fish are they..sounds like pretty soon to add fish if you just got the tank..tank needs to be cycled...maybe we need more info..
