I am very curious to know how many OVAS members have at least one brackish or saltwater tank.
I guess the poll falls under the catagory of general interest and is not being initiated by the OVAS executive although I would think the results will be interesting to our membership and possibly useful to the executive.
Can you please take a moment to respond to the following polling questions:
1. Brackish or saltwater?
2. Number of tanks? Capacity?
3. Fish only or reef set-up(s)?
I will compile the responses in a week or so and post the results.
Thanks, Nelson
I have a 90g reef setup.
1. SW
2. 1 60g
3. Reef
1-20 reef
Julie
see my sig :lol:
I'll be setting up a 10G (either as FOWLR or reef) in the spring.
One in-wall 90G LPS and Soft Reef
2- 15 one reef and quarantine
120 Soon to be reef ( now cycling)
1 75 reef
1 20L qt sw
1. Brackish
2. 1 * 5.5
3. Fish
1 - sw
2 - 10 g
3 - reef
120 gal reef
2X 50 gallon reef
1X 90 gallon supposed to replace the two 50s this week hahahah if she only knew my plans
1 X 65 gallon hex soon to be salt water fish only approved by her ladyship
1-125gal SW reef.
One 23g Brackish
Im holding FishPassions 90g for him :)
But Im running/stocking a
210g SPS Reef
with a 150g sump and 90g fuge.
All of one, two and three. Number and volume varies monthly :).
An oceanside photo from Guam is attached just to add a bit of colour to this discussion . :)
And an in-tank photo for added emphasis :roll:
Ron
20 gallon reef. It's my baby.
Cool pics rockgarden.
1. Brackish
2. 37g
3. planted
1. saltwater
2. 20g
3. reef
1- 90 gal reef (surfline design)
1- 55 gal Africans
1- 92 gal Africans (corner tank)
The moment everyone's been waiting for has finally arrived. The poll has closed and the results are in:
Brackish:
1 x 5.5 gal
1 x 23 gal
SW Fish Only:
1 x 26 gal
1 x 65 gal
SW Fish Only/Live Rock:
1 x 45 gal
SW Reef:
1 x 10 gal
1 x 15 gal
1 x 20 gal
1 x 22 gal
2 x 50 gal
1 x 60 gal
1 x 75 gal
3 x 90 gal
2 x 120 gal
1 x 125 gal
2 x 135 gal
1 x 210 gal
At the moment there's no useful purpose for this poll other than to obtain a better understanding of the diversity of our membership.
Thanks for participating
90 gallon is a popular size. I wanted to get a 120 but I know what is involved when you get a bigger tank. You need to spend $$$ to stock a bigger tank.
Quote from: "gkilla"90 gallon is a popular size. I wanted to get a 120 but I know what is involved when you get a bigger tank. You need to spend $$$ to stock a bigger tank.
That's right..at approximately 1 lb of live rock per gallon of SW, times anywhere from $7 to $11/lb, the extra 30 gals could cost you several hundreds of $$$$. Then there's possibly a larger sump and more fish.
WHAT HAVE I GOT MYSELF INTO :lol:
I have around 450 gallons of water and no way in "double hockey sticks" am I going to have 1 pound per gallon, maybe 250 and thats all. I still have to stock this thing...
Side note for all salt water people, theres a MASO meeting at my place this Saturday. Everyone welcome.
Quote from: "DARKPHREAK"I have around 450 gallons of water and no way in "double hockey sticks" am I going to have 1 pound per gallon, maybe 250 and thats all. I still have to stock this thing...
Side note for all salt water people, theres a MASO meeting at my place this Saturday. Everyone welcome.
1lb/gal is nothing more than a very rough formula. Ultimately the decision lies with the aquarist. It makes sense to me because I have ~130 lbs in my 120 and it doesn't look overcrowded at all.
Thanks for the MASO invitation DARK - I would like to drop over.
Pass along the invite to your neighbor, I think he might want to come also.
Quote from: "DARKPHREAK"Pass along the invite to your neighbor, I think he might want to come also.
Thanks, I'll let Jeremy know.
Quote from: "Nelson"Quote from: "DARKPHREAK"I have around 450 gallons of water and no way in "double hockey sticks" am I going to have 1 pound per gallon, maybe 250 and thats all. I still have to stock this thing...
Side note for all salt water people, theres a MASO meeting at my place this Saturday. Everyone welcome.
1lb/gal is nothing more than a very rough formula. Ultimately the decision lies with the aquarist. It makes sense to me because I have ~130 lbs in my 120 and it doesn't look overcrowded at all.
it pays to have better quality rock, they can be expensive /lb but bcoz they are hollow inside...you get a better size to weight ratio...a lot more life inside too!
a solid chunk @ 3$/lb is worst than some 11.99$/lb rock out there!
Absolutely correct, base rock is cheap for that reason...very dense with few holes for critters to grow. Makes a good foundation but that's it.
Absolutely correct, base rock is cheap for that reason...very dense with few holes for critters to grow. Makes a good foundation but that's it.
Anyone ever tried making Aragocrete rocks themselves (via Garf.org's recipe?)
Takes months to cure.
I realize that...time to cure is an issue. But, it would seem to be a very worthwhile investment if you could stand the wait :)
I imagine the technique to make garf rock, that provides the level of porosity found in Fiji LR, is possible. But it would probly take alot of practice. Without the porosity there is no point in having it.
Might be fun to try tho :)
nothing better than a couple of cement blocks in a saltwater tank..lol. I've thought of making some but unless I live close to the ocean, there would be no point.