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SwimSwimDiego · 04-17-2008, 03:28 AM

After being out of the hobby for five years now, this comes to me as a big surprise, lets start from the beginning. My cousin come to visit me about a week ago and he tells me that he has a little gift in the car for me, and what a surprise that was, the start of a mini reef setup. That night we stayed up till the morning putting up this little 10 gallon setup. He had a 10 gallon tank, aqua clear filter, small protein skimmer, live rocks and sand. Enough to turn me on to the world of Mini Reefs, ever since that morning I could not stop thinking of all the tanks I want to start up and how this tank is coming along
and so far so good, I still need to buy myself a better light and a few other things but maybe I get lucky and find it here. One of the things I do need is the answer to how to get a good night sleep and stop thinking REEF REEF REEF REEF HQI HQI HQI RO RO RO NANO 6, 12, 24 Gal setups. Boy I need to slow down and just stick to my 10 gallon for now. Well here are the pictures of my little 1st Reef. Please feel free to help me if you notice anything wrong in my setup.

Thanks for the help.
Boy I feel like a SEA MONSTER

reefmanwannabe · 04-17-2008, 09:49 PM

everything looks pretty good , the ONLY thing I see that I really don't like is that your lights look like they might be to high up . I would move them a little closer to the water . maybe half that distance .

your loosing sleep thinking about 6,12 and 24 gallon set ups ? Wait till you start thinking about where you going to be able to put your new 150 or bigger tank . lol

DJChesnutRabbit · 04-18-2008, 01:49 AM

Yeah man!
Wait until you drop a few hundred bucks on a piece of equipment thats being shipped ground and your on FedEx's website tracking it's every move. Those have been some of the longest weeks of my life.

Aqua-holic · 04-20-2008, 12:57 AM

saltwater is an obcession but please go slowly we are dealing with living things. Use caution and go slowly and things will be fine. Please research before you buy and look at the size things will grow too and not the size they are and you will be fine. We are not here to find fault but to help