hey guys how are you this is my new tank and my first saltwater tank im going to start by letting you know what i have i didnt do any major changers except i gutted the back no bia ball or ceramic rings i have a stelth 50w heater and i upgraded the pump to a maxi jet 1200 i know people say that i should get the 900 but sammy didnt have it in stock but the more flow the better i am useing ro/di water i bought the pure flo 2 50 gal per day i figured i might as well make the investment from the get go i have 20 lbs of agra alive reef sand and about 20 lbs of fiji that i got from sal yesterday thanks bud in all reality i just set up my tank yesturday and it look great the rock i got is so beautiful and full of life feather dusters everywere i even got a few snails and something that locks like a bug in my tank is that a bad thing dont know well here are my readings at leaste what i have my
salinity like 1.026
ammonia 0.25 ppm
nitrite .05 ppm
temp at 80 but i lowered the heater after cause i felt it was to hot
all the other readings i dont have test kits for yet but i will get htem soon
oh yeah i also have a cup of sand that came out of sal tank thanks again
well here are some pics will keep up with posts on a daily basis and add more pics as i go oh yeah please let me know what you think about the aquascaping my room is limited and i do have some pretty big peaces in there to me it kind of looks like a pile of rocks so be honest thanks

glad you like the rock the tank looks great glad the wife is akright good luck sal

these are the updated pics of my reef

wow , nice tank - be careful about the Green Star Polyps- From what I hear they spread fast and take over

so this tank looks nothing like this anmore i broke it down to fill up my 90 now all i have is two onyx clowns and a gbta with misc stuff just there that i dont care for