New tank

Well I am gonna do it. I am going for my first salt water reef tank. I will post pictures as I get things in. Wish me luck and any advice is welcome.

Pink snail good or bad?

Hello all,

Noticed what appears to be a small pink snail in our tank today. Hubby and I are having a hard time determining what it is and whether it's a good guy or bad guy. We got live rock from Florida gulf-- any ideas what this little might be? Any help would be appreciated!

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Getting back into it. I walked away but couldnt stay away.

Hey guys, I walked away from the reef hobby because I didn't have the money or time to really make the aquarium I wanted. So I took my 220g and turned it into a amazon Biotope and I really like it. My other tank the idea was to do a high tech planted tank. I went out. got the soil. got the equipment for it and decided I just wasn't into it. I couldn't ever get it started and found my self missing saltwater more and more as the weeks went on. I would go down and look at my 220g and see the 30g cube (was my frag tank) next to it that I was turning into a planted tank and thought I should just make that a reef tank.

I debated and debated but decided I am going to go for it. All I need to make the switch is some new sand and a Skimmer and add some baffles to the sump. I have loads of rock from my 220g because I never got rid of any of it so I will start working on a nice scape for the 30g. As far as coral I am not sure what I want to do. I may just do something easy and simple like some LPS with a lot of Zoas. I think that would look nice and be easy on me. I was wanting to do SPS but that may drive me nuts and id like to stay away from it for now. Maybe some time in the future I will go SPS we will see.

Just wanted to let you guys know whats been going on and that I am back. The one thing I have learned about this hobby is your love for it never goes away. It may fade from time to time but you cant shake it.

ISO Quality Skimmer for a 30g Reef

I am looking for opinions on a skimmer that will get the job done on my 30g Cube. The tank has a 10g sump so I will need it to fit in there. I am just trying to find a decent one that doesn't break the ol' bank. I don't want HOB or anything like that I want an in sump skimmer. Shoot me some ideas.

My Water Parameters

Just thought I would run past you my water parameters to see what you think...
PH...8.2-8.4
Calcium...340-360
Carbonate Hardness...16kh
Nitrate...0
Nitrite...0
Salinity...1026
I have been blasting this with a power head, two large airstones and ofcourse my fx6 filter system, I havent added anything to the mix yet and the only thing that seems stubborn is the kh reading...I have heard of the old marine keepers trick of adding distilled white vinegar but as there is no live rock in the tank until tomorrow I was holding off on that.
I have no access to roi water and used our basic water which comes through chalk which I suppose is the reason for it's high reading.
Water has been cycling for over a week now and it has been treated to remove any heavy metals etc.
These tests are through an API Reef Master and Saltwater test kits except for the salinity which was done with a Refractometer.
What do you think..am I on the right track.

Good *orning, *ONDAY!

Good *orning, Everyone! :)

Warming up to 50 with sunshine today. I doubt there will be snow today. ;)

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