Salt water freshy

[Tryin2layadime]

Sup my name is Steve-O and I have 2 tanks one is a 55 salt water with some damsels and the other is a 35 gallon fresh water with some goldfish to feed to my future lionfish. Normally I do cars and what not but alway loved tanks. I've had tanks all my life just about but got back into them recently. This is my first saltwalter deal so I'm looking for help. I got the 55 for 100 bucks and the 35 for free so I'm just having fun now lol. Pictures will come later as I'm on my phone.

 

[Tryin2layadime]

when my 55 was fresh water.

60 pounds of sand. and the start of it being salt water.

 

[mgamer20o0]

Welcome to AA.

 

[Tryin2layadime]

here is one from today as well as the 35 fresh water.

 

[Tryin2layadime]

thank you. i posted pictures but they havent shown up yet. so all this talk might come before these posts.

 

[dafraguy]

hello what kind of filtration are you planning for that 55 or using already

 

[Tryin2layadime]

i have 2 marineland emperor 350's i think. its like dual 30-60 filters.

 

[dafraguy]

you running a skimmer?

 

[Tryin2layadime]

no i am not. and im not really planning on it. i was informed by a couple different fish stores that with what im doing with my tank i dont need one.

 

[dafraguy]

im interested in what your planning if you don't mind elaborating, were not running a skimmer since we built a algae turf scrubber,not completely sold on the whole idea yet since i have run a skimmer on every sw tank I've owned. i just keeping checking my parameters for now

 

[Tryin2layadime]

i plan on doing a simple saltwater predator tank. sand, some decorations and then the 3-4 fish i plan on having in there.

the fish i plan to run will positively be 2 lionfish. and then ill deside on a puffer and a moray eel or just a puffer not sure yet but i know i plan to have the lion fish in there once the 8 damsels i have run the tank threw its cycle

 

[Tryin2layadime]

well i finally got some rock and i got it for free just for helping the guy selling it move his 6ft 130 gallon tank downstairs. went to buy it and ended up working for it lol.

and my 35 gallon fresh. i started with 17 gold fish and 2 picus cats and now have 6 gold fish and 2 larger cats lol.