jrosales91
Premium member
Hello everyone,
My name is James and I live in Chicago, IL within the Hermosa area. I started my journey in the saltwater hobby around December of 2016 well I was living in Lexington, KY. I started off with a 32 Gallon Biocube as I thought this would be great size tank for a noobie in the hobby. Now that its been a year I thought I would upgrade my tank to a 90 gallon tank with a sump. I was also able to pick up a brand new Innovative Marine 20 gallon drop off tank on Ebay for around 80 bucks before I bought my 90 gallon and I thought I would also set that tank up. I have yet to setup my 90 tank as I am not sure how to plumb the system and I would need help or advise from fellow reefers. I am used to all in one tanks as my Biocube was a AIO system. Any reefers on here that are plumbing pros and provide plumbing services please let me know and send me a PM as I rather use less electric pumps to power my system. I have already setup the 20 gallon drop off tank and have cycled the system but dealing with lots of hair algae and thinking of getting a sea hare to help the fight against it. Below you will find my current equipment list for each tank. Is there any local fish meeting here in Chicago were fellow reefers actually meet as I would be interested in meeting and talking fish. Any recommendations as I am all ears?
Equipment
Aquarium:SunSun 90 Gallon aquarium with sump
Lighting:Orbit Marine 48"- 60" IC LOOP PRO Dual LED System
Skimmer:Macro Aqua
Water pump:2 eFlux Wave Pumps 1050 gph
Heater:Havent Purchased
Return Pump:Qty. 1, eFlux DC Flow Pump 1900 gph
Reactor:2 BRS Deluxe Reactor with 2 MJ1200 pumps
Algae Scrubber:Santa Monica RAIN2
ATO:Innovative Marine Hydrofill Ti
Equipment
Aquarium:Innovative Marine 20 Gallon Drop Off aquarium
Lighting:Aqua Illumination Prime HD LED
Skimmer:Innovative Marine Ghost Skimmer Desktop
Water pump:Hydor Koralia Nano Pump (Will replace with my MP10QD)
Heater:Cobalt Heater
Return Pump:Qty. 1, eFlux DC Flow Pump 1900 gph
Reactor:Innovative Marine MiniMax Reactor Desktop
Basket:2 Innovative Marine CustomCaddy baskets
Basket:2 Innovative Marine Spin Stream's
ATO:AutoAqua Smart ATO
My name is James and I live in Chicago, IL within the Hermosa area. I started my journey in the saltwater hobby around December of 2016 well I was living in Lexington, KY. I started off with a 32 Gallon Biocube as I thought this would be great size tank for a noobie in the hobby. Now that its been a year I thought I would upgrade my tank to a 90 gallon tank with a sump. I was also able to pick up a brand new Innovative Marine 20 gallon drop off tank on Ebay for around 80 bucks before I bought my 90 gallon and I thought I would also set that tank up. I have yet to setup my 90 tank as I am not sure how to plumb the system and I would need help or advise from fellow reefers. I am used to all in one tanks as my Biocube was a AIO system. Any reefers on here that are plumbing pros and provide plumbing services please let me know and send me a PM as I rather use less electric pumps to power my system. I have already setup the 20 gallon drop off tank and have cycled the system but dealing with lots of hair algae and thinking of getting a sea hare to help the fight against it. Below you will find my current equipment list for each tank. Is there any local fish meeting here in Chicago were fellow reefers actually meet as I would be interested in meeting and talking fish. Any recommendations as I am all ears?
Equipment
Aquarium:SunSun 90 Gallon aquarium with sump
Lighting:Orbit Marine 48"- 60" IC LOOP PRO Dual LED System
Skimmer:Macro Aqua
Water pump:2 eFlux Wave Pumps 1050 gph
Heater:Havent Purchased
Return Pump:Qty. 1, eFlux DC Flow Pump 1900 gph
Reactor:2 BRS Deluxe Reactor with 2 MJ1200 pumps
Algae Scrubber:Santa Monica RAIN2
ATO:Innovative Marine Hydrofill Ti
Equipment
Aquarium:Innovative Marine 20 Gallon Drop Off aquarium
Lighting:Aqua Illumination Prime HD LED
Skimmer:Innovative Marine Ghost Skimmer Desktop
Water pump:Hydor Koralia Nano Pump (Will replace with my MP10QD)
Heater:Cobalt Heater
Return Pump:Qty. 1, eFlux DC Flow Pump 1900 gph
Reactor:Innovative Marine MiniMax Reactor Desktop
Basket:2 Innovative Marine CustomCaddy baskets
Basket:2 Innovative Marine Spin Stream's
ATO:AutoAqua Smart ATO