40 Gallon Custom Setup

What corals do you plan to keep? Tigahboy and Melev have tanks with Seahorses...perhaps you could do a seahorse/pipefish reef with a few small gobies or something :)
 
I'm sick of clowns... Everyone who see's them, "Oh you have Nemo!" so sorry, no more NEMOS! :)

I'm thinking a couple Fairy Wrasses, 4 or 5 Bangaii Cardinals, a Blenny and a few gobies including 1 or 2 shrimp/goby pair... Too many fish? Just one Wrasse? 3-4 cardinals?
 
Chelsey said:
What corals do you plan to keep? Tigahboy and Melev have tanks with Seahorses...perhaps you could do a seahorse/pipefish reef with a few small gobies or something :)
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I plan on an SPS reef, so with the flow I have, seahorses are out... :(
 
pimp2daizzo said:
i know what you mean i work at a fish store i hear it 24/7.

i just was thinking your son may like it.
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Thanks for the thoughts but he just likes seeing something move. :) Wish I was that entertained... LOL For now I'll focus on making my wife happy first. She's the one who has to put up with me. :)
 
calvin415 said:
I'm sick of clowns... Everyone who see's them, "Oh you have Nemo!" so sorry, no more NEMOS! :)

I'm thinking a couple Fairy Wrasses, 4 or 5 Bangaii Cardinals, a Blenny and a few gobies including 1 or 2 shrimp/goby pair... Too many fish? Just one Wrasse? 3-4 cardinals?
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For an SPS reef, I would say thats a pretty heavy bioload. Heck, even for softies thats pretty heavy! I mean, thats 11 fish in a 40g!(I counted the few and couple as 2 each)

Keep it light. Less work and trouble for yourself in the long run.
 
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quiet ones

calvin415,
just wondering if you like the quiet ones. I am in the process of setting up a 37 gal. oceanic. I also want to do a closed loop. I had a LFS tell me the Eheims pumps are quiet but want to get feed back on other pumps. I am sure I could use the same size pumps you are using since our tanks are close in size. Thanks for all your help.
 
Floppyfish- No problem bro. :)

Laffinlin- If you get a quiet Q1 pump, yes they are great! If you get one that makes noise, then it's a typical water pump... I was planning on sending my Q15000 back for a new one, but I think I'm just going to keep it. It's not silent like the one I installed on my Dad's CL, but it's tollerable... Certainly worth a try and www.bigalsonline.com has the best price on them by far!
 
Diatoms have started... I'm shutting off my light for the next week to try to keep it controlled.

Did my first tests last night,
SG 1.025
Ammonia just a trace,
Nitrite 0
Nitrate 0
Ph 8.3
PO4 0.0
Ca 350
Alk 8.4 DKH
Mg 1350

I've got my Kalk reactor going so hopefully that will help the Ca and Alk levels.
 
Well not quite... Still a long way to go, but at least now it's just a time thing. I just looked back over my original post when I started this project; I can't believe it's been 3 months already! I guess the next 5 weeks should fly by! :)
 
Tested my water again last night, I can't believe it, no ammonia, no nitrite, and just a trace of nitrate... Guess it pays to cook your rock! Although I would have thought cooking the rock would have kill the aptasia, nope instead it's spread all over...

Hired some peppermints to do some killing. :)

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Holy Crap! Lights just turned on, and I can only find one aptasia left! It's a big one so I didn't expect them to eat it; I just nuked it so I'll let them clean it up. I figured it would take a week... Nope just over night! Love them peppermints!
 
ok in my reef tank something is going crazy but my test cant pick it up.. well i need a better kit lol that may help but my coral has not opend in days.
 
Alrighty... I've talked with my LFS and ordered my Randals, and Yellow Watchman I've decided to hold off on the Pistols for now, I'd like to see how these guys do before getting more. I ordered 100 Nasarius snails off Ebay last night, way more than I need, so if anyone needs some Nasarius snails and are local, come and get some.
 
Pimp ... hahha you're a very random reefer! You remind me of that Yellow Tang in Finding Nemo, "Bubbles!!! BUBBBLES !!!"



To the rest,
I apologize for making a reference to Finding Nemo :lol:
 
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