90g Salt Aquarium--New to Salties

[diordivasarah]

This may be in the wrong forum but I am getting a predrilled 90g aquarium. I am also getting a prebuilt 30g sump, protein skimmer, and a few powerheads. I have questions though..

Do I need anything like a filter (besides live rock)? If I do, would it go in the main tank or could I put it in the sump/refuge?

How many powerheads should I have for the easy-moderate/difficult corals and anenomes? What brand do you suggest?

How much wattage would I need for normal-moderate inhabitants?

How many lbs of live rock will I need? 90ish?

Now I need help on inhabitants..I would like easy, maybe moderate, fish with a lot of inverts. Any suggestions?

 

[TippyToeX]

Re: 90g Salt Aquarium--New to Salties

See below.

 

[TippyToeX]

Re: 90g Salt Aquarium--New to Salties

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=6562290#post6562290 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by diordivasarah
Do I need anything like a filter (besides live rock)? If I do, would it go in the main tank or could I put it in the sump/refuge?

You sound like you have everything covered. Live rock, skimmer, refugium. Do frequent water changes and you should be happy. Low bio-load helps as well.

How many powerheads should I have for the easy-moderate/difficult corals and anenomes? What brand do you suggest?

That's difficult to suggest. Each coral has it's own needs. A book like this one helps:

[ericsbook]

That said aim for about 20-30 x's turn over.

How much wattage would I need for normal-moderate inhabitants?

Again there is so many different needs, we would need to know the exact animals you wish to keep

How many lbs of live rock will I need? 90ish?

One to two pounds per gallon for a reef tank is a nice start.

Now I need help on inhabitants..I would like easy, maybe moderate, fish with a lot of inverts. Any suggestions?

Get that book and research the ones you like most, and see if you can meet their needs.

 

[diordivasarah]

Its hard choosing inhabitants..they all look so pretty. Here is what I like:

Fish:
LemonPeel Angelfish
Drawf Flame Angelfish
**Clown Gobies
Cardinalfish
*Firefish
*Longnosed Hawkfish
Pinkspotted or Yellow Watchman Gobies
Yellow Tangs
**Multicolor Lubbock's Wrasse
*Occ. Clowns
*Saddlebrown Clowns
Horned Blenny
MollyMiller Blenny
Yellow Longnose Butterflyfish
Raccoon Butterflyfish
*Copperband Butterflyfish
*Sebae Clownfish
**Green or Spotted Mandarin Dragonets
*****JAWFISH!! I LOVE JAWFISH!
Any reefsafe Wrasses
*Seahorses (If I can afford a few, I will immediately X out all agressive fish)

Those are the ones I like. Now I need to narrow it down. * are the ones I really like. But I need help with compatibility and such. I probably only want 5-6 fish at first.

 

[diordivasarah]

Corals:

Polyps:
Button
Colony, colored

Soft Corals:
Toadstool Mushroom Leather

Mushrooms:
Green Fluorescent
Green Striped
Blue, Red, Green
Spotted
Elephant Ear
Flower/Ricordea

Hard:
Tube
Bubble
Flowerpot
Brain
Tooth

QUESTION: If some require high light, can the others endure it, or would it not work with low lights and then high light corals?

 

[diordivasarah]

Anenomes:
Bulb
Carpet
Sabae (pink/purple)
Condy
Haitian Reef

 

[diordivasarah]

Inverts:
Emerald Mithrax Crab
Drawf Hermits
Scarlet Reef Hermits
Electric Blue Hermits
Porcelain Anenome Crabs
Tiger Tail Sea Cucumber
Debelius' Reef Lobster
Scarlet Skunk Cleaner Shrimp
Sexy Anenome Shrimp
Branded Coral Shrimp
Harlequin Shrimp
BUMBLE BEE SHRIMP!!
Lettuce Sea Slug (Nudibranch), Green
Any Stars
Any snail or conch
Drawf Sea Hares