windyridge
Fish Mother
Bought a used 92G corner bow front with oak stand and canopy for only $350. We hadn't intended to upgrade so soon, as we have only been back in the hobby for 8 months or so...but things have been going well with fish and corals in general, and we couldn't pass up this deal. The only wall space we have big enough is a corner so here we are. I know that corner tanks present lighting and space challenges so I thought I would document the whole upgrade for anyone interested and comments are always welcome and in fact encouraged.
oak stand
painting the wall sides, canopy on the left
From our current tank we plan to use:
15G sump which has a good chamber full of chaeto and some rubble, and the ASM Mini-G skimmer. Smaller than ideal but we have constraints due to the size of the cabinet. The lighter foam above and below the black foam on the skimmer is my trickling water sound reducer mod and it works perfectly. The skimmer is on that orange pad which is a silicone sound deadening mat. It works incredibly well. So the sump is pretty much silent. I figure that since I will have live sand and 100 pounds of rock give or take, my filtration will be adequate.
We ordered 46 pounds of BRS eco-saver dry rock. It is now soaking in a tote of heated water (1.025 SG 80 Degrees, ciculator) and is covered. Per BRS advice (they have videos that explain everything about their rock) we are allowing it do get a slime coat which will cut down on nuisance algae. We will let it soak 2-3 weeks. We will be adding about 80 pounds of Carib Sea live sand and seeding this with a cup from the 29G. I don't want to use anymore of the sand from the 29G as initially we did not use RODI and there may be a lot of phosphates and other junk stuck in there.
DSC_0001
From the current tank below we will take the 40 pounds of live rock in here and add it to the new tank once the dry rock is ready to be added. We will keep a piece or two in the 29G until the fish are ready to moved over.
current 29G old photo
Lighting: this was a tough one and my brain almost exploded from all the reading I did. We decided to go with AI Sol Blue LED's and will probably end up changing out the 40 degree puck lenses for 70 degrees lenses. We will initially start with one module at least a foot awl and see how that goes.
For fish I want to add a Kole or similar smaller tang to my current fish I haven't thought of any others as of yet. I will get about 5 more nassarius snails and my peppermint shrimp are staying in the sump! I don't like them.
Pumps: New: Eheim Compact Plus Pump 5000 for the sump, Koralia Evolution 750 for cirulation. Tunze Nanostream 6025 from the 29G.
Heater: Eheim Jaeger: 250W
So now I wait until the rock is ready. By then my lights will be here.
oak stand
painting the wall sides, canopy on the left
From our current tank we plan to use:
15G sump which has a good chamber full of chaeto and some rubble, and the ASM Mini-G skimmer. Smaller than ideal but we have constraints due to the size of the cabinet. The lighter foam above and below the black foam on the skimmer is my trickling water sound reducer mod and it works perfectly. The skimmer is on that orange pad which is a silicone sound deadening mat. It works incredibly well. So the sump is pretty much silent. I figure that since I will have live sand and 100 pounds of rock give or take, my filtration will be adequate.
We ordered 46 pounds of BRS eco-saver dry rock. It is now soaking in a tote of heated water (1.025 SG 80 Degrees, ciculator) and is covered. Per BRS advice (they have videos that explain everything about their rock) we are allowing it do get a slime coat which will cut down on nuisance algae. We will let it soak 2-3 weeks. We will be adding about 80 pounds of Carib Sea live sand and seeding this with a cup from the 29G. I don't want to use anymore of the sand from the 29G as initially we did not use RODI and there may be a lot of phosphates and other junk stuck in there.
DSC_0001
From the current tank below we will take the 40 pounds of live rock in here and add it to the new tank once the dry rock is ready to be added. We will keep a piece or two in the 29G until the fish are ready to moved over.
current 29G old photo
Lighting: this was a tough one and my brain almost exploded from all the reading I did. We decided to go with AI Sol Blue LED's and will probably end up changing out the 40 degree puck lenses for 70 degrees lenses. We will initially start with one module at least a foot awl and see how that goes.
For fish I want to add a Kole or similar smaller tang to my current fish I haven't thought of any others as of yet. I will get about 5 more nassarius snails and my peppermint shrimp are staying in the sump! I don't like them.
Pumps: New: Eheim Compact Plus Pump 5000 for the sump, Koralia Evolution 750 for cirulation. Tunze Nanostream 6025 from the 29G.
Heater: Eheim Jaeger: 250W
So now I wait until the rock is ready. By then my lights will be here.
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