junior71107
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Hey Everyone! I have a few questions that I would really like some feedback on.. I recently had a custom tank built, pretty basic 142 gallon (5'X23.6X23.6). I am trying to decide how to plumb the tank, as I want it to be versatile from a placement perspective.. I am attaching a VERY RUDIMENTARY grade-school esq drawing of my proposed layout, and I wanted to get a feel for how you guys think it will work for me. Any ideas or concerns would be appreciated.
The basic key for the illustration is as follows:
(1) Flow Control Valve
(2) Bioballs/mixed media
(3) Skimmer 250 Gallon capacity
(4) Drip dispersion over refugium on Skimmer outlet line
(5) Main skimmer outlet
(6) return pump
(7) 2 1.5 inch transparent overflow pipes **
(8) 1 2 inch transparent return pipes **
(** I want all of my overflow and return bulkhead to be centered in the bottom panel of the tank for versatility and the type of fish in my stocking list, I will have three columns of compact live rock built around the overflow and returns)
This will be a temperate tank, so no heating/cooling is required. It will also be stocked with local native fish, and does not require the extreme clarity and purity required by indo-pacific, caribbean, and austrailian reef species.. I am moving to Seoul in March and I plan on stocking the tank by rescuing a few species from the local fish market in Seoul. My current stocking list includes: 2-3 Cloudy Catsharks(22" max size, benthic, docile, easily live in small groups), 4-6 Banded or Spotted Knifejaws, 1 Starry Triggerfish, and 1 Tiger Puffer (or two Panther Puffers). I will also be adding in random Red Sea Squirts, Cucumbers, Cleaner Shrimp, and Crabs and Abalones.. As well as a pound of mini clams, and Polychaetes (the large bad kind) to provide a live food supply for the Sharks and Knifejaws in addition to their normal feeding. My second question is in regard to my stock list, does anyone have any recommendations for removals or additions in order to better balance the tank? Please remember that all of these fish would have been killed if I don't "rescue" them for my tank, please factor that in to your "ethical concerns"
The basic key for the illustration is as follows:
(1) Flow Control Valve
(2) Bioballs/mixed media
(3) Skimmer 250 Gallon capacity
(4) Drip dispersion over refugium on Skimmer outlet line
(5) Main skimmer outlet
(6) return pump
(7) 2 1.5 inch transparent overflow pipes **
(8) 1 2 inch transparent return pipes **
(** I want all of my overflow and return bulkhead to be centered in the bottom panel of the tank for versatility and the type of fish in my stocking list, I will have three columns of compact live rock built around the overflow and returns)
This will be a temperate tank, so no heating/cooling is required. It will also be stocked with local native fish, and does not require the extreme clarity and purity required by indo-pacific, caribbean, and austrailian reef species.. I am moving to Seoul in March and I plan on stocking the tank by rescuing a few species from the local fish market in Seoul. My current stocking list includes: 2-3 Cloudy Catsharks(22" max size, benthic, docile, easily live in small groups), 4-6 Banded or Spotted Knifejaws, 1 Starry Triggerfish, and 1 Tiger Puffer (or two Panther Puffers). I will also be adding in random Red Sea Squirts, Cucumbers, Cleaner Shrimp, and Crabs and Abalones.. As well as a pound of mini clams, and Polychaetes (the large bad kind) to provide a live food supply for the Sharks and Knifejaws in addition to their normal feeding. My second question is in regard to my stock list, does anyone have any recommendations for removals or additions in order to better balance the tank? Please remember that all of these fish would have been killed if I don't "rescue" them for my tank, please factor that in to your "ethical concerns"
