First off, Thanks to Andrew, Barrett, and Marty for the wonderful frags over the weekend. My fiance and I had a wonderful time meeting you guys and checking out the sponsors stores in town.
Now to my little story,
To incorporate the new frags and live rock I picked up, I spent most of Sunday morning rearranging and cleaning the tank. Once satisfied I kicked back for an afternoon of football. Soon after lunch Im sitting on the couch when I hear a loud pop/crack noise. I looked over to the tank and to my horror a crack had developed down the back corner of the tank and began leaking water down the back of the stand. After an intense scramble laced with profanities, we were able to get all livestock, rock and water out of the tank before it got any worse. Luckily we were home at the time and the carpet only ended up slighty wet. Needless to say, I was frustrated. With the livestock back in the 20 gal I left set up (dont really know why but im glad i did) and the live rock circulating in a heated cooler, I began thinking about where to go from there. The only tank I had empty was a 55 gal that I bought cheap with a stand awhile back (sorta an impulse buy, didnt really have any real use for it). Long story shorter, I ended up with a new 50 gal (2 in shorter than the 55)from petsmart to put on the stand I already had. Most of my live rock is in the new tank, my livestock and corals are in the 20, and my 36 in light is over that. SOOO....now I need to look for equipment for the 50. Im thinking a 48 in 4 x 54 watt T5 light, a used hang on back skimmer, a cheap hob filter modded into a fuge, and a couple of powerheads.
What do you think about the choice for light? The tank is only 18 in deep so I figured this would be a pretty good mixed reef light. Also, what kind and how big of powerheads should I be looking at? Im only interested in soft corals and LPS. Thanks for your help!
Now to my little story,
To incorporate the new frags and live rock I picked up, I spent most of Sunday morning rearranging and cleaning the tank. Once satisfied I kicked back for an afternoon of football. Soon after lunch Im sitting on the couch when I hear a loud pop/crack noise. I looked over to the tank and to my horror a crack had developed down the back corner of the tank and began leaking water down the back of the stand. After an intense scramble laced with profanities, we were able to get all livestock, rock and water out of the tank before it got any worse. Luckily we were home at the time and the carpet only ended up slighty wet. Needless to say, I was frustrated. With the livestock back in the 20 gal I left set up (dont really know why but im glad i did) and the live rock circulating in a heated cooler, I began thinking about where to go from there. The only tank I had empty was a 55 gal that I bought cheap with a stand awhile back (sorta an impulse buy, didnt really have any real use for it). Long story shorter, I ended up with a new 50 gal (2 in shorter than the 55)from petsmart to put on the stand I already had. Most of my live rock is in the new tank, my livestock and corals are in the 20, and my 36 in light is over that. SOOO....now I need to look for equipment for the 50. Im thinking a 48 in 4 x 54 watt T5 light, a used hang on back skimmer, a cheap hob filter modded into a fuge, and a couple of powerheads.
What do you think about the choice for light? The tank is only 18 in deep so I figured this would be a pretty good mixed reef light. Also, what kind and how big of powerheads should I be looking at? Im only interested in soft corals and LPS. Thanks for your help!
