Dedicated NPS Tunicate Tank?

[CuttleKid]

I have an old 36 gallon bow front tank that used to be a brackish mudskipper aquatic terrarium. Recently I've been looking into tunicates and wondered if I could turn this into a dedicated azoo aquarium with many different tunicate species and NPS gorgonians. I was hoping for the filtration to utilize only a DSB with some live rock rubble as biological filtration and an oversized skimmer. I plan on making my own LR so it is exactly as I want. I wish to implement the vodka dosing method if I could get some more info about it. I'm also going to use an auto feeder to administer food continuously throughout the day. I have never set up a dedicated azoo tank so I could really use some tips and/or advice.


- I could really use some info about NPS tanks and their set up.
- Anyone that has info on NPS gorgonians and/or tunicates please reply or send me a PM.
- Any additional help and advice would be much appreciated.



Thanks

 

[uhuru]

Tunicates were doing very well in my tank when I was dosing tons of phyto (shellfish diet and phyto feast), to the point where the water was cloudy all the time. As soon as I stopped dosing the phyto they dwindled very rapidly.

Gorgonians don't do as well with that much phyto dosing, at least IME. They do great with clear water (ozone and carbon) and heavy filtration (oversized skimmer) as long as you feed throughout the day.

Again, just my experience.

 

[slapshot]

Tunicates were doing very well in my tank when I was dosing tons of phyto (shellfish diet and phyto feast), to the point where the water was cloudy all the time. As soon as I stopped dosing the phyto they dwindled very rapidly.

Gorgonians don't do as well with that much phyto dosing, at least IME. They do great with clear water (ozone and carbon) and heavy filtration (oversized skimmer) as long as you feed throughout the day.

Again, just my experience.

Exactly my experience.

 

[CuttleKid]

is there any way possible to feed both of them without hurting the other?

 

[uhuru]

still trying to figure that out

 

[CuttleKid]

Ok thanks