alve
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My tank arrived in May last year and finally a week ago, 8 months later I have water in it!
Using whatever little bit of free time I had and doing lots and lots of research and reading here on RC, I finally got to the point that I can post some pictures and see what you all think.
This is my setup:
156g Oceanic Reef Ready
55g + 10g sump
Mag18 return pump
2 Tunze 6101's with Multicontroller
Euroreef RS 250 skimmer
Outer Orbitz lights with 2 x 250W and T5's
Phosban Reactor 150
I used live rock from my 100g that had been up and running for 7 years. Some of the rock I brought to the LFS because I had lots and lots of mushrooms that I did not want in the new set up.
The LFS also took back a purple dottyback who had been terrorizing the tank for the last couple years. That fish was so bad that he killed a six line wrasse, 2 fire fish and even a small yellow tang! My family and I spent days and days trying to catch him but he was a smart little bugger, even fish traps, coke bottles with inverted tops... didn't work.
I also added Marco Rock that I had curing for almost 4 weeks in a tub in the garage and replaced the sandbed with Aragamax sugar size, seeding it with a couple of cups of my old sand.
Next to the display tank I set up a 20g QT where I kept a pair of clown fish and a coral beauty. Unfortunately I lost the coral beauty that i had for 5 years. He was doing great but I had a hard time catching him and I think he got too stressed. The next morning, in the QT, he was laying on his side breathing really hard and did not recover anymore
. I kept the 2 clown fish and the hammer and torch in there for a week and after daily water testing of the DT I put them in this morning.
I did not want to have a big pile of rocks so I decided to try the drilling and using of aqrylic rods and that worked very well.
The left side of the tank drains partially in a 10g sump that sits behind and higher than the 55g sump, the rest goes to the skimmer section. The 10g sump is filled with live rock and flows over in the refugium side of the 55g sump where there is also some live rock (I still have to add Chaeto).
So finally the new tank is up and I wanted to hear from you guys what you think since I only managed this project with all the hours of reading and researching on RC. Anything you think should be changed?
The six green chromis in the QT were bought today and will be in QT for 4 weeks.
Over time I would like to have this stocking list (I am not in a hurry):
- 2 Clown Fish
- 6 Green Chromis (I know that it is hit or mis and I might loose most of them after a few months)
- 2 Banggai Cardinals (mated pair of i can find one)
- 1 Yellow Clown Goby
- 1 Yellow Tang
- 1 Regal Tang
- 1 Flame Angel
- 1 Coral Beauty
For corals I would like to eventually add LPS and some SPS.
What do you think of my fish list, is that ok for my setup?
Using whatever little bit of free time I had and doing lots and lots of research and reading here on RC, I finally got to the point that I can post some pictures and see what you all think.
This is my setup:
156g Oceanic Reef Ready
55g + 10g sump
Mag18 return pump
2 Tunze 6101's with Multicontroller
Euroreef RS 250 skimmer
Outer Orbitz lights with 2 x 250W and T5's
Phosban Reactor 150
I used live rock from my 100g that had been up and running for 7 years. Some of the rock I brought to the LFS because I had lots and lots of mushrooms that I did not want in the new set up.
The LFS also took back a purple dottyback who had been terrorizing the tank for the last couple years. That fish was so bad that he killed a six line wrasse, 2 fire fish and even a small yellow tang! My family and I spent days and days trying to catch him but he was a smart little bugger, even fish traps, coke bottles with inverted tops... didn't work.
I also added Marco Rock that I had curing for almost 4 weeks in a tub in the garage and replaced the sandbed with Aragamax sugar size, seeding it with a couple of cups of my old sand.
Next to the display tank I set up a 20g QT where I kept a pair of clown fish and a coral beauty. Unfortunately I lost the coral beauty that i had for 5 years. He was doing great but I had a hard time catching him and I think he got too stressed. The next morning, in the QT, he was laying on his side breathing really hard and did not recover anymore
. I kept the 2 clown fish and the hammer and torch in there for a week and after daily water testing of the DT I put them in this morning.
I did not want to have a big pile of rocks so I decided to try the drilling and using of aqrylic rods and that worked very well.
The left side of the tank drains partially in a 10g sump that sits behind and higher than the 55g sump, the rest goes to the skimmer section. The 10g sump is filled with live rock and flows over in the refugium side of the 55g sump where there is also some live rock (I still have to add Chaeto).
So finally the new tank is up and I wanted to hear from you guys what you think since I only managed this project with all the hours of reading and researching on RC. Anything you think should be changed?
The six green chromis in the QT were bought today and will be in QT for 4 weeks.
Over time I would like to have this stocking list (I am not in a hurry):
- 2 Clown Fish
- 6 Green Chromis (I know that it is hit or mis and I might loose most of them after a few months)
- 2 Banggai Cardinals (mated pair of i can find one)
- 1 Yellow Clown Goby
- 1 Yellow Tang
- 1 Regal Tang
- 1 Flame Angel
- 1 Coral Beauty
For corals I would like to eventually add LPS and some SPS.
What do you think of my fish list, is that ok for my setup?