Hello

[Ceschenburg]

Hello
My name is Chris and I'm fairly new to saltwater. I started my tank
about 10 weeks ago and all is going well. I thought I would join a
chat forum seeing none of my friends are really into this. It would be
nice to bounce ideas around and hear others advice from time to time.
Any how I have a 300 gallon display tank with a 115 gallon sump. This
is my first tank but so far I must say I have been lucky and haven't had
any real problems. I plan on keeping a pretty piecefull community tank with
coral. I have in the tank :

1 naso tang
1 blue hippo
1 yellow tang
1 copperband butterfly
1 six line wrasse
1 leopard wrasse
1 ban cardinal
1 Madeline goby (I have a ton of Copepods)
2 damsels
2 pairs of clowns
1 red star fish
300 pounds live sand
300 pounds live rock
Plus your typical clean up crew
(Snails,crabs, cleaner shrimp ect....)
Along with a dozen or so pieces of coral
(Torch, mushroom, daisies, lipo, ect..)

I am thinking of adding a powder brown tang
And a flame angel also. Little nervous about the
angel tho. Any how hope this forum is nice way to
talk with others of the same interest.
Take care

 

[dave.m]

Looks like you're off to a good start. The only existing fish I would watch out for when adding your pbrt and rfa is the 6-line. They tend to be very aggressive towards later fish additions - of any size!

Dave.M

 

[Ceschenburg]

Thanks for the heads up. He would be a hard one to catch if it don't work out.

 

[diegoluv]

Be careful adding the Powder Brown Tang. Make sure thats the Tang you want to keep because if you wont be able to put a Powder Blue, Achilles, or any other "Designer Tang" in there with that Powder Brown.
I made the mistake of adding a Powder Blue when I first started many years ago and he got beat up really bad by the Powder Brown.

 

[ca1ore]

Took me 10 years to work up to a tank that big - you've done it in 10 weeks. You have some challenging animals in the tank, and given its age, and existing population, it might be wise to give the system a chance to breathe a bit. Flame Angels can be fine; but they can also be a problem. It's often just a roll of the dice. The Powder Brown is a very nice fish, but it is extremely susceptible to parasites, so if you get one, and are not currently running new fish through QT, that would be a good time to start.

 

[ace_92101]

Took me 10 years to work up to a tank that big - you've done it in 10 weeks. You have some challenging animals in the tank, and given its age, and existing population, it might be wise to give the system a chance to breathe a bit. Flame Angels can be fine; but they can also be a problem. It's often just a roll of the dice. The Powder Brown is a very nice fish, but it is extremely susceptible to parasites, so if you get one, and are not currently running new fish through QT, that would be a good time to start.

+1. It's very tempting to add all the fish one likes as quickly as possible. Slowing down generally is a wise course of action.

 

[Ceschenburg]

I agree, Im done adding fish for a while. At least a few months. I dont plan on having more then 20 fish total anyhow. I do QT new fish, as for the 25 gallone tank that I use for this I have copepods growing in it for the time being. I have a large sump (115 g) with refuge in it for copepods. I have bought some copepods to get started. I just picked up the manderine a couple of days ago. I do see what you are saying that it is a little early for a manderine as they say wait at least six months. But he ate pellets and brine at the lfs and looking at all the copepods all over my tank I fealt good about adding the guy.
I have a question for those of you with larger aquiriums. I have gfo reactor but dont have a calcium reactor. I have just been adding dosses of it. Is it worth getting a calcium reactor and are the touchy to get working right? Also what is a good brand and size for me?
Thanks

 

[pmrossetti]

May I ask what the dimensions of the tank are?
What do you have filtration wise?
thank you

 

[Ceschenburg]

May I ask what the dimensions of the tank are?
What do you have filtration wise?
thank you

96"×24wx30h
for filter I have a bubble magnus 9 plus a large refuge.