hello,
I'm still trying to figure out what I want. I had an idea today that I would like to share with you guys and have your opinions on it:
what if I will keep a small tank:
30G tank
live sand & rock
Zoa's and other types of easy to keep corals
some clams
1 dwarf angel and a couple of nice nano fish and shrimp
now the idea is to build above the reef tank, a display fuge that will run when the reef tank will go off. the fuge will have:
20-25G tank
live sand & rock
alot of plants and algea
and a couple of breeding SH
now the whole system will work without a sump but with a DIY FBF and a DIY counter air flow skimmer.
I think its possible to make a very nice and intersting fuges, and I love green plants!
I think this setup will look great don't you?
Q's:
1.I'm afraid not using a skimmer because I will keep dwarf angel(probably a rare one) and some fish. I will connect the skimmer only to my reef tank so it won't harm the SH. what do you think?
2.the light timer will work like this:
05:00 main reef tank light go on, fuge main light go off and moon light on
17:00 main reef tank light go off and moon light go on, fuge main light go on
that's it.
it means that I will have 12 hours of light on each tank per day, it will be inverted to each other. I chose this hours so the two tanks could be observed while i'm at home(morning till noon I will have reef tank and noon till night the fuge tank)
do you think its ok?
3.do I need to connect any direct filtration to my fuge or the DIY FBF and skimmer connected to my reef tank will be enough?
4. I will keep a quarantine tank with a small DIY FBF and skimmer(BTW -> what quarintine tank size should I keep, it will only house very small fish or a 3-4" angel). I will keep it dry untill I will have to use it(sick fish or new fish) then I will add water from the main tanks to it, add some sand from my main tank FBF to my nano FBF so it will have bio colonies in it and ready to work and that's it. The Q is: if I will need to use medicine in the quarantine it will kill the bio colonies and will be without a bio filter in the quarantine... how can I solve this?
5. I know its recommended to use titanium heaters. I want to use an in line heater because I don't have a sump and I hate to see equipment in my tank. I never saw an in line titanium heater, how bad is it to use the regular ones?
6. I want to use eheim 1262 (3400L/900G per hour at zero and 3000L/800G at 2 feet) because I heared great things about its quitness and reliability and at the price of 130$ I don't know a better pump of the same class.
anyhow, my system will be this way: reef tank out tube->DIY foam/debris filter->eheim pump->T connector, one tube to sqwd flows in tank and one tube with ball valve(for controlling fluidised bed) to DIY FBF -> back to tank.
the Q is if I should use the eheim pump for my skimmer? I will then connect another T after the first T, then connect one tube with a ball valve to my FBF and back to tank and another tube with ball valve to my skimmer and back to tank. so my pump will need to pump will have alot of work and it will need to make flows... is it too much on a 1262 eheim pump?
7.what additives I need for my tank aside from salt and iodine...?
thanks guys!
I'm still trying to figure out what I want. I had an idea today that I would like to share with you guys and have your opinions on it:
what if I will keep a small tank:
30G tank
live sand & rock
Zoa's and other types of easy to keep corals
some clams
1 dwarf angel and a couple of nice nano fish and shrimp
now the idea is to build above the reef tank, a display fuge that will run when the reef tank will go off. the fuge will have:
20-25G tank
live sand & rock
alot of plants and algea
and a couple of breeding SH
now the whole system will work without a sump but with a DIY FBF and a DIY counter air flow skimmer.
I think its possible to make a very nice and intersting fuges, and I love green plants!
I think this setup will look great don't you?
Q's:
1.I'm afraid not using a skimmer because I will keep dwarf angel(probably a rare one) and some fish. I will connect the skimmer only to my reef tank so it won't harm the SH. what do you think?
2.the light timer will work like this:
05:00 main reef tank light go on, fuge main light go off and moon light on
17:00 main reef tank light go off and moon light go on, fuge main light go on
that's it.
it means that I will have 12 hours of light on each tank per day, it will be inverted to each other. I chose this hours so the two tanks could be observed while i'm at home(morning till noon I will have reef tank and noon till night the fuge tank)
do you think its ok?
3.do I need to connect any direct filtration to my fuge or the DIY FBF and skimmer connected to my reef tank will be enough?
4. I will keep a quarantine tank with a small DIY FBF and skimmer(BTW -> what quarintine tank size should I keep, it will only house very small fish or a 3-4" angel). I will keep it dry untill I will have to use it(sick fish or new fish) then I will add water from the main tanks to it, add some sand from my main tank FBF to my nano FBF so it will have bio colonies in it and ready to work and that's it. The Q is: if I will need to use medicine in the quarantine it will kill the bio colonies and will be without a bio filter in the quarantine... how can I solve this?
5. I know its recommended to use titanium heaters. I want to use an in line heater because I don't have a sump and I hate to see equipment in my tank. I never saw an in line titanium heater, how bad is it to use the regular ones?
6. I want to use eheim 1262 (3400L/900G per hour at zero and 3000L/800G at 2 feet) because I heared great things about its quitness and reliability and at the price of 130$ I don't know a better pump of the same class.
anyhow, my system will be this way: reef tank out tube->DIY foam/debris filter->eheim pump->T connector, one tube to sqwd flows in tank and one tube with ball valve(for controlling fluidised bed) to DIY FBF -> back to tank.
the Q is if I should use the eheim pump for my skimmer? I will then connect another T after the first T, then connect one tube with a ball valve to my FBF and back to tank and another tube with ball valve to my skimmer and back to tank. so my pump will need to pump will have alot of work and it will need to make flows... is it too much on a 1262 eheim pump?
7.what additives I need for my tank aside from salt and iodine...?
thanks guys!