JHill 58 Gallon Build - New to Hobby

[jhill]

Time for an update. I am a little behind on updating.

Saturday (5/11) I stopped by a LFS and picked up 2 ocellaris clowns and a white tip torch. Figured it was time to give an LPS a shot and see what happens.

Then on Sunday I picked up a RBTA from another member and the quality blew me away.

Placed it on top of the rock but within a few mins it had moved down the side to the right. Been there overnight and still hasn't moved. Guess it is happy there.

The torch and the RBTA have opened up already so the water, light, ect must be right. The clownfish were being pushed all around the tank and has me wondering if I have too much flow in the tank. Is that possible? The return pump is around 150gph and then I have two powerheads that do 1150gph. That would put it around 50x the DT. I turned one of the powerheads off this morning and the clowns seem to be a lot happier.

 

[jhill]

Mixing station is complete. Tons of trips to Lowes and Home depot but finally finished. Ended up spending a lot more than I originally planned but as long as it makes my life easier I feel it is worth it. Went with a Eheim 1260 for the pump.

I guess I am not 100% done yet because my table from Grainger that it will sit on isn't in yet (means I can't fill it all up ) and I have to think of an attachment to fill the buckets to then carry to the tank. The buckets aren't ideal but it will work for this house.

 

[jhill]

RBTA is reaching and expanding a lot during the day. Wonder if it needs more light? Is there a way to tell? I had my lights running at 60% during the peak of the day and just cranked it up to 75% to see if that makes a difference. It did eat some shrimp tonight so I guess it is happy.

Tank is looking better and better the more I get in the tank.