lighting,stocking and filtration Q's.

bryan812

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I have a fue questions if anyone would be so kind to help.

what i need is a 20" fixture with Metal halides, and T-5 or power compact with moon lights. anyone know of anything???? theres the sunpac 150 and 250 any others?

Im trying to keep costs down as much as possible so.... i did have a 47g column tank and the wife got all mad at me so i had to go take it back to the store. she said that i could get it at tax time.

when i get it here is what the cost is going to be so far.
Tank and stand 235.00
Heater 25.00
light 250w 329.99 unless i can find a better one cheaper
filter around 90? what would be a good filter
LR 50# figi PA 174.50
LS 30.00
test kit 35.00
hydromiter 20.00


so im looking at a grand total of 939.88 wow lol sure adds up fast.... and i prob dont have everything that i will be needing oh yah salt duh 20 bucks for a bag so 959.88 plus tax so over a grand...

dont bash me im asking so i dont overstock or add two fish that will fight or pick. im just trying to get what i want in a tank figured out.

How many fish can i put comfortably in a 47g column tank?
thinking like
2 x black and white clowns
1 x 6 line
1 x purple fire fish
2 x neon gobys
2 x skunk clowns

i may delete some of these i dont want to over stock and i dont plan on adding them all in one day. this is going to be like a period of over a year.

Planning on also doing

about 6-10 red and blue leg crabs
around 10 med snails
2-3 pom pom crabs
1 x blue linkia star
1 x small red star
maybe a couple emerald crabs, unless they are coral pickers havent looked them up yet

verious shrooms, zoas, frogspon, xenia, hammerhead, a BTA.... blah blah blah.
im planning on between 150 and 250 MH lighting.
 
Sounds good but filtration is probably going to be a bit more than $90. Are you planning on a sump?Refugium? or Protein Skimmer?
You should only keep 1 clown pr. in a tank that size.
 
probably a skimmer before i add any corals. i will get it up and running with a fue fish before buy that, im only going with one pair of clowns. any other ideas on fish? why should i skip the stars???? they are not that hard to keep
 
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