intenseimage
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Picked this up yesterday to replace our Minibow 7 when we move into our new house.
Our current setup was nothing more than the MB7 with some live sand, a fake rock, and a damsel with an AQ 500 in the back acting as a fuge filled with LR. Lighting via PC. We have been battling algae since we set this tank up - I feel due to not doing enough water changes and the small volume of water. The new tank will have MUCH more time dedicated to it
Any comments/suggestions/etc on the new tank are appreciated since I am pretty much in the dark when it comes to a setup like this ....
On to the pics:
Front of tank:
Inside of tank w/ return - Im guessing those holes are only to allow more water into the filter section?:
Surface Skimmer I hope?:
Full Metal Hood with individual switches:
Lighting via 2x24 PCs:
Filter Section:
Filter Setup:
Now please help me understand how this will work out:
The water spills over from the tank section through the surface skimmer area into the small section on the right side of the tank (in the back) ... that section will fill up and spill over the wall that leads to the longer filter section. In the top tray I will have carbon, under that filter floss, then the black sponge, followed by LR Rubble (replacing those white tube things) and finally in the bottom tray is the return pump which will then return the water to the tank?
I am thinking about that Fission skimmer in that small section on the right and putting my heater in the bottom section by the pump. I have also debated putting more rock down by the pump and moving the heater over to where the skimmer would be. Suggestions?
The tank for now will just be live sand, another fake rock, and the damsel. Due to the algae probs we have faced in the past we arent too eager to do LR in the main tank right off the bat. We are thinking about replacing the damsel with a pair of clowns since I dont think the 3 will live together too well. Maybe a goby .... plus the usual cleanup crew and a shrimp. Later down the road we will add some small coral -- xenia, zoos, etc .. nothing major.
Thanks for any and all help ... This one is a bit more elaborate than the last tank.
Our current setup was nothing more than the MB7 with some live sand, a fake rock, and a damsel with an AQ 500 in the back acting as a fuge filled with LR. Lighting via PC. We have been battling algae since we set this tank up - I feel due to not doing enough water changes and the small volume of water. The new tank will have MUCH more time dedicated to it
Any comments/suggestions/etc on the new tank are appreciated since I am pretty much in the dark when it comes to a setup like this ....
On to the pics:
Front of tank:

Inside of tank w/ return - Im guessing those holes are only to allow more water into the filter section?:

Surface Skimmer I hope?:

Full Metal Hood with individual switches:

Lighting via 2x24 PCs:

Filter Section:

Filter Setup:

Now please help me understand how this will work out:
The water spills over from the tank section through the surface skimmer area into the small section on the right side of the tank (in the back) ... that section will fill up and spill over the wall that leads to the longer filter section. In the top tray I will have carbon, under that filter floss, then the black sponge, followed by LR Rubble (replacing those white tube things) and finally in the bottom tray is the return pump which will then return the water to the tank?
I am thinking about that Fission skimmer in that small section on the right and putting my heater in the bottom section by the pump. I have also debated putting more rock down by the pump and moving the heater over to where the skimmer would be. Suggestions?
The tank for now will just be live sand, another fake rock, and the damsel. Due to the algae probs we have faced in the past we arent too eager to do LR in the main tank right off the bat. We are thinking about replacing the damsel with a pair of clowns since I dont think the 3 will live together too well. Maybe a goby .... plus the usual cleanup crew and a shrimp. Later down the road we will add some small coral -- xenia, zoos, etc .. nothing major.
Thanks for any and all help ... This one is a bit more elaborate than the last tank.