New Set up help and stocking list

[bushwick]

Hi All,

I've managed to get hold of 2 second hand aquariums on one stand. Stacking type like the shops have.

The top tank is 96 long, 36 wide and 18 high. Bottom tank is 96 long, 36 wide and 13 high.

These tanks are going in my garage and are for FO. Limited LR as i want to have as much swimming space as possible.

Stocking ideas as follows:-

Top tank

1. Adult emperor angel say 6 inches
2. Lip stick tang
3. blue tang
4. yellow tang
5. Sohol tang
6. coral beauty
7. Bird noise wrase
8. Blue line angel or Koran angel.
9. Harlequin Tusk

Bottom tank

1. Small clown trigger
2. Picasso trigger
3. Niger or undulate trigger

I will be running a common sump for both tanks that will run a Beckett skimmer or a needle wheel skimmer? If i have a Sand bed of 1 - 2 inchs in the top tank, would i be able to go without bioballs in the filter system.

I was thinking of adding 1 x seio pump (largest) to each tank (10000 L/hr each). That would give the top tank a water turn over of 12 times an hour and the bottom tank a water turn over 17 times an hour.

Do you think this set up would work or do i need to change anything (IE more seio pumps, less fish etc). Do you think a beckett skimmer or a needle wheel would work better in a FO application.

Cheers

 

[Patchy]

i would rather use one tank as a sump/fuge. with this you could keep your top tanks stocking with no problems at all. Just my opinon

 

[bushwick]

Any other opinions out there?

Bottom tank as fuge would work. Could easily dump a lot of macro algae and have a DSB as the filter. In fact this is a good idea. With such a deep DSB and macro algae it should help with heavy PO4 and NO3 levels.

Top tank stocking list now changed to the below (based that the bottom tank is the sump / fuge)

1. Sohol tang
2. Emperor Angel
3. Regal angel?
3. Lip stick tang
4. Blue tang
5. Bird noise wrase
6. Picasso trigger
7. Clown Trigger

Cheers

 

[XtrmCHoPZ]

Sounds ok I would probably get the triggers smaller than the others just in case they happen to be crazy. Im thinking out of what you have listed the Emperor and the Sohal will rule the tank. I have a clown trigger thats hitting 9" and hasnt really ever bothered anything, however my two big angels ( blueface and annularis) are the meanest of ALL my fish. If they had sharp teeth everthing would be shredded on my other fish.

 

[Petstorejunkie]

add bioballs to the sump (or you can shred plastic soda bottles and get eh same effect) and your set up loos great.
we want pics when it is all said and done