I have done research off and on over the past year with the last couple of months putting a lot of effort into it. I have slowly been saving up money and hopefully be putting it to good use soon as I will begin to gathering all the equipment that I will need. I just thought I would throw out what I plan on buying and see if it will fit with what I want or if I should change anything or missing anything for that matter. I plan to have reef tank eventually once it is stable enough.
I want to keep such things as Polyps, Frogspawns, Zoas, Mushrooms, and Anemones. For fish I would like a Goby, a Sixline Wrasse, perhaps a mated pair of Ocellaris Clowns, and a Green Mandarin once the tank is mature and established enough.
The tank will more than likely be a 46 gallon bowfront aquarium. I am hoping to have to overflows with one leading to the refuge and the other leading to the sump side.
I will have DIY Stand so that I can put a sump/refuge underneath the tank.
Lighting, I was thinking of going with 36 In 4 x 39x Sunlight Supply Tek Light.
Filtration, I plan on having anywhere between 50-70 lbs of live rock depending how the placement of the rocks work out and about a 3 In DSB. The skimmer that I chose is the Coralife Super Skimmer Neddle Wheel. It says it works up to 250 gallon tank, so I think this should be fine. I also chose the Coralife Calcium Reactor to go with it.
Finally the Sump and Refuge is going to be a 30 gallon tank. It works out to about 8 gallons for the Refuge, 4.5 gallons for the return, 6.9 gallons for the skimmer area, and a little over 10 gallons in reserve. I plan on having a Danner Mag-Drive Supreme 9.5 as the return pump.
If you have actually read through all of this stuff, well I greatly appreciate it!
So, is there anything that you feel I should change, add, or dismiss from this set-up to improve it?
Another question is whats the general rule of thump for fish and/or coral when adding it to a tank? I've heard where a fish needs so many square inches per every inch of fish. I've also heard though that so many gallons per fish too. Just wondering so when its up and runnning I am not over stocking.
Thanks for any help that you guys may offer to me!
I want to keep such things as Polyps, Frogspawns, Zoas, Mushrooms, and Anemones. For fish I would like a Goby, a Sixline Wrasse, perhaps a mated pair of Ocellaris Clowns, and a Green Mandarin once the tank is mature and established enough.
The tank will more than likely be a 46 gallon bowfront aquarium. I am hoping to have to overflows with one leading to the refuge and the other leading to the sump side.
I will have DIY Stand so that I can put a sump/refuge underneath the tank.
Lighting, I was thinking of going with 36 In 4 x 39x Sunlight Supply Tek Light.
Filtration, I plan on having anywhere between 50-70 lbs of live rock depending how the placement of the rocks work out and about a 3 In DSB. The skimmer that I chose is the Coralife Super Skimmer Neddle Wheel. It says it works up to 250 gallon tank, so I think this should be fine. I also chose the Coralife Calcium Reactor to go with it.
Finally the Sump and Refuge is going to be a 30 gallon tank. It works out to about 8 gallons for the Refuge, 4.5 gallons for the return, 6.9 gallons for the skimmer area, and a little over 10 gallons in reserve. I plan on having a Danner Mag-Drive Supreme 9.5 as the return pump.
If you have actually read through all of this stuff, well I greatly appreciate it!
So, is there anything that you feel I should change, add, or dismiss from this set-up to improve it?
Another question is whats the general rule of thump for fish and/or coral when adding it to a tank? I've heard where a fish needs so many square inches per every inch of fish. I've also heard though that so many gallons per fish too. Just wondering so when its up and runnning I am not over stocking.
Thanks for any help that you guys may offer to me!
