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Well I decided not to go through with my 240 build after deciding it would just be too small for what I want to keep.
I'm rather impulsive and buy things with not fully thinking them through... hence the 135 I bought and sold before getting wet and the 240 I just sold.
I plan on keeping a few large tangs together and think a tank around 120x30x30 would be best... I'm really going to put some thought into this build knowing ahead of time I want to keep and Achilles and Sohal together. We're going to pull the trigger after our pool is put in (started last week), so hopefully late Spring or early Summer for the new tank. This will buy me some time to really plan out what I want... even though I already have a very good idea
I've had this 55 running for about a year and a half, but never had it setup well. The main issue was placement (between two rooms) and the lighting (Marineland hood with terrible LEDs).
Last Saturday I tore down the tank, cleaned all the rock and crushed coral. I also painted the back of the tank black. The tank was setup on a stand we got from a local reef club member which we modified to hold two of the LED fixtures I had bought for the 240. Also sold our Skeletor Moray Eel to a local reef club member, didn't think it fair to him or the other fish to keep it in the 55 any longer.
Everything is back up and running and everything seems happy.
The goal with this tank is to learn how to keep coral before getting an exponentially bigger tank and getting my wife back into the hobby... the 9-10 month 240 build really left a bad taste in her mouth. Will be buying some coral very soon, which she is really interested in :love2:
When the new tank is up, this tank will serve as a holding tank for all new fish and coral before either going to the DT or a QT tank.
Equipment:
Marineland 55 Gallon Glass Tank
(2) 120 Watt Dimmable LED Fixtures - 55 x 3 watt LEDs each
Sicce Voyager 2 Powerhead
Aqueon 500 Powerhead (Modded MJ1200 were too strong)
Eheim 2075 Canister Filter (Didn't want a sump on this tank)
Aqua-C Remora HOB Skimmer w/ MJ1200
Ehiem 300watt Heater (Old heater broke, nothing smaller around)
Livestock:
Yellow Tang (2.5")
Yellow Belly Blue Tang (2")
Black Ice Clownfish
Ocellaris Clownfish
Frogspawn (Only thing I could keep with the bad lights)
Hermit Crab / Snail CUC
~ 80lbs of Live Rock
Crushed Coral (Kept from old setup)
Aragonite Sand
Here's a Video:
<iframe width="640" height="360" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/3cILjrkJPvM?rel=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>
I'm rather impulsive and buy things with not fully thinking them through... hence the 135 I bought and sold before getting wet and the 240 I just sold.
I plan on keeping a few large tangs together and think a tank around 120x30x30 would be best... I'm really going to put some thought into this build knowing ahead of time I want to keep and Achilles and Sohal together. We're going to pull the trigger after our pool is put in (started last week), so hopefully late Spring or early Summer for the new tank. This will buy me some time to really plan out what I want... even though I already have a very good idea
I've had this 55 running for about a year and a half, but never had it setup well. The main issue was placement (between two rooms) and the lighting (Marineland hood with terrible LEDs).
Last Saturday I tore down the tank, cleaned all the rock and crushed coral. I also painted the back of the tank black. The tank was setup on a stand we got from a local reef club member which we modified to hold two of the LED fixtures I had bought for the 240. Also sold our Skeletor Moray Eel to a local reef club member, didn't think it fair to him or the other fish to keep it in the 55 any longer.
Everything is back up and running and everything seems happy.
The goal with this tank is to learn how to keep coral before getting an exponentially bigger tank and getting my wife back into the hobby... the 9-10 month 240 build really left a bad taste in her mouth. Will be buying some coral very soon, which she is really interested in :love2:
When the new tank is up, this tank will serve as a holding tank for all new fish and coral before either going to the DT or a QT tank.
Equipment:
Marineland 55 Gallon Glass Tank
(2) 120 Watt Dimmable LED Fixtures - 55 x 3 watt LEDs each
Sicce Voyager 2 Powerhead
Aqueon 500 Powerhead (Modded MJ1200 were too strong)
Eheim 2075 Canister Filter (Didn't want a sump on this tank)
Aqua-C Remora HOB Skimmer w/ MJ1200
Ehiem 300watt Heater (Old heater broke, nothing smaller around)
Livestock:
Yellow Tang (2.5")
Yellow Belly Blue Tang (2")
Black Ice Clownfish
Ocellaris Clownfish
Frogspawn (Only thing I could keep with the bad lights)
Hermit Crab / Snail CUC
~ 80lbs of Live Rock
Crushed Coral (Kept from old setup)
Aragonite Sand
Here's a Video:
<iframe width="640" height="360" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/3cILjrkJPvM?rel=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>
