Safe to add a BTA now?

I agree that it's too soon for the nem, but I disagree on the lights. I have the smaller Current and a fluval reef strip light over a 29 and have kept LPS, RBTA, and "beginner" SPS successfully. As in 1-2 years and getting good growth.


Good to hear someone using the same light combo as me is having success with higher light critters. I think my set up will be fine for some LPS (I really want a bubble and a hammer coral). The main idea with the second tank is so that when the nem decides to go on a walkabout it wont kill half my corals.

Thank you
 
Yes but the depth between a 29 gal and a 75 gal is a big diffrence, the the issue with the lights, they dont penitrate very deep. Hammer and bubble corals are a lower light lps so they should be fine though.
 
I had to dial back the Current and shorten the length of time with Fluval from the original settings I did because it was too much light. A 75g is only three inches deeper. I am using the same lights for an upgrade to a 65 which is 6 inches deeper. As long as he isn't keeping difficult SPS or nems that are on the bottom of the tank I think he'll be fine.
 
lol....this is what happens when the wife is a marine biologist and as much a fish head as the husband. He never kept fish tanks but he has been an avid fisherman his whole life. We go fishing together every weekend in the spring, summer, fall and Ive kept fish tanks for most of 30 years. Ive had mostly freshwater fish tanks up until now. I have a 44 gallon freshwater planted tank that has been running for at least 10 years. I am expanding my horizons so to speak and exploring keeping corals.

He thinks its cool that the current tank has lots of things going on in it now. He particularly seems to like the hermit crabs I have in there. He checks the tank several times a day to see whats going on.

I mentioned my thoughts to him on the second tank and so far I got a "We will have to look into that"....lol

Well, he will come around soon. It seems to grow the more things you end up with in the tank. Who knows, Santa Claus just might bring a new tank....
 
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