Deep Tank
Deep Tank
Waterkeeper, like many of the other newbieââ"šÂ¬Ã¢"žÂ¢s, I have started at the beginning of this thread and thank you for the time you spend on this. Much appreciated.
I have only one place in my home to place a tank (OK, the wife really told me that this is the only spot and I cannot use the 55 gallon FW setup!!). It is a rather tall 47 gallon tank 20ââ"šÂ¬Ã‚ Wide X 21ââ"šÂ¬Ã‚ Deep X 31ââ"šÂ¬Ã‚ Tall and just fits. It is built into a wall with access to the back. Only enough room to hang items on back of the aquarium and right in the middle on top is about 6 inches of clearance due to the wall above it.
Here is the equipment that I have or have on order:
AquaC Remora w/ MJ 1200 Protein Skimmer
20" Orbit 2x40w SunPaq wLunar Light and the light that came with the aquarium.
Fluval Biolife 55 Wet Dry Filter Filtration/heater
I also have a Fluval canister filter I plan on using for the quarantine tank and spot cleaning of the main tank.
I have not purchased yet but plan on to two circulating pumps at different depths, heaters and an RO/DI unit.
I plan on ordering live sand and rock from TBS (60 lbs sand and 30 lbs live rock ââ"šÂ¬Ã…"œpackageââ"šÂ¬Ã‚Â) also will add 40lbs of ââ"šÂ¬Ã…"œdeadââ"šÂ¬Ã‚ rock at bottom to lift live rock up closer to the light.
My questions are:
I know that light hungry coral are out of the question so leaning toward FOWLR but with this amount of light and depth will I kill the live rock?
Have you an experience with the Biolife? It has ââ"šÂ¬Ã…"œinert ceramic bacterial substrateââ"šÂ¬Ã‚Â. Is this the same as BioBalls? Link here:
http://www.hagen.com/pdf/aquatic/FluvalBioLife.pdf
What are your thoughts on using this filter?
Considering the ââ"šÂ¬Ã…"œdeadââ"šÂ¬Ã‚ rock, I have about 15 lbs of rock from the LFS that is a light grey colored coral rock. How should I clean this up and insure that it is not somehow toxic to the aquarium?
Taking it slow!!
What additions or changes would you recommend?
Thanks a lot!!
J