SPS 33 system with NC6 frag/QT and Snowflake

[cherubfish pair]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=13028410#post13028410 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by cherubfish pair
I think I'll use this CPR hang-on overflow. The 20 gallon might be temporary so I'll save by not buying an internal overflow and just use this one that's been sitting around.

This is what it looks like set-up with the aqua-lifter and all.

 

[cherubfish pair]

If I get one of these......

......then I'll need one of these gravel cleaners because Morays make a big mess. It costs as much as a middle-of-the-road canister filter and it's specifically designed to suck out crud and clean the crushed coral.

 

[cherubfish pair]

Which of these do you like best? They all come from DRS F&S. They are Nano Zoo Pack, Nano Mushroom Pack, and Nano Soft Coral Pack.

 

[cherubfish pair]

Here's the clay I use for the water dam in drilling glass. The water lubricates and cools the glass to keep it from cracking. Modeling clay is much cheaper than plumber's clay.

 

[cherubfish pair]

Here's the paint I'll be using for my display. The flat black is for the back and the gloss white is for the bottom as I'll go barebottom for awhile just to begin with until I know that I can keep sand/gravel clean.

 

[unbreakable]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=13035649#post13035649 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by cherubfish pair
Which of these do you like best? They all come from DRS F&S. They are Nano Zoo Pack, Nano Mushroom Pack, and Nano Soft Coral Pack.

pics with the shrooms look best. nice chiller!

i dont like those type of overflow boxes. id rather get the one with the u-tube and where the box outside of the tank has a two compartments, one to keep water and the other that flows down the drain

 

[unbreakable]

how often do you feed eels? someone said somehting like once a week or whatever. if anything, i would get some flow to push the detritus around, have a filter sock on the drain so it catches all the stuff and a good skimmer to pick up anything that is breaking down

 

[cherubfish pair]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=13043236#post13043236 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by unbreakable
pics with the shrooms look best. nice chiller!

i dont like those type of overflow boxes. id rather get the one with the u-tube and where the box outside of the tank has a two compartments, one to keep water and the other that flows down the drain

I still can't decide on which nano pack. I'm glad you like the chiller.

I like the u-tube boxes too, though they get air bubbles.

 

[cherubfish pair]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=13043239#post13043239 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by unbreakable
how often do you feed eels? someone said somehting like once a week or whatever. if anything, i would get some flow to push the detritus around, have a filter sock on the drain so it catches all the stuff and a good skimmer to pick up anything that is breaking down

This book has a lot of info on Morays. The section on feeding is quite lengthy.

The closed loop will push the detritus around. I'm leaving a filter sock out by bypassing a sump and dumping the overflow water directly into the skimmer. Whatever DOM and POM (dissolved organic matter, and particulate matter, respectively) doesn't get pushed up into the collection cup will drain out of the skimmer into the refugium.

 

[cherubfish pair]

Here's my Eheim 1248. It will circulate refugium water from it, through the chiller and back into the refugium.

 

[unbreakable]

i was thinking that if eels are too much, you could always add a look-a-like. my friend just fave me a convict blenny. looks like an eel, peaceful, reef safe i assume. its really shy though. hides behind the rockwork and then comes out when its time to eat

how much flow does that pump push?

 

[Dancing4raiin]

How long will the eel be when you purchase it?

 

[cherubfish pair]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=13050486#post13050486 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by unbreakable
i was thinking that if eels are too much, you could always add a look-a-like. my friend just fave me a convict blenny. looks like an eel, peaceful, reef safe i assume. its really shy though. hides behind the rockwork and then comes out when its time to eat

Here's a link that tells you how much eels could cost:

http://www.liveaquaria.com/product/prod_display.cfm?c=15+29+131&pcatid=131

 

[cherubfish pair]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=13054014#post13054014 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Dancing4raiin
How long will the eel be when you purchase it?

I would need a bigger tank, then I would probably go with the medium: 8" to 12" size.

 

[cherubfish pair]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=13050486#post13050486 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by unbreakable
how much flow does that pump push?

160 GPH

 

[unbreakable]

whats the recommended flow through that chiller? i always thought they were in the 400gph min range

 

[cherubfish pair]

Yes, this chiller has a low recommended flow.

It is 106/160 GPH (min./max.)

 

[cherubfish pair]

This is my Eheim feeder.

 

[cherubfish pair]

Aquarium Systems SEABUFFER
SERA magnesium
Red Sea Iodine
HBH Balance Blocks
Tropic Marin Trace Elements
Kent Poly*Ox
PurpleUp

 

[unbreakable]

so whats the word on the tank? how much of that do you have done so far? its still going to be on a 20g long, right?