MCHRKiller
01-10-2010, 05:16 AM
As it has cleared up, and I have officially moved the rock in...I figured I would go ahead and start the journal. The tank probably wont become a reef as I wont have time to properly dedicate to it and I will be moving in about 2 years anyway, couldnt safetly order corals before spring so by the time it got to looking pretty I would have to tear it down again anyway. lol Plus FOWLR will give me the option to keep some of the random smaller fish I have been eyeballing without as much restriction.
I still have the lighting situation to work on, the fixture I had planned for it sparked and had a small flame come from it today when I plugged it in and turned it on. I got slightly electricuted while turning it off. Promptly dumped it into the trash and dug out a single tube T8 just to get some actinic on the rock until the new fixture comes. I ordered a 4ft 2*28watt Coralife Aqualight T5(10K and Actinic) http://reefwarehouse.com/coralife-aqualight-inch-double-linear-strip-aquarium-lighting-fixture-2x28-watt-p-1609.html
I also won a 2nd CPR HOB skimmer on ebay, its just the CPR 2...need to pick up a bio-bale and pre-skimmer and it will match my current CPR Reef Ready. Right now the tank just has the 30lbs of LR from the 15G, I also dug out 40ish lbs of sugar sized aragonite I had in storage for the tank. Didnt think it would be enough but sure enough after mixing in some of the LS from the 15G it looks like enough. I also had 2 Nass. snails, and 5 hermits to survive the power outage:11:
So here is what my final tech specs will look like on the setup:
60lbs LR
~10lbs base rock to fill in any gaps here or there
2*off brand "AC" powerheads 340GPH each
1*Koralia 1
1*CPR 2R+ BakPak Skimmer
1*CPR BakPak 2 Skimmer
2*AC50s-chemical filtration
56watts standard T5 lighting(10K and Actinic)
Fish list:
1 Maroon Clown
1 Bicolor Dwarf Angel
2-3 smaller fish that can take care of themselves
And here is a shitty cell phone pic of the tank,
http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f137/Needle_Slave/DSC_0256.jpg
Any fish suggestions...are very welcomed I am at a loss after picking those 2.
I still have the lighting situation to work on, the fixture I had planned for it sparked and had a small flame come from it today when I plugged it in and turned it on. I got slightly electricuted while turning it off. Promptly dumped it into the trash and dug out a single tube T8 just to get some actinic on the rock until the new fixture comes. I ordered a 4ft 2*28watt Coralife Aqualight T5(10K and Actinic) http://reefwarehouse.com/coralife-aqualight-inch-double-linear-strip-aquarium-lighting-fixture-2x28-watt-p-1609.html
I also won a 2nd CPR HOB skimmer on ebay, its just the CPR 2...need to pick up a bio-bale and pre-skimmer and it will match my current CPR Reef Ready. Right now the tank just has the 30lbs of LR from the 15G, I also dug out 40ish lbs of sugar sized aragonite I had in storage for the tank. Didnt think it would be enough but sure enough after mixing in some of the LS from the 15G it looks like enough. I also had 2 Nass. snails, and 5 hermits to survive the power outage:11:
So here is what my final tech specs will look like on the setup:
60lbs LR
~10lbs base rock to fill in any gaps here or there
2*off brand "AC" powerheads 340GPH each
1*Koralia 1
1*CPR 2R+ BakPak Skimmer
1*CPR BakPak 2 Skimmer
2*AC50s-chemical filtration
56watts standard T5 lighting(10K and Actinic)
Fish list:
1 Maroon Clown
1 Bicolor Dwarf Angel
2-3 smaller fish that can take care of themselves
And here is a shitty cell phone pic of the tank,
http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f137/Needle_Slave/DSC_0256.jpg
Any fish suggestions...are very welcomed I am at a loss after picking those 2.