My name is Ryan and I have been bitten pretty hard by the marine bug. My brother and I started a little over a year ago with a free 55gal that was a gift to my brother. We had our ups and downs as newbies to the hobby, but somehow we have ran out of room in our 55gal. My brother has an addiction of buying more and more coral and now were franticly trying to get our new purchase up and running so we can actually let the corals grow instead of attacking each other.
So far in our 55gal setup is a simple HOB filter, 75g capacity protein skimmer, two jebao wave pumps, heater and airstone.
The livestock (fish): yellow tang, saddleback clown, two blue damsels, six line wrasse, and a shrimp goby. Also including two fire shrimp, pistol shrimp, and one skunk cleaner shrimp.
Coral: two anemones, four large hammerhead corals, two open brain, one branching montipora, bubble coral, green star polyps, large purple torch coral, two zoa colony's, xenia tree, Kenya tree? IDK it grew out of nowhere, and three more colonies of large green zoas. I think im still forgetting a few things.
Our friends that stop by are amazed by what we have going on. We hardly add any chemicals or check paramaters but we do check salinity often. All we add is Fuel, some coral frenzy, and marine snow. The coral is thriving and the fish are super healthy, (probably some of the fattest blue damsels around).
Usually the only remedy we must do is a 10 gal water change when things look to be struggling.
However, since I bought a larger home and we went through the anguish of moving the 55. All with bagging 22 pieces of coral from what I remember. We have stepped up our game and found a beautiful 215 gallon setup off of craigslist for 2k. Dimensions of our 215 is 72 x 24 x 32. it came with what looks like a 60gal oceanic sump, large protein skimmer, phosban reactor, uv sterilizer, and an arctica chiller. the lights are simple vho's? I think im still not sure, we have yet to turn them on. Oh yeah and about 400lbs of rock...
Of course we will wait for the appropriate amount of time to get a good cycle before adding fish, but I would like some insight on what would work well together in this size of reef tank. I love the tangs, and it breaks my heart that the really beautiful angels are not reef safe. I need to make a good shopping list, I would like to purchase juveniles and let them grow into the tank. Please give me a few suggestions on the amount of fish and what would work best.
Cheers,
Ryan
So far in our 55gal setup is a simple HOB filter, 75g capacity protein skimmer, two jebao wave pumps, heater and airstone.
The livestock (fish): yellow tang, saddleback clown, two blue damsels, six line wrasse, and a shrimp goby. Also including two fire shrimp, pistol shrimp, and one skunk cleaner shrimp.
Coral: two anemones, four large hammerhead corals, two open brain, one branching montipora, bubble coral, green star polyps, large purple torch coral, two zoa colony's, xenia tree, Kenya tree? IDK it grew out of nowhere, and three more colonies of large green zoas. I think im still forgetting a few things.
Our friends that stop by are amazed by what we have going on. We hardly add any chemicals or check paramaters but we do check salinity often. All we add is Fuel, some coral frenzy, and marine snow. The coral is thriving and the fish are super healthy, (probably some of the fattest blue damsels around).
Usually the only remedy we must do is a 10 gal water change when things look to be struggling.
However, since I bought a larger home and we went through the anguish of moving the 55. All with bagging 22 pieces of coral from what I remember. We have stepped up our game and found a beautiful 215 gallon setup off of craigslist for 2k. Dimensions of our 215 is 72 x 24 x 32. it came with what looks like a 60gal oceanic sump, large protein skimmer, phosban reactor, uv sterilizer, and an arctica chiller. the lights are simple vho's? I think im still not sure, we have yet to turn them on. Oh yeah and about 400lbs of rock...
Of course we will wait for the appropriate amount of time to get a good cycle before adding fish, but I would like some insight on what would work well together in this size of reef tank. I love the tangs, and it breaks my heart that the really beautiful angels are not reef safe. I need to make a good shopping list, I would like to purchase juveniles and let them grow into the tank. Please give me a few suggestions on the amount of fish and what would work best.
Cheers,
Ryan
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