Hows This For My 125?!

[devildog01]

Well, I would get a reef ready 90 gallon. Then you could use your empty 55 gallon that you have and use that as a sump/fuge. If this is a reef (not sure if your doing that) then we need to talk lights, but for now we'll skip that. The reef ready tank should come with all neccessary plumbing hardware. You'll have a pipe that drains into part of the sump (it will be divided into 3 parts) that first part will be where all equipment is...protein skimmer, heaters, that sort of thing. The second part will be the fuge (youll need a single strip 48" fluorescent light) the fuge will have LS and chaeto algae and a few pieces of live rock, then the third part will be where the pump (have to research to figure out what kind) will be to pump the water back into the main tank. That is natural filtration. Anything I didnt cover? I probably missed a lot.

 

[treybomb]

i was thinking about setting up the 55 as a seperate tank....so what type of filter,prtein skimmer/heater/powerheads/etc. should i use and what do u recommend

 

[devildog01]

Originally Posted by treybomb
i was thinking about setting up the 55 as a seperate tank....so what type of filter,prtein skimmer/heater/powerheads/etc. should i use and what do u recommend
Well, filtration wise...I HIGHLY recommend what I just said. For a 90 gallon I would get an AquaC skimmer. Get two 150 watt TITANIUM heaters...this way you'll have 300 watts which is plenty, and it will be titanium so it cant burst and sent voltage through your tank. For powerheads, I would look into 3 maxijet 900's. If you do a reef tank I would recommend the 48" outer orbit fixture so you can do ANYTHING you want.

 

[treybomb]

so if i get that skimmer i wouldnt need a filter??
what kind of filter do u recommend?

 

[devildog01]

Well, the skimmer would go in the sump part of the fuge...that fuge WOULD be your filtration, along with the LS and LR in your main tank!

 

[devildog01]

Originally Posted by treybomb
ill make sure ill get a canopy that can hold more than one bulb this time
would 2 bulbs be enough and if so what lights should i get for best results no matter how much my canopy can hold?
How about the Outer Orbit 48" fixture? It has halides and PC's and lunar lights. For a total of 560 watts. You'd be able to do ANYTHING AND I MEAN ANYTHING you wanted!!! They are like 769 bucks. But TOTALLY worth it!

 

[treybomb]

Originally Posted by DevilDog01
How about the Outer Orbit 48" fixture? It has halides and PC's and lunar lights. For a total of 560 watts. You'd be able to do ANYTHING AND I MEAN ANYTHING you wanted!!! They are like 769 bucks. But TOTALLY worth it!
$769!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

ouch!

 

[devildog01]

Originally Posted by treybomb
$769!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

ouch!
Well I will email you a site where you can get 260 watts of PC's with mounting legs and lunar lights for 100 bucks! Then you could do LPS, and softies!!

 

[treybomb]

hope this works....
Equipment For New TankEst. Cost
Glass Tank (72-90 galons) $200
RO/DI Unit $120
Live Rock $400
Sand $56
Filter $175
Heater $17
Salt $24
Estimated Total Cost$992

 

[treybomb]

Originally Posted by DevilDog01
Well I will email you a site where you can get 260 watts of PC's with mounting legs and lunar lights for 100 bucks! Then you could do LPS, and softies!!
what is lps and softies...sorry im not a reef person... could i do anemones :help:

 

[devildog01]

Sounds good...so your not going to do my idea? Doing my filtration idea, well it isnt my idea, but anyway, that keeps your nitrates as low as they can POSSIBLY be!!

 

[devildog01]

Originally Posted by treybomb
what is lps and softies...sorry im not a reef person... could i do anemones :help:
LPS...are the meaty corals like torches, bubbles, candy canes, brains, etc. Softies are leathers, mushrooms, and zoos. With 260 watts, you could get a bubble tip anemone.

 

[treybomb]

ok thanks....what do u have on your tank and what coral do u have in it??
i g2g and seriously gotta start doing some hw!

 

[devildog01]

Originally Posted by treybomb
ok thanks....what do u have on your tank and what coral do u have in it??
i g2g and seriously gotta start doing some hw!
Well, I will soon be getting 260 watts of PC. Right now I have 160 watts of NO fluorescent. I have mushrooms, zoos, and thats it...until I get the new lights. I gotta go do HW too...

 

[treybomb]

how are they doing under the flourescent?? could i do that in my 20??

 

[devildog01]

Originally Posted by treybomb
how are they doing under the flourescent?? could i do that in my 20??
Yeah, but you can only do mushrooms and zoos under just fluorescents. They're doing great!!! Well you could do mushrooms, zoos, sponges, feather dusters, tube anemones (not fish eaters, huge myth), chili corals, sun corals, etc. That could make for a VERY INTERESTING TANK!!

 

[treybomb]

what are tube anemones??have a pic?

 

[devildog01]

yeah-hang on a sec, however...they DO NOT host clowns...but they're still PRETTY and VERY INTERESTING LOOKING!!

 

[treybomb]

k thanks... how come they dont host anemones?

 

[treybomb]

Originally Posted by treybomb
k thanks... how come they dont host anemones?
i mean how come they dont host clwons