NEWBIE 200 gal build diary

nissan577

nissan577

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Originally Posted by rlablan
http:///forum/post/3109180
I am watching finding Nemo and dealing with my tanks. haha.
And my language... sorry... lol I was just frustrated but I finally got them in their new 5 gallon home with some live rock and a Koralia 1. is that gonna be okay for them for like a few days?how big it he? a few days sure Maybe a week (possibly a week and 1/2)that i dont think so. it might be or get stress, with water changes???? and just regular PC lights??? What do we think of that?lights dont matter. and water changes will be good
Answer in red
 
rlablan

rlablan

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they are not large. They seem fine in there. I will closely monitor them. If they can't live in the 5 gal, where can they go?? The 200 gal won't be plumbed and ready to go for a bit.
 
nissan577

nissan577

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Originally Posted by rlablan
http:///forum/post/3109240
they are not large. They seem fine in there. I will closely monitor them. If they can't live in the 5 gal, where can they go?? The 200 gal won't be plumbed and ready to go for a bit.
wait its 2?
 
rlablan

rlablan

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Yeah it's my female and male. I decided today that I am taking them to an LFS to trade in. They can't go into the new tank, unless they're hosting, since I have the maroon, but the maroon is hosting...
Which brings me to another point. I got rid of my condylactus anemone because every time I said I had one, people made this face and told me how it was bad and would eat my fish and get huge. I bought a green bubble tip. He was fine yesterday, now he is about the size of a quarter and squashed on to the side of a rock. I don't know if it's my lights? They're like 4 watts per gallon... or if it's the water or something? He was cool, but not now, I don't think... Any ideas? I would hate to see him die. The condy was happy as a clam in there...
 
nissan577

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what are your water params now? and its not about the watts per gallon any more. what lights do you have? i know the anemone need lights
 
rlablan

rlablan

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Well I have high output t5s. the anemone is in my 45gal. he is fine now. Apparently, he does things like that. He is a green bubble tip. I came home today a bit later and he is dandy. I just got a little spooked.
so my angel and gorgonian came today and they are great! angel is happy and loving my destroyed aqua scaping. My old tank is a pile of rubble. and he is swimming in and out and in and out. It's suuucchhhh an ugly mess and will be like that for almost another week.
I took my clowns in today. I am really sad to see them go
They were my first real fish. (I got a crab 1st)... I am really really sad to see them go. They were good fishies. I hope someone nice buys them and they like them as much as I did.

So- - - I am looking into LEDs for my new tank. Looks like we can DIY a set up that would be the same as a 254watt MH output, for 600 bucks. maybe more like 800. What do we think? I really don't know what lights to get though. MH? t5? LEDs? Combination??? What can I do?!?!?!
HELP!
 
rlablan

rlablan

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okay so I have started an equipment list of DEFINITE things going onto/into the tank:
Closed loop flow only system run on a little giant 4 (800gph) with 2 intakes (plumbed to 1) and 2 outs (plumbed from 1 into 2).
big bad-arse intake with 4 holes (2 in, 2 out).
we decided on 2 Hamilton 250 watt MH lighting. (our tank has a big center bracing that is almost a foot wide) They will be cable suspended inside the custom canopy (when we get that down the road).
We are toying around with the idea of a back up battery. I see many of you saying things like "I went out of town and lost power" or I went to bed and when I woke up my fish were all dead because a breaker tripped". Things like that. I think this would save me alot of heartache? Does anyone have experience with backups? We use them on the MACs but never for a tank...
As far as that goes, we were thinking to separate batteries (both nearly 2 Kw) and hooking one up to the closed loop flow system and one up to something else... What would be the best option for the second battery? We were thinking either the filter/ sump or maybe just the skimmer for there would be extraction of waste, but not waste the battery?? thoughts?
 
rlablan

rlablan

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Also I was thinking a tunze skimmer. It's about 400 bucks and it supposed to be pretty independant. I don't really know. Who uses what skimmers? Why do you like them and what are pros and cons??
Come on people... Let's get some info!!! I'm challenged by technology, even the saltwater kind!!!!
 
nissan577

nissan577

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i responeded in my diary but heres the answer here to. :) to me skimmers are useless! many people love or hate skimmers. me personally i hate skimmers. and so far ive had amazing growth and color. so it really up to you sis. HTH
 
rlablan

rlablan

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Thanks lil bro. hehe
SOOOOO I have a proposed stock list. Anybody interested??
Basically what I did was went through SWF and a few other online places w/ pics and descriptions and picked the ones I would like to keep together. I don't know a lot about compatibility though, so if people could tell me about their own experience with keeping these fish, either together or just from owning one, it would be awesome. So far though, I am not getting a lot of help. I also know that some of the things is online descriptions are often not how it plays out in a real life aquarium.
 
meowzer

meowzer

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I am not sure what you want to know...LOL...My tank is not drilled....I have a wet/dry that I converted into a sump/refugium...and a hang on overflow.....I have 2 canister filters that I use for flow, and they have the spray bars that move the water across the top....i have 2 Koralia 3's, and 2 Koralia 2's, and a power sweep 228 .....
I have Metal Halide Lights.....3 250W bulbs and 8 T5's....
ask away
 
meowzer

meowzer

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1 sailfin tang
1 yellow tang
1 blue hippo tang
4 green chromis
2 black 3-spot damsels
1 yellow tail damsel
1 pseudochromis
2 Clowns (percula)
1 Yellow clown goby
1 bicolor blennie
1 lawnmower blennie
1 Cortez ray
1 coral beauty
1 dwarf flame angel
1 sandsifting goby
1 spotted mandarin
1 red spotted sand perch
1 Flame Cardinal
3 pajama cardinals
Nassarius Snails and more snails
4 fighting conch
4 Little bear conch
3 cleaner clams (I think)
Some blue leg hermits,
1 cleaner shrimp
8 emerald crabs
2 sally light foots
Do you want a list of the corals too???? LOL
 
rlablan

rlablan

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**Just to clarify, this is not what I actually intend to keep. (maybe, if I can) these are the inverts and fish that I like and would like to see. I am thinking of buying 1 of the things I want every 2 weeks or so. (my BF and I like to make it a day where we go buy our choice of something and we pick it out together. Corny, I know.)
Existing stock-
Mandarin goby x1
Royal gramma x1
Green bubble tip x1
Pencil urchin x1
Various corals
Fuzzy dwarf lion fish x1
Maroon clownfish x1
Signal goby x1
Pygmy angel x1
Deep sea yellow gorgonian x1
New stock- (for 200 gal)
Flame angelfish
Banded Angelfish
Coral beauty Angelfish
Fisheri Angelfish
Midnight angelfish
Lyretail anthias
Midas blenny
Heniochus butterfly (monitor with coral, invert)
Banggai cardinal x3
Pajama cardinalx5
Harbour goby
Longnose hawkfish
Sand flounder (aka tongue fish)
Blue hippo tangx2
Powder blue tang
Yellow tang
Humu humu trigger (Picasso trigger)

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Pinstripe wrasse
Maxima clams x2 (possibly 1 giant one?)
Duster clusters
Feather dusters
Coco worms
Purple lobster
Lettuce nudibranch
Various corals
 
nissan577

nissan577

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below i think are the best stock list for you.
Existing stock-
Mandarin goby x1
Royal gramma x1
Various corals
Signal goby x1
Deep sea yellow gorgonian x1
New stock- (for 200 gal)
Flame angelfish
Lyretail anthias x2
Midas blenny
Banggai cardinal x3
Pajama cardinalx5
Harbour goby
Blue hippo tangx2
Powder blue tang
Yellow tang
Maxima clams x2 (possibly 1 giant one?)
Duster clusters
Feather dusters
Coco worms
Purple lobster
Lettuce nudibranch
 
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