Red-Room 54 Gallon Corner Thread

[fishlawyer]

Hey AllSo, I just got my new All-Glass 54 Gallon Corner Tank.

Anyway, I figured that this would be the chance to try out some new technology I have been wanting to buy.I purchased a new home about a year ago and it was a little large for just myself and my wife. (5 Bedrooms and we have no kids...) So, after turning the downstairs bedroom into an Office, I opened up the stairwell and turned the upstairs bedroom into a private television/video game/sitting room. It is what my wife calls my "guy room." I even painted the walls a deep red to contrast the blue/black furniture. Now I can keep my big screen, video games, fish, etc. away from the formal living room or den. (Keeps the misses happy, which keeps me safe......

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I am sure I could have gone bigger, but 54 gallons is as big as I was willing to go on the second floor of my house. Plus, I think it fits nice in the room.
Anyway, I am not sure what I will be putting in the tank yet. I am open to any suggestions you may have... (I may purchase smaller fish and transfer them to my larger 90 gallon office tank later...) I guess I have a month to decide!
The Tank:
* 54 Gallon All-Glass Bow Front Tank with Black Oak Stand and Glass Cover
The Lighting:
* 2 Bulb 24" Electric Ballast Flourescent with One T12 Blue and One T8 White Bulb
* 24" Moonlight LED Strip Light (Should be here late next week.)
* 4 Bulb 12" Electric Ballast Flourescent with Two T5 Blue and Two T5 White Biulbs (Should arrive late next week.)
Heater:
* Fluval Digital Display E200
Water:
* 5 Stage RO/DI with 5 Gallon Storage Tank
The Filtration:
* Fluval G6 with new Fluval G-Nodes, Fine Mechanical Filter Cartridge and Carbon Cartridge
Protein Skimmer:
* Not Decided Yet
Electronics:
* Two Noma Digital Timers
Water Flow:
* Two Koralia 3's
* Dual Directional G6 Outlet
Substrate:
* 40 Lbs of Aragonite
Live Rock:
* 60 Lbs of Live Rock (Should Arrive on Monday.)
All comments or ideas are welcome!

 

[nolanrob123]

Oooooooh exciting. What are you going to stock in there?

 

[fishlawyer]

Originally Posted by nolanrob123
http:///forum/post/3240212
Oooooooh exciting. What are you going to stock in there?
Really not sure yet... Was thinkingn of getting a very young clown and raising it in there for 6 months - 1 year or so, then transferring it to my 90 gallon... I like the idea of buying fish young and raising them to transfer into my larger tank... Also, since I am finding a new home for my Killer snowflake eel, I will have lots of room in my larger tank...
Although, I am completely open to suggesions... This tank is an open slate for me!

 

[nolanrob123]

Say whaaaaaaaaaaa? All that room for oportunity and you want to raise clown fish? I think corner tanks do a great job for reefs as you can have ledges and branches come from the center out! Good thing is you can have anemones and clowns thriving as one whilst displaying a reef!

Originally Posted by FishLawyer
http:///forum/post/3240218
Really not sure yet... Was thinkingn of getting a very young clown trigger and raising it in there for 6 months - 1 year or so, then transferring it to my 90 gallon... I like the idea of buying fish young and raising them to transfer into my larger tank... Also, since I am finding a new home for my Killer snowflake eel, I will have lots of room in my larger tank...
Although, I am completely open to suggesions... This tank is an open slate for me!

 

[jpgnmt]

I have that same tank and built my rock along the two sides but the idea building them in the middle sounds interesting. Mine goes through a wall and I can look at the two flat sides from the other side. I have a Coral Banded Shrimp that I would never see if I couldn't look on the other side of the rock. Lighting was a challenge for me as I lose some room because of going through the wall. Ended up with a four tube T-5 and a 150 watt MH with just a few led's. Everything got happy with the addition of the MH,

 

[fishlawyer]

I am not really sure what I want in this tank... While I love clownfish, I have a really nice pair in my 12 Gallon Nano. (See my reef diary for pics.)
Maybe a pair of black clowns?
I would be open to any stocking suggestions anyone may have...

 

[ibew41]

take back the timers and get an ac jr controller with the ph probe. You can control the lights with it also

 

[meowzer]

I have the same tank too, but all my rock is in the center. I bought it already set up
I have 2 clowns, 1 sixline, 1 firefish, 2 yellowclow gobys, 1 flame hawk, longfin sleeper goby
and crabs, snails etc...
ALso keeping some zoas, shrooms, and other stuff

 

[fishlawyer]

Originally Posted by meowzer
http:///forum/post/3240922
I have the same tank too, but all my rock is in the center. I bought it already set up
I have 2 clowns, 1 sixline, 1 firefish, 2 yellowclow gobys, 1 flame hawk, longfin sleeper goby
and crabs, snails etc...
ALso keeping some zoas, shrooms, and other stuff
I wasn thinking of a similar setup... I really want a nice sixline.

 

[fishlawyer]

OK, so I was at my LFS store today and was thinking about my potential stocking list for this tank. While my tank will be cycling for a few weeks, given where I live I may have to order some of the items. Here it is:
Fish:
1 Bi-Color Angel
2 False Perc Clownfish (Or maybe Black Clowns for something different)
1 Red Firefish
1 Sand Sifting Goby (Not Sure What Kind)
Inverts:
5 Turbo Snails
10 Nass Snails
5 Electric Blue Hermits
2 Emerald Crabs
2 Tiger Cowrie
1 Pencil Urchin
2 Cleaner Shrimp
Any suggestions or ideas on this setip?