restarting my tank

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johnd185

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since i think i posted this in the wrong section ill put her here
well today my brothers kid & friend found my hammer...................
enough said
well i bought another 60 or 55 gallon tank
would like some guidance please
how should i redecorate
(of course the little kid & friend thought it was a good idea to throw everything away IN MY NEIGHBORS TRASH CAN so starting ALL over)
the new tank was a used for freshwater
how should i clean?
should i clean?
 
crypt keeper

crypt keeper

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Did you make your brother buy you a new tank or take the wheels off the kids bicycle? WTF is wrong that kid.
are you doing only fish or would you like corals? If it was used with freshwater id just rinse it out with water. Take a sponge with no soap and just scrub any loose dirt and grim if any is present.
I would put about 60 pounds of live rock in it and have a 2 to 3 inch sand bed of live sand not crushed coral.
Before anything paint the back blue or black. A bare back is hideous.
 
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johnd185

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yea my brother bought the tank and about 75 lbs of lr sitting in a rubber maid with power heads
i think before anything i need a stand
i found that mine was cracked down the back
 
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johnd185

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fish only(already have a pair of false percs)
but i already have a torch coral,condy anemone but thats all
i need a stocklist suggestions?
 
dustyboy316

dustyboy316

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Get a Yellow Tang, and a snowflake Eel! haha
I'd go for the Blue hippo tang and yellow, and maybe a few gobys if you want a peaceful community.
If aggreisve get a fuzzy dwarf lionfish and some Eels.
 
crypt keeper

crypt keeper

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The hippo and yellow get way to big for that tank. You already have clowns and a few corals. Might as well stay peaceful. Shrimp goby of any kind with a pistol shrimp. They are really neat. Six line wrasse. A blenny or two. Bi color are neat. Royal Gramma. Couple inverts like shrimp and coral safe crab. Colorful active tank.
 
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johnd185

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yea i want a peaceful/colorful tank
why do you need to have a pistol shrimp and shrimp goby what happens?
what wattage should i go with is 12 watts per gal too much?
 
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johnd185

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stock list -have already
-2 false perc
-anemone
-torch
---wants
-coral beauty angel?
-canary blenny
-scooter blenny -later on
-can i get a peacefull eel?
-small tangs?
 
crypt keeper

crypt keeper

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Originally Posted by johnd185
http:///forum/post/2904616
yea i want a peaceful/colorful tank
why do you need to have a pistol shrimp and shrimp goby what happens?
what wattage should i go with is 12 watts per gal too much?
shrimp goby with a pistol shrimp is just a neat thing to watch. Its funny to watch a shrimp dig a hole for a fish while the fish watches. They are just a cool team.
Im not a coral guy. I have a nano and bought more powerful bulb. That is reef question. How are you keeping the anenome alive right now?
There is a person in the nano section who has a eel in his tank with lots of corals. If you are going to have smaller fish I would vote against the eel.
 
subielover

subielover

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Also I wouldn't recommend any tangs for a tank that small. Check out some of the nicer looking wrasses such as the McCoskers, Fairy, and a few others.
As for the lighting 12 watts per gallon really depends on what type of light. If it is halides or t-5's then probably yes, but pc's I don't think you can ever have too much pc's.
 
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johnd185

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the anemone is in a nano ( 6 gal indivisually reflected T-5 24 watts)
wrasses? are they easy to keep? never had them
 
premilove

premilove

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i think they are easy to keep. + 1 on the pistol shrimp and goby combo i have my combo in my nano. coolest thing since push up pops.
get some halides! is the 55 gal 48" long?
 
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johnd185

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Originally Posted by premilove
http:///forum/post/2904716
i think they are easy to keep. + 1 on the pistol shrimp and goby combo i have my combo in my nano. coolest thing since push up pops.
get some halides! is the 55 gal 48" long?
i want them

should i get this?
Two 150 Watt Metal Halide Lamps
Nine Blue Lunar Lights and nine White Lunar Lights (for night-time illumination)
Dimensions: 48.0" X 8.25" X 4.5" without using the legs
Internal electronic ballast
Cooling fan
Docking mounts (legs)
Automatic timer
OR?
529 Watts/4.6 Amps
Dimensions: 48" X 15.25" X 4.25"
Two 150 Watt 10K HQI metal halide lamp
Two 54 Watt Actinic 460nm T5 Actinics and two 54 Watt 420nm T5 Actinics
Nine Blue Lunar Lights and Nine White Lunar Lights (lunar lights are LEDs for night-time illumination)
External electronic metal halide and power compact ballasts
Independent switches and cords for metal halide and T5 ballasts. Lunar light also has independent power cord.
Cooling fan
Docking Mounts (legs for mounting the leg on the tank)
Parabolic Reflector
Splash lens to protect the bulbs
Two heavy-duty, grounded timers
Hanging kit (for hanging the light from the ceiling)
or?
Dimensions: 48.25" X 15.25" X 4.25" without legs
Two 150 Watt 10K HQI metal halide lamps
Two 130 Watt Dual Actinic (half 420nm Actinic/ half 460nm Actinic) compact fluorescent lamps
Six lunar lights (for night-time illumination)
Internal electronic metal halide and power compact ballasts
Independent switches and cords for metal halide and power compact ballasts. Lunar light also has independent power cord.
Two cooling fans
Docking Mounts (legs for mounting the leg on the tank)
Parabolic Reflector
Splash lens to protect the bulbs
Two heavy-duty, grounded timers
Hanging kit (for hanging the light from the ceiling)
 
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vinnyraptor

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Originally Posted by johnd185
http:///forum/post/2904626
stock list -have already
-2 false perc
-anemone
-torch
---wants
-coral beauty angel?
-canary blenny
-scooter blenny -later on
-can i get a peacefull eel?
-small tangs?

NO! NO tangs or eels...
 
jrod4u

jrod4u

Member
I think you should add a yellow-headed sleeper goby. They are just the coolest fish to watch. That would be my two cents
 
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johnd185

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stock list -have already
-2 false perc
-anemone
-torch
---wants
-coral beauty angel
-canary blenny
-scooter blenny -later on
-pajama cadinal
-pistol shrimp
- what goby pairs with the shrimp?
any more suggestions?
 
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