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Kenman345 http:///t/397624/started-a-56g-fowlr-tank-and-could-use-some-help-with-picking-fish/80#post_3546250
Awesome. If you want to donate or need help with any of that breakdown equipment or fish, let me know. I am happy to help you move items if needed. How large is your office tank?
Thanks for the offer, but my son will help me. The system is a 40 gallon breeder with a 20 gallon sump. The fish are going to my 220 system at home, and the inverts, corals and anemone are going to my son's tank. The lr is going into the 220 or into the 110 gallon sump we are building in the basement.
Update on the tank though, I ordered a door sensor and some lights so I can hook up an automatic lighting system for my stand that enables when I open the stand door. Gonna save me a ton on batteries in the long run and overall should be a nice addition to it.
I finally started using my Protein Skimmer after moving the drain tube to output inside the tank for now. It almost flooded my room before but after some tweaks it seems my precaution is overkill as i can now make adjustments slow enough to not cause an instant flood. Still have yet to order the float switches I need for my ATO Reservoir and my Skim container, but that will come soon enough.
I also added another PC4 to my configuration so I can really make sure things that should be managed are connected to it. I now have 2 empty sockets, but that will likely change soon enough. I know I need a fan, possibly two if I rig something to aerate carbon over the skimmer reservoir. Wiring is still in the process of being completed, which will likely be done after I finish the lighting system I wanted. I want to finish labeling the ports and securing drip loops to ensure that they cannot simply unwind themselves and become unsafe.
I also had to add my Firefish last weekend to the tank as my GF and I needed to go on a trip and I could not find someone to feed two tanks properly, and I don't have a feeder that can feed the fish such a small amount if they are only 1 or 2 fish per tank. It was an emergency and the fish looked completely healthy after two full weeks so I had to do it to ensure they would make it through the long weekend. have a sponge filter cycling the tank now after cleaning it after the fish. I have 2 clownfish that are supposed to come this Saturday for the Quarantine Tank. I will be keeping these guys inside the QT for 4-6 weeks to ensure that the Display Tank is fine with the new additions. I am supposed to get a small LED Lighting system (cheap $28 marineland one) that I will use to mount to the QT stand and give myself a better top view of the QT fish while they're in there. I have a metal screen meant for a similarly sized reptile terrarium that i will now be using with the light.I wouldn't use a metal screen on the tank - it will corrode in the salt environment. The best cover is egg crate that you can get at Home Depot in the electrical supply department. In all, this is as far as I think I will take the QT to, and eventually use the equipment for my freshwater tank (lighting). With lights, an ATO, pump and heater, that's all it really needs to be suitable. I am going to be hooking up a food feeder though with some of the dry foods that the supplier feeds these exact fish with while they are there. I also have a cheap tank divider ready in case I see a lot of aggression between the two and may replace it with an egg crate divider once I see I need it and that they wont be able to swim through it (or at least one wont be able to).
