Starting up the 90g

moepenny68

moepenny68

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I haven't had much time to take pics of the process but here are a few. I have a 16g that will be coming down when this is up and going.
90g
30g sump
asm g1x skimmer
100 lb. key largo base rock
25 lb. Bali Alor
100-120lbs sand
2x koralia 1050
2 t5 54w
2 250 mh




 
acrylic51

acrylic51

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Very nice !!!!!! You'll love the skimmer....I've used several of these in the past and they can really pull....I'll have to dig and see if i can find in my pics the little ASM I use on my rock curing tank......
 
flower

flower

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It’s hard to tell from a picture…
Did you place the rock first and sand in after? Be sure rock is on the bottom because later on sand sifting critters or digging ones could cause a rock slide breaking the tank or killing your critters. Easy fix, just move the sand out of the way and add the rock in first.
Are you sure the rock is good and stable, by locking each piece into the rock next to it? I like that you have caves and lots of places for fish to swim through, but make sure you can wiggle the rock and not have it move or collapse.
 
moepenny68

moepenny68

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Originally Posted by Flower
http:///forum/post/3267267

It’s hard to tell from a picture…
Did you place the rock first and sand in after? Be sure rock is on the bottom because later on sand sifting critters or digging ones could cause a rock slide breaking the tank or killing your critters. Easy fix, just move the sand out of the way and add the rock in first.
Are you sure the rock is good and stable, by locking each piece into the rock next to it? I like that you have caves and lots of places for fish to swim through, but make sure you can wiggle the rock and not have it move or collapse.
Thanks for the tip. Most of the rock in close to the bottom but not on... and yeah looking at the pics it doesn't look real stable but its locked in pretty good, I will give it a wiggle and test it all again. Better safe than sorry.
 
moepenny68

moepenny68

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I am putting together a stock list... advise is always appreciated
1.Lemonpeel Angelfish
2.A tang... maybe a naso?
3-4.Clowns. I have one maroon in my small tank, ( it killed my other a week or so after I put them in together) so not sure if I want to try another when i put them in together or go back to a more peaceful clown.
5.I have a Caribbean pistol shrimp and a Yellow watch man, but they live on diff ends of my tank. Thinking about keeping my shrimp and getting a new goby maybe a Randalli or a Bumble Bee, with the yellow angel I don't really want another yellow fish.
6.Orange spotted lawnmower
7. A mandarin when my tank is more established
8.? thats about it so far. Ideas?
 
moepenny68

moepenny68

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Some close up shot.
Chalice Green Eye Mummy Frag
Candy Cane with a Red Leg
Frogspawn
Purple/Green Giant Hairy mushroom
Orange Skirt Polyps




 
flower

flower

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Two clowns max, I wouldn't put 4 in there. I have a 90g reef as well. I love my Lemonpeel angelfish it's my favorite critter.
 
flower

flower

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Originally Posted by moepenny68
http:///forum/post/3269648
Sorry the 3-4 is 3rd and 4th fish. Only 2 clowns for me =] just need to decide what 2...

So the fish should be here Wednesday??? Which two did you decide to go for?
 
moepenny68

moepenny68

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Well I have 3 already... I decided to put my yellow watchman in. Then I placed another order from a different but also very popular site, big mistake. After 4 days of them calling me telling me some of the fish I ordered weren't looking good and they would rather not send them and would I like to order something diff they finally shipped. Out of the 6 fish I ordered 1 they did not ship due to it not being healthy, 1 did not ship at all, 1 arrived dead, and 1 died the durning the night (was on its side laying on the bag when it arrived). Last of all the black clowns they shipped me were mis bar (not what I ordered).
In the Tank now:
1. The yellow watchman
2. Blue hippo tang
3. 1 Black Mis bar clown
New Order: from the always great SWF.com
4. 1 new Black Mis Bar Clown
5. Lemonpeel Angel
6. Neon Dottyback
7. Lawnmower orange spot
8. Mandarin
and a Lime green eye frag. I cant make and order with out some new coral
 
flower

flower

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Unless you have a refugium the mandarin will starve. I’m sorry about the Lemonpeel, that is my favorite fish. I know a 90g is a big tank, but you still have to go slow…you are adding way too many fish way too fast.
I only have 8 fish total in my 90g. I only add one fish and at the most two in one month, and maybe a couple of coral. You are stocking your tank all at once. I love the Hippo that is the cutest fish face…
 
moepenny68

moepenny68

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Here are a few pics of my refug. Since I am putting those pics up any one know what algae is growing off the glass?
As for a lot of the coral stock it all came from my 16g that had to come down asap.
Yes I know that the fish load is a bit quick but with no LFS within a 3h drive its hard for me to justify buying 1 fish at a time off the net with shipping rates and such. With the Lemon not making it I am going to give it a month or so until I place another order to let things settle.

 
moepenny68

moepenny68

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Little update on the tank. All is doing great. Changed to 14k lighting and added many of critters. Most exciting of all my clowns have found a home


 
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