View Full Version : red sea max s-500 tank build
Khalish
03/01/2015, 09:16 AM
Ok, after getting some good information from this forum I have my aquarium! It is 130 gallons, and it cam with live rock, gravel(at some point, I will replace with sand, sump, skimmer auto top of, t5 lights
I will add fish after the spring holiday
Khalish
03/01/2015, 10:24 AM
some pictures
Khalish
03/02/2015, 09:40 AM
is 27c(82 Fahrenheit) a okay temperature
my current fish list to have
yellow and kole tang
ocelaris clownfish pair
diamond goby and pistol shrimp
mandarin fish
starry blenny
skunk shrimp
firefish
royal gramma
Khalish
03/02/2015, 08:35 PM
anyone?
austinlyons88
03/02/2015, 08:47 PM
78-79 is ideal
Khalish
03/02/2015, 08:59 PM
my current temp is showing 26.4(79.52) is that ok
HeadleesSon
03/03/2015, 10:17 PM
That is fine. It would be great if you can hold it there, but temp tends to fluctuate. If that is the temp after the lights have been on all day, you are doing good.
Khalish
03/04/2015, 08:17 AM
That was the temp when I only turned on one of the lights, when I turned on all the lights, the temp was a little over 27(80.6f) so I think I will buy some fans this weekend.
Khalish
03/09/2015, 05:56 AM
i will be getting a chiller soon and i would just like to know what would the hp have to be?
1/5 or 1/4
Gandolfe
03/09/2015, 08:24 AM
I'd hold off on a mandarin for awhile, at least 8 or 9 months until you have a good pod colony established. A year would be even better!
Khalish
03/09/2015, 10:05 AM
don't worry, i already knew that
Khalish
03/17/2015, 11:07 AM
so this is my current coral list. i just want to know if they will go well together and if any corals cant be near another
-tree coral
-mushroom coral
-brain coral
-candy cane coral
-pulse coral
-torch coral
-frogspawn
-hammer coral
-zoanthids
-toadstool coral
-star polyp
if my current list is doing well i would like to try sps coral
-montipora
-birds nest coral
-thanks-
Khalish
03/18/2015, 07:15 AM
anyone?
HeadleesSon
04/14/2015, 05:24 PM
mushrooms can eventually move around and overgrow, same for star poly which can take over.
Torch, frogspawn and hammers do ok near each other, but will kill many other coral within a few inches of them.
Toad stool leather poisons the water in a way that hurts stony coral if it get very big. You may need to run carbon if it gets big.
Some brain coral will sting things with in a few inches, but not as bad as the torch will.
Keep the mushrooms, star polyps and zoanthids confined to smaller rocks you can remove later. Keep at least 4" (maybe more) between the other hard corals, and run carbon if the toadstool starts growing. Otherwise I am sure you can grow them all.
If by tree you mean kenya tree, wach out as it drops arms that can attach anywhere in the tank.
soulpatch
04/15/2015, 02:27 PM
torches do not get along with hammers and frogspawn. You can keep hammers and frogspawn together but any torch needs to be seperated.
Iduhno
04/17/2015, 02:30 PM
Let me know how you like the tank. I have the s-400. As an all in one setup I personally like it. One exception is the skimmer. That will probably be the first thing I replace.
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