ockers
03/08/2006, 10:48 PM
Hi all,
I’m after some stocking advice
A bit of background first. I moved house a few months ago and managed to break my old tank during the move :eek: It was a big, ugly cabinet/4' tank with full reef setup. Anyway, cut a long story short my LFS agreed to baby-sit my stock until the new tank arrived. 2 months and several VERY hot days later, all that is left is live rock, a few snails, a couple of crabs and a pistol shrimp that decided to hop out when I reclaimed the rock. He stayed in the shop! :) :)
RIP 4†tomato clown, 4†Blue tang, 2†Bicolour angel, anemone, several brittle stars, a few urchins and A LOT of corals, LPS, Zoo’s, shrooms, leathers etc.
We bought the tank off ebay 3 years ago, so some of that stuff and the 2 larger fish were at least 6-7 years old.:( :( :( Very sad
After much deliberation, I decided on FOWLR setup. Mainly to do away with the powerful lighting, (Read heat!). Also I suppose after 5 or 6 years reefkeeping, I fancy something different
So I’m back to square 1
72â€x20â€x14†tank
20â€x12â€x12†sump
Turboflotor multi
Heaps of live rock
2-3 Inch sand bed
Natural sea water
UV thingy
Flow wise
2500lph return (not accounting for 3’head)
2000lph pump on a 5’ spraybar
1400lph rotating powerhead
I have a few more powerheads if I need them later
Lighting
2 x 2’ 18w tubes. Not sure what they are, bought from the hardware store. They’re Japanese! Look nice though!!
I was originally thinking of eventually stocking something like
Harlequin tuskfish
Red tooth trigger
Yellow puffer
Maybe a snowflake
But I’m stuck between wanting the above or more ‘peaceful’ chappies. So I’m after suggestions, what do you think?
To get the thing going I dropped in
2 devil damsels
2 Yellowtail damsels
2 black sea cucumbers
1 urchin
I can remove the damsels in the future if needed, (I assume if I go for the trigger he will do that for me!?!?!?).
Any ideas or experiences would be appreciated, I will get the camera out tonight & take a few snaps
I’m after some stocking advice
A bit of background first. I moved house a few months ago and managed to break my old tank during the move :eek: It was a big, ugly cabinet/4' tank with full reef setup. Anyway, cut a long story short my LFS agreed to baby-sit my stock until the new tank arrived. 2 months and several VERY hot days later, all that is left is live rock, a few snails, a couple of crabs and a pistol shrimp that decided to hop out when I reclaimed the rock. He stayed in the shop! :) :)
RIP 4†tomato clown, 4†Blue tang, 2†Bicolour angel, anemone, several brittle stars, a few urchins and A LOT of corals, LPS, Zoo’s, shrooms, leathers etc.
We bought the tank off ebay 3 years ago, so some of that stuff and the 2 larger fish were at least 6-7 years old.:( :( :( Very sad
After much deliberation, I decided on FOWLR setup. Mainly to do away with the powerful lighting, (Read heat!). Also I suppose after 5 or 6 years reefkeeping, I fancy something different
So I’m back to square 1
72â€x20â€x14†tank
20â€x12â€x12†sump
Turboflotor multi
Heaps of live rock
2-3 Inch sand bed
Natural sea water
UV thingy
Flow wise
2500lph return (not accounting for 3’head)
2000lph pump on a 5’ spraybar
1400lph rotating powerhead
I have a few more powerheads if I need them later
Lighting
2 x 2’ 18w tubes. Not sure what they are, bought from the hardware store. They’re Japanese! Look nice though!!
I was originally thinking of eventually stocking something like
Harlequin tuskfish
Red tooth trigger
Yellow puffer
Maybe a snowflake
But I’m stuck between wanting the above or more ‘peaceful’ chappies. So I’m after suggestions, what do you think?
To get the thing going I dropped in
2 devil damsels
2 Yellowtail damsels
2 black sea cucumbers
1 urchin
I can remove the damsels in the future if needed, (I assume if I go for the trigger he will do that for me!?!?!?).
Any ideas or experiences would be appreciated, I will get the camera out tonight & take a few snaps