Time to experiment

Flessan · 04/21/2014, 09:57 PM

I'm local (Riverview) and have a 46 gallon bowfront aquarium. A friend of mine was moving to Hawaii and couldn't take it with him. It came with some standard fish tank gravel, fake plants, and various decorations. Fish included a yellow tailed blue damsel and a clown fish.

I've had the tank running for a year now. Everything is stable, but the clown fish recently passed. It had been getting tired for the last month. Anyway, I'm ready to change out the standard tank gravel and decorations for sand and live rock!

My questions:

1) Is this tank too small to really attempt corals?
2) The tank is very stable with good levels. Can I just replace or do I have to start over?
3) How much sand/rock should I put in there?

I've read so many positive reviews about TBS! I'm excited to get started, but cautious at the same time. Any advice you can give would be greatly appreciated!

alb_56 · 04/21/2014, 09:59 PM

1=no
2=replace should be ok
3=up to you

alb_56 · 04/21/2014, 10:01 PM

As long as you replace a little at a time you should be ok. Adding a sump with some live rock never hurts either. Oops sorry, didn't catch the TBS forum thing.

Flessan · 04/21/2014, 10:14 PM

That's fine alb_56. I'm always open to suggestions to anyone/everyone. I just posted here because that is where I plan to make my purchase! I don't have a lot of room for a sump setup

chris.scang · 04/22/2014, 12:50 PM

Richard sells packages based on your tank size. You can't go wrong with Tampa Bay Saltwater for all of your live sand and live rock needs!

Flessan · 04/23/2014, 11:02 AM

I can tell by all the testimonials here. Sounds like half the fun is seeing what kind of "extras" you find hiding

chris.scang · 04/23/2014, 12:42 PM

You will not be disappointed Flessan!

04/21/2014, 09:57 PM	#1
Flessan Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2014 Posts: 4	Time to experiment I'm local (Riverview) and have a 46 gallon bowfront aquarium. A friend of mine was moving to Hawaii and couldn't take it with him. It came with some standard fish tank gravel, fake plants, and various decorations. Fish included a yellow tailed blue damsel and a clown fish. I've had the tank running for a year now. Everything is stable, but the clown fish recently passed. It had been getting tired for the last month. Anyway, I'm ready to change out the standard tank gravel and decorations for sand and live rock! My questions: 1) Is this tank too small to really attempt corals? 2) The tank is very stable with good levels. Can I just replace or do I have to start over? 3) How much sand/rock should I put in there? I've read so many positive reviews about TBS! I'm excited to get started, but cautious at the same time. Any advice you can give would be greatly appreciated!

04/21/2014, 09:59 PM	#2
alb_56 Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2013 Location: Nebraska Posts: 781	1=no 2=replace should be ok 3=up to you

04/21/2014, 10:01 PM	#3
alb_56 Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2013 Location: Nebraska Posts: 781	As long as you replace a little at a time you should be ok. Adding a sump with some live rock never hurts either. Oops sorry, didn't catch the TBS forum thing.

04/21/2014, 10:14 PM	#4
Flessan Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2014 Posts: 4	That's fine alb_56. I'm always open to suggestions to anyone/everyone. I just posted here because that is where I plan to make my purchase! I don't have a lot of room for a sump setup

04/22/2014, 12:50 PM	#5
chris.scang Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2012 Location: Valrico, FL Posts: 471	Richard sells packages based on your tank size. You can't go wrong with Tampa Bay Saltwater for all of your live sand and live rock needs!

04/23/2014, 11:02 AM	#6
Flessan Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2014 Posts: 4	I can tell by all the testimonials here. Sounds like half the fun is seeing what kind of "extras" you find hiding

04/23/2014, 12:42 PM	#7
chris.scang Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2012 Location: Valrico, FL Posts: 471	You will not be disappointed Flessan!