Trinituner Reefers, Saltwater Aquarium Fish Keepers

[Kasey]

oh ok, I'll put them back tomorrow then. Have them in a covered bucket outside in the apartment verandah.

[HondaB20B]

Bad thing about colorful snail in reef systems is that after awhile all that beauty gets covered up with purplish/pinkish coralline. All my pretty orange chestnut turbo snails and my bumble bee snails all have coralline on them. They look real good though

[HondaB20B]

ziggy, you know if they eat zoas by chance?

[ziggy_dappa]

They never stayed in the tank long enough for them to munch on the zoas. Was not even sure if there are reef safe I tried them before I had much corals some years ago.

[HondaB20B]

^^^^ ok cool

[bir123]

Ok guys i am new to salt water an got a 30 gallon thank and a 15 gallon sump i am planning to put some live rocks ,sand bed,beginner corals and clown fish .could you guys tell me how much of the clown fish i could put and also where is the best place in south wher i could buy the live rock and clown fish and what other fish and coral do you guys recomend
Also what salinity should the water be for the fish ,do i need a heater for the tank and could i use tap water ro mix the salt .

[HondaB20B]

This is 2yrs of hard work, dedication and in the early stages, real tribulations.

[HondaB20B]

[madman_devin]

Wow looks good man ! Keep it up hard work definitely paying off.

[HondaB20B]

[HondaB20B]

Wow looks good man ! Keep it up hard work definitely paying off.

Thanks man.

[HondaB20B]

Its a reef tank. 72"L X 24"W X 30"H. 1/2" glass. 200+gal

*12 - HOT5 bulbs (39Watts each)
* ASM-G3 skimmer
* MP-40 pumps X 2
* Hydor pump
* 2 - 30gal sumps
* Mag18 return pump (1800gal/hr)
* phosbhan reactor
* bio-pellet reactor
* 1/2HP chiller
* numerous dosing pumps and top-up pumps
* 300lbs+ live rock
* 3-4" sandbed
* Over 20 types of corals - LPS, SPS, softies, zoas, leathers & gorgonians
* 0ver 100 snails (approx. 7 types)
* over 20 fish
* Numerous inverts
* Numerous suppliments along with coral & fishfoods

[HondaB20B]

FISH

4 Tangs - Sailfin, powder brown, yellow, Hippo (5"+)
5 pajama cardinals (2 females breed every mth or so) (2")
3 clowns. (1 true pecular and 2 false) (1")
4 bartlet anthias (4")
1 royal gramma (2")
1 algae blenny (3")
1 yellow banded possum wrasse (1 1/2") - rare
1 geometric pygmy wrasse (1 1/4") rare
1 solar wrasse (4")
2 blue/green chromis (1 1/2")

[bir123]

How much clown fish could i put in a 40 gallon tank and what other fish could i include in the setup

[HondaB20B]

How much clown fish could i put in a 40 gallon tank and what other fish could i include in the setup

It all depends on the size and type of clowns. Most clowns are aggressive and are very territorial in small tanks. A 40gal is very small and you cant keep much fish. Cant give you an amount cause its all dependant on the size of the fish. Many colorful fish are territorial also. Fishes like tangs and large angels need space and get very large. They need space to swim. Damsels, most wrasses and blennies are out. You might only be able to keep about 4-5 small non aggressive fish. Remember the more fish you put, you're gonna feed more which is more bioload you're going to have. Then youre gonna need a small hang on protein skimmer.

[HondaB20B]

http://www.liveaquaria.com/PIC/article.cfm?aid=129

[HondaB20B]

Ok guys i am new to salt water an got a 30 gallon thank and a 15 gallon sump i am planning to put some live rocks ,sand bed,beginner corals and clown fish .could you guys tell me how much of the clown fish i could put and also where is the best place in south wher i could buy the live rock and clown fish and what other fish and coral do you guys recomend
Also what salinity should the water be for the fish ,do i need a heater for the tank and could i use tap water ro mix the salt .

you never mention what lights you gonna be running for the corals

[bir123]

Bought a finnex ray2 aquarium day/actinic led lights daylight also got a coralife 06271 super skimmer rated 65 gl.but do you think i would need 2 of the finnex ray2 led or 1 is fine
The dimentioms of the tank is 36 l ×24 h×18 w

[HondaB20B]

Bought a finnex ray2 aquarium day/actinic led lights daylight also got a coralife 06271 super skimmer rated 65 gl.but do you think i would need 2 of the finnex ray2 led or 1 is fine
The dimentioms of the tank is 30 l ×24 h×18 w

Never heard of them before so I really cant answer. You will have to see how the spread is. Cant say if it might grow corals either. Remember your tank is 24" high so you don't know what will be the PAR readings at the sand bed. As it states, its 7000K. I'm running 8 - 10,000K T5 bulbs on my 4ft frag tank (only use 4) and my reef tank its 12,000K. Both are growing corals real good

[HondaB20B]

This is pics from my frag tank. You have to have real good lighting to grow corals. To strong and you could burn them, Too mild and you'll have them stretching for the light and then eventually start to dwindle then maybe die.
Many corals are not for beginners. Your parameters need to be right. Did you buy the test kit to check your parametes?

[bir123]

I did bought the api reef master test kit

[HondaB20B]

I did bought the api reef master test kit

Cool then. You may have to do some more research on that lighting you have. There are so much lighting on the market right now. Unless you know someone locally that using it to grow corals effectively you'll have to try and see whats happening. 1 may not be efficient. Who knows, you may need up to 4 maybe (just saying). How many LED's does it have on one strip

[bir123]

It said "finnex high output unibody ultra slin led ,high par 10000k/actinic dual led strip
29 watts: 288 ho leds
Dimension 36 long × 3 wide × 1 high inches

[bir123]

Also are you selling any coral looking for peceful ones just want a price rang because i would add them in about 2 months when tank is finish cycled.

[bir123]

the link for the light and skimmer on amazon
light

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00846 ... PDKIKX0DER

skimmer

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000BJ ... PDKIKX0DER

[HondaB20B]

or I thought was the 7000K version you bought. As you see there are 3 versions.
Then you may be good to go. Think you will need another strip or 2 because when you place rocks
in the tank you'll get a lot shadowing.

[bir123]

Kool i will buy another one

[bir123]

Ok guys my water temps stays between 78 and 82 on a normal sunney day do i nee a chiller because did some research and said that ocellira clowns could stay from 72 to 82

[HondaB20B]

Ok guys my water temps stays between 78 and 82 on a normal sunney day do i nee a chiller because did some research and said that ocellira clowns could stay from 72 to 82

Pumps and lights generate heat which in turn heats the water. Is this temp (78-82) with the lights on during the day? Is the protein skimmer, return pump and other powerhead/s running when these temps were taken? Saw you plan that you might be running bio-pellets and i'm not to sure about your plans on a phosbhan reactor. All this generates heat. Saw you asked the question before about using tap water. Hope you didn't. And that includes blue waters and/or similar. If so, you're in one hell of a algae problem you're gonna get in the next few wks. Hope your salinity is in check.

[bir123]

Just fill the tank yesterday whit rodi water that i bought and that the themp with all the equpiment and yes i am running a phosphate reactor