I had a few build threads I was working on and realized it was going to be difficult to keep all of them straight so I'm condensing everything to here.
4 months ago I sold my 65 to pay off some medical bills and prepare for moving from the Front Range to the Western Slope. Since that time, my boys (3 and 1) have been asking for their fish back, cry when they see petco, and watch Finding Nemo relentlessly - my three year old sleeps with a stuffed nemo as well. On our last trip to Target (Petco is right next door) the kids wanted to go look at the fish at petco and my wife went with us. To my surprise she asked if we could setup a tank for a yellow tang and gave the go ahead for a small clownfish tank for the boys.
Here's where I'm at so far.
60 Frag:
This is a rimless 60 frag tank by deep blue and will function as a "shallow reef" zoa/monti garden.
Location: two possible locations in my office.
Sump: 40B I got during the $1 sale at petco. I have an aquamedic protient skimmer and will be adding red dragon as my macro algae for nutrient control and tang food. I have a 10 gallon that I will use as an ato res.
Lights: Either 1x400w (M59 Ballast that I already have) or 2x250w (needs new ballasts) with a-to-be-added later retrofit 2x54w T5's.
20L:
This is Chad's 2x20L setup he sold that I'm going to pickup when I come over for reefed. This will sit in our living room along a banister so you can see both the front and the back as it's going to be a Rainbow Anemone Tank with Oscelaris Clowns. I'm keeping it bare bottom for the time being and am going to break apart rocks to cover most of the bottom for a crushed coral appearance. This will hopefully allow me to take out any splits from the anemone without having to go to extreme lengths to remove them.
Sump: 20L with red dragon macro algae and lots of rock.
Lights: 2x150w halide w t5 but I'm not sure yet if I have the space for an ato res.
30:
This is an IM Nuvo Fusion 30. Will be my holding tank for now.
Location: Going to have it sit in my office next to my desk once I get a half bookshelf for it to sit on.
Sump: It's an AIO so going to add red dragon to one of the media reactors.
Lights: not sure yet
Here's the layout of my apartment with the tank locations marked. The Blue box is going to be the 60 Frag tank. I'm not sure which location is best yet.
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North is to the right, south left, top is west, bottom east. The first picture shows I can put it along the East wall of the office, this would sit over a support wall in the basement and run perpendicular to the beams in the basement. There is an outlet 2 feet to the right along with a heater vent and a window (the window gets glare for the most part and not actual sunlight as there is a 10ft overhang out over our front door). The other location is along the South wall, this would sit parallel to the beams, only be over 2 but there would be a wall underneath (I am not sure if this is a support wall as it's in between two beams). There is an outlet right where the stand would go. The 20L setup would go in our living room and would get indirect glare from the window in our living room by the stairs and the patio somewhat. The 30L isn't marked in the photo but would sit next to the desk on the western bookshelf.
4 months ago I sold my 65 to pay off some medical bills and prepare for moving from the Front Range to the Western Slope. Since that time, my boys (3 and 1) have been asking for their fish back, cry when they see petco, and watch Finding Nemo relentlessly - my three year old sleeps with a stuffed nemo as well. On our last trip to Target (Petco is right next door) the kids wanted to go look at the fish at petco and my wife went with us. To my surprise she asked if we could setup a tank for a yellow tang and gave the go ahead for a small clownfish tank for the boys.
Here's where I'm at so far.
60 Frag:
This is a rimless 60 frag tank by deep blue and will function as a "shallow reef" zoa/monti garden.
Location: two possible locations in my office.
Sump: 40B I got during the $1 sale at petco. I have an aquamedic protient skimmer and will be adding red dragon as my macro algae for nutrient control and tang food. I have a 10 gallon that I will use as an ato res.
Lights: Either 1x400w (M59 Ballast that I already have) or 2x250w (needs new ballasts) with a-to-be-added later retrofit 2x54w T5's.
20L:
This is Chad's 2x20L setup he sold that I'm going to pickup when I come over for reefed. This will sit in our living room along a banister so you can see both the front and the back as it's going to be a Rainbow Anemone Tank with Oscelaris Clowns. I'm keeping it bare bottom for the time being and am going to break apart rocks to cover most of the bottom for a crushed coral appearance. This will hopefully allow me to take out any splits from the anemone without having to go to extreme lengths to remove them.
Sump: 20L with red dragon macro algae and lots of rock.
Lights: 2x150w halide w t5 but I'm not sure yet if I have the space for an ato res.
30:
This is an IM Nuvo Fusion 30. Will be my holding tank for now.
Location: Going to have it sit in my office next to my desk once I get a half bookshelf for it to sit on.
Sump: It's an AIO so going to add red dragon to one of the media reactors.
Lights: not sure yet
Here's the layout of my apartment with the tank locations marked. The Blue box is going to be the 60 Frag tank. I'm not sure which location is best yet.
View attachment 23357
View attachment 23358
North is to the right, south left, top is west, bottom east. The first picture shows I can put it along the East wall of the office, this would sit over a support wall in the basement and run perpendicular to the beams in the basement. There is an outlet 2 feet to the right along with a heater vent and a window (the window gets glare for the most part and not actual sunlight as there is a 10ft overhang out over our front door). The other location is along the South wall, this would sit parallel to the beams, only be over 2 but there would be a wall underneath (I am not sure if this is a support wall as it's in between two beams). There is an outlet right where the stand would go. The 20L setup would go in our living room and would get indirect glare from the window in our living room by the stairs and the patio somewhat. The 30L isn't marked in the photo but would sit next to the desk on the western bookshelf.
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