Hello fellow reefers!
I have been in the reef hobby for 4 years, but I feel new to the hobby all the same. This is the first time I am using a sump! I just upgraded from a used 34 gallon Solona, which I had a tough time exporting nutrients (no sump and protein skimmer did not do jack in the back of the AOI setup). Now I have a used 165 gallon reef (6ft x2ft x 20in) with 40 gallon sump cycled and all my fish (a pair of clowns) and some coral (few and far between) are in the 165 gallon reef lookin' good.
I am excited and wanted to share some pics. From what I have researched, I believe I need to support my sump plumbing. Any critiques on the sump is much appreciated as this is my first iteration or version 1.0 of the sump.
My stock list in addition to the clowns will be as follows:
Bicolor Blenny
2 Wrasse of some sort (or I was thinking of a trio of leapord wrasse would be cool)
Kole Tang
Orange Shoulder Tang
Powder Brown Tang
and... if the tang police agree...
in a year or so....
an Achilles tang
Let me know if the stocking list sounds good or if I should substitute some of these guys out for small fishes.
Thank you.
Pics as promised:
I have been in the reef hobby for 4 years, but I feel new to the hobby all the same. This is the first time I am using a sump! I just upgraded from a used 34 gallon Solona, which I had a tough time exporting nutrients (no sump and protein skimmer did not do jack in the back of the AOI setup). Now I have a used 165 gallon reef (6ft x2ft x 20in) with 40 gallon sump cycled and all my fish (a pair of clowns) and some coral (few and far between) are in the 165 gallon reef lookin' good.
I am excited and wanted to share some pics. From what I have researched, I believe I need to support my sump plumbing. Any critiques on the sump is much appreciated as this is my first iteration or version 1.0 of the sump.
My stock list in addition to the clowns will be as follows:
Bicolor Blenny
2 Wrasse of some sort (or I was thinking of a trio of leapord wrasse would be cool)
Kole Tang
Orange Shoulder Tang
Powder Brown Tang
and... if the tang police agree...
in a year or so....
an Achilles tang
Let me know if the stocking list sounds good or if I should substitute some of these guys out for small fishes.
Thank you.
Pics as promised:
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