daso
New Member
Hi All!
I am a new saltwater hobbyist! I was able to study marine biology during my biology degree, and fell in love with saltwater! I finally talked my fiance into having a tank at home (which he is in love with the hobby now, too)! We have a 55 gallon rimless tank, with a eheim canister filter and 50 lbs of live rock, and 60lbs of substrate. We started out small, because we are in an apartment, but soon, we will have our own house and will be able to upgrade to an in wall tank (looking at a 210 gallon). We have been up and running for about 4 months now. As of now, we have a banded goby, 6 line wrasse, and a mini oscellaris clown ( we had a pair of tomatoes, but one killed the other, then started killing our shrimp--so back to the LFS it goes). I am interested to see your opinions on stocking. Also, on getting a HOB protein skimmer, since we don't have a sump on this tank (We will get one on the next). Our tank seems to be doing AWESOME! We haven't had any problems yet--except a diatom outbreak, probably due to using tap water, which we quit that real quick.
Any ideas or tips would be awesome!
Thanks!
-Danielle
I am a new saltwater hobbyist! I was able to study marine biology during my biology degree, and fell in love with saltwater! I finally talked my fiance into having a tank at home (which he is in love with the hobby now, too)! We have a 55 gallon rimless tank, with a eheim canister filter and 50 lbs of live rock, and 60lbs of substrate. We started out small, because we are in an apartment, but soon, we will have our own house and will be able to upgrade to an in wall tank (looking at a 210 gallon). We have been up and running for about 4 months now. As of now, we have a banded goby, 6 line wrasse, and a mini oscellaris clown ( we had a pair of tomatoes, but one killed the other, then started killing our shrimp--so back to the LFS it goes). I am interested to see your opinions on stocking. Also, on getting a HOB protein skimmer, since we don't have a sump on this tank (We will get one on the next). Our tank seems to be doing AWESOME! We haven't had any problems yet--except a diatom outbreak, probably due to using tap water, which we quit that real quick.
Any ideas or tips would be awesome!
Thanks!
-Danielle
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It sounds like you guys are on a great start. Don't worry about the diatom outbreak, especially if it was early on in the cycle. I also ran into an issue with one of my tanks and a moody tomato clown. He didn't last too long. There are a lot of options out there now for HOB protein skimmers. I would still always recommend a sump, but since you plan on upgrading soon try checking out some of the reef octopus, CPR, or AquaC Remora. Good luck! Keep us posted with pics!
