first reef tank 47 gal start up

[the new reef kid]

i am finally putting saltwater into my tank to cycle to rock i am doing a tonga branch aquascape in a column tank

 

[hdsoftail1065]

Congrats on your reef!!! Got pics?

 

[the new reef kid]

Congrats on your reef!!! Got pics?

i will as soon as the sand clears i am very excited

 

[the new reef kid]

i plan to make a soft coral and lps tank with lots of specialized zoathids

 

[Porpoise Hork]

Why not now? Cloudy tanks are awesome to look at

 

[hdsoftail1065]

Yep ya gotta start somewhere and have all seen cloudy tanks!

 

[the new reef kid]

HEre you go

 

[the new reef kid]

Everything has now cleared up

 

[hdsoftail1065]

Looks good, let the fun begin!

 

[the new reef kid]

what good fish would you guys recomend while the tank cycles

 

[Captain Quint]

what good fish would you guys recomend while the tank cycles

You are off to a great start, thanks for sharing.

Please do not cycle a tank with fish. Fantom feeds for the tank or another method, please.

 

[the new reef kid]

You are off to a great start, thanks for sharing.

Please do not cycle a tank with fish. Fantom feeds for the tank or another method, please.

got it thanks for the advice i plan to get some yellow striped cardnelfish as soon as the tank is done cycling

 

[the new reef kid]

I am running into this issue because it's a column tank what kind of fish can I have

 

[sprinklerdudes]

bigger issue I see { just my opinion 4th picture} is cleaning the tank , before live stock I would try to make sure you have enough clearance between rock and glass to allow ease of cleaning. rock looks pretty close in pic. I had one that I stacked pretty full of rock and always had a bad looking spot in it later because I couldn't get in there to clean one section of the side glass with out hitting the corals . if you can get a sponge or brush between the rock and glass now, than it will be good. Hey column tanks are awesome to look out, looks like this is going to be a good build.

 

[the new reef kid]

bigger issue I see { just my opinion 4th picture} is cleaning the tank , before live stock I would try to make sure you have enough clearance between rock and glass to allow ease of cleaning. rock looks pretty close in pic. I had one that I stacked pretty full of rock and always had a bad looking spot in it later because I couldn't get in there to clean one section of the side glass with out hitting the corals . if you can get a sponge or brush between the rock and glass now, than it will be good. Hey column tanks are awesome to look out, looks like this is going to be a good build.

Thanks for the advice I was told about this and I moved the rocks around a little and the picture was after I just poured in salt it's pretty clean right now I made the tonga branch column up a good few inches to clear up space to clean the glass

 

[the new reef kid]

And thank all of you so much for the advice I really appreciate all of it

 

[sprinklerdudes]

the one I had had a rock anemone in it and two false percula clowns, all from a tank I bought from someone for the equipment, had it for several years, used it to put over flow extras or corals that didn't look good in the display seemed to really do well in the column tank, I think it was either a 45 or a fifty. some one came by the house and had a fit over it, made me a offer and and I took it. kinda miss it, but I still have several other tanks to keep me busy. I did try other fish in there but they didn't seem to do well, a six line wrasse , a couple of damsels, etc. mostly things no one wanted, or that were slightly aggressive, I transferred them to my frag tank, and they have been very happy there. The funny thing about a column tank, less is more. a column tank can take a couple of overgrown ratty frags, and make them look like specimens . but if they are overloaded with a lot of little stuff, they seem to look cluttered in time. just my opinion.

 

[the new reef kid]

the one I had had a rock anemone in it and two false percula clowns, all from a tank I bought from someone for the equipment, had it for several years, used it to put over flow extras or corals that didn't look good in the display seemed to really do well in the column tank, I think it was either a 45 or a fifty. some one came by the house and had a fit over it, made me a offer and and I took it. kinda miss it, but I still have several other tanks to keep me busy. I did try other fish in there but they didn't seem to do well, a six line wrasse , a couple of damsels, etc. mostly things no one wanted, or that were slightly aggressive, I transferred them to my frag tank, and they have been very happy there. The funny thing about a column tank, less is more. a column tank can take a couple of overgrown ratty frags, and make them look like specimens . but if they are overloaded with a lot of little stuff, they seem to look cluttered in time. just my opinion.

Wow thanks for the advice your the first reefer I have heard from that used a column tank

 

[larryl]

Looks good, thanks for sharing.

 

[the new reef kid]

I just introduced 5 turbo snails and 5 scarlet hermit crabs