Need advice and direction

Wojtek · Jul 9, 2022

Jedi1199 said:
One other thing I will add here... You could probably add 6 more small fish. I don't have any science to back this up, but I have observed in my own 55g tank that a heavy fish load did wonders for overall tank stability.

That said, I also had a LOT more rock in my tank than you have. Probably 80 pounds of rock in a 55g tank.

Lots of hidey holes for fish. Lots of rock to block strong flow areas. Lots of rock for the bacteria to grow on. I believe that this, plus the very heavy bio-load, is the reason I haven't really ever had any nuisance algae issues with my tank other than a short lived bryopsis bloom at about month 6 or 7.

Can I see a picture of your tank?

Jedi1199 · Jul 9, 2022

Wojtek said:
Can I see a picture of your tank?

This video was shot last night. The tank is already torn down at this point tonight.

Jedi1199 · Jul 9, 2022

Here is a shot of the tank that shows my lighting. I run 2 Kessil A360X tuna blues over this tank plus a Wills 165 in the center as a supplement. I never mapped the par over this tank unfortunately, so I can't give you any hard numbers. Sorry.

In early December 2021, I added in this small diy sump. Mostly as a place to house an oversized skimmer. My filtration is handled by these 2 canister filters. One is a Fluval FX6, the other is a Rena XP3.