New to saltwater need help

[NanoJHB]

Do you think such high flow for my 36g tank is bad? I have 2 480gph wavemakers, 1 filter outlet that's 360gph and 1 uv sterilizer that's 50 gph. I also hear some fish don't like the high flow what's your opinion on that with my stock list?

Think you'd be more than fine only running 1 of those wave makers instead of both

 

[immaman2011]

Think you'd be more than fine only running 1 of those wave makers instead of both

Okay I'll have to figure it out. Cause I do see slight dead spots with only 1 running. Gotta reposition everything up top.

 

[Koh23]

Impossible to tell, you will best see how your fish, corals, scape reacts to flow, chasing some numbers really isnt the best way.....

 

[immaman2011]

Impossible to tell, you will best see how your fish, corals, scape reacts to flow, chasing some numbers really isnt the best way.....

I'd rather not kill them because of it though

 

[Koh23]

You wont kill anything....

You need to see how fish,corals, etc reacts to your setup flow, then adjust from there.....

To some degree, flow is always changing and adjusting as tank is populated with more corals, primary.....

 

[immaman2011]

You wont kill anything....

You need to see how fish,corals, etc reacts to your setup flow, then adjust from there.....

To some degree, flow is always changing and adjusting as tank is populated with more corals, primary.....

I plan on keeping it fish only for at least 6 months after my full stock is added overtime. So if that flow is too much for fish only I'd like more advise. Everyone's pointers are completely different so I don't know what to do lol. ‍

 

[Stevesw718]

Stand still water pump or a rotating one better for fish only tank?

 

[immaman2011]

Stand still water pump or a rotating one better for fish only tank?

I'm not sure what you mean?

 

[NanoJHB]

I plan on keeping it fish only for at least 6 months after my full stock is added overtime. So if that flow is too much for fish only I'd like more advise. Everyone's pointers are completely different so I don't know what to do lol. ‍

Once you add your fish you'll be able to tell. If they never leave the rock work or look like they're struggling to swim in open water, run less flow. With all the equipment you've got, I highly doubt you'll have too little flow.

 

[immaman2011]

Once you add your fish you'll be able to tell. If they never leave the rock work or look like they're struggling to swim in open water, run less flow. With all the equipment you've got, I highly doubt you'll have too little flow.

Okay that's reasonable.

 

[immaman2011]

I got a skimmer just now rated for 30gallons. I figure it will help with water maintenance. It's one of the ones where it has a outlet tube to put into something so you can let it drain itself.

 

[immaman2011]

Once you add your fish you'll be able to tell. If they never leave the rock work or look like they're struggling to swim in open water, run less flow. With all the equipment you've got, I highly doubt you'll have too little flow.

I recently put in some fish after I seen diatom phase. I put snails in for the end of the cycling first before any fish and the snails are doing great. The 2 Oscrellis clowns I have in there are hosting the filter outlet lol so weird, they showed no interest in hosting any of the rockwork I put in. Then I have 2 banggai cardinalfish that have picked one of the lower rockwork caves to hangout, those 2 are kind of shy. So far it's been about 1 week with the clowns and 2 days with the cardinalfish. Both are doing great.

 

[immaman2011]

I have video but too large to fit.

 

[NanoJHB]

Glad everything is doing well
Just take it slow with adding anymore fish, let these ones settle for a couple weeks.

My clowns still host the filter inlet after 1.5 years in the tank haha. Occasionally they'll hangout in the pincushion too

 

[immaman2011]

Glad everything is doing well
Just take it slow with adding anymore fish, let these ones settle for a couple weeks.

My clowns still host the filter inlet after 1.5 years in the tank haha. Occasionally they'll hangout in the pincushion too

lol I never knew clowns were so weird. I also netted the top of the tank today so there will be no incidents of possible jumpers.

 

[immaman2011]

So far
Ph 8.3
Ammonia 0
Nitrites 0
Nitrates 20
Salinity 1.025
Temp 80.4f

Mega blooming diatoms everywhere like the zombie apocalypse lol

Snails and 2 peppermint shrimp doing well, 1 trochus snail did flip under an edge of a rock and died but not a quality issue just was not a smart move on his part

Clowns doing well no aggression.
Cardinalfish doing well super curious about new diamond goby addition though.
Diamond goby still settling in but is eating and sifting so he's okay cautious of Cardinalfish, im assuming they'll get over it in time.
Yellow band possum wrasse doing well added same time as goby.....this one ate frozen mysis shrimp day one and today I caught him eating a flake, greedy little guy not afraid of any tank mates and is a bold feeder.

Water change last week Friday. Made sure salinity stayed the same. I set up a drip acclimation tube to a 2 gallon bucket works well. Ammonia and nitrites have gone away completely I've been testing and no spikes. Filter does a good job.

Regardless of my first bad decision in the beginning of setting up tank, tank is now stable and doing well. No aggression at all.