Byrd
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Honestly the title is lacking, I'm actually new to saltwater period. I've always had cichlid tanks and my latest was a 125gal that my son now manages.
My new adventure will be a 280gal 72x30x30 tank, and after about a year of researching and scouring the internet, I have been slowly purchasing my equipment. I'll list my equipment below and I know my purchases may not be the best but I'm trying to keep price down a bit in the beginning since I'm starting so large from scrap. I'll will replace items through the years with more industry leading items.
Twin 29 gal sums
Jebao 18000 sump pump
3- photon v2 24" lights
Liquidgen 5stage rodi
I haven't decided on my wavemakers yet or my heater but I plan on twin 300watt heaters with a controller
So far I have build a stand that will be covered with a facade to match the decor of the room. I have built a mixing station in my shop that is 60ft away that consists of a 55gal reserve rodi and a 55gal salt mix tank. The rodi unit has a splitter that fills the 55gal in the shop with a float shut of valve and another line that fills a 14gal reserve thats under the tank for a ato system. The 14gal has an optical eye shut off and when both 14gal and 55gal are closed, I have a pressure shutoff to stop the waste water on the rodi unit. I also gravity feed the salt mix tank from the 55gal rodi tank. The mix tank has a closed loop external circulation pump that also has a valve i can open to send saltwater straight to my sump under the tank.
I have also made 300lbs of reef rock from Portland cement and crushed oyster shells that I cured in a kiddy pool behind my shop till my ph level stopped changing after water changes. And for substrate I went with caribsea special grade.
I feel like I'm starting to ramble so sorry about that. The whole purpose of this thread was to ask for help with fish selections. Keep in mind I'm still a long ways from actually putting fish in the tank but I can't find much info on my desired fish. I'd start with some clowns to help establish more bacteria after the cycle but after that I would like to start adding cuc, gobies, blennies, etc. I would like to have a pair of red scooter blennies and a pair mandrian gobies, singal blenny, wrass, anthias,numerous crustaceans, snails, cucumbers, etc. Is this possible?
My new adventure will be a 280gal 72x30x30 tank, and after about a year of researching and scouring the internet, I have been slowly purchasing my equipment. I'll list my equipment below and I know my purchases may not be the best but I'm trying to keep price down a bit in the beginning since I'm starting so large from scrap. I'll will replace items through the years with more industry leading items.
Twin 29 gal sums
Jebao 18000 sump pump
3- photon v2 24" lights
Liquidgen 5stage rodi
I haven't decided on my wavemakers yet or my heater but I plan on twin 300watt heaters with a controller
So far I have build a stand that will be covered with a facade to match the decor of the room. I have built a mixing station in my shop that is 60ft away that consists of a 55gal reserve rodi and a 55gal salt mix tank. The rodi unit has a splitter that fills the 55gal in the shop with a float shut of valve and another line that fills a 14gal reserve thats under the tank for a ato system. The 14gal has an optical eye shut off and when both 14gal and 55gal are closed, I have a pressure shutoff to stop the waste water on the rodi unit. I also gravity feed the salt mix tank from the 55gal rodi tank. The mix tank has a closed loop external circulation pump that also has a valve i can open to send saltwater straight to my sump under the tank.
I have also made 300lbs of reef rock from Portland cement and crushed oyster shells that I cured in a kiddy pool behind my shop till my ph level stopped changing after water changes. And for substrate I went with caribsea special grade.
I feel like I'm starting to ramble so sorry about that. The whole purpose of this thread was to ask for help with fish selections. Keep in mind I'm still a long ways from actually putting fish in the tank but I can't find much info on my desired fish. I'd start with some clowns to help establish more bacteria after the cycle but after that I would like to start adding cuc, gobies, blennies, etc. I would like to have a pair of red scooter blennies and a pair mandrian gobies, singal blenny, wrass, anthias,numerous crustaceans, snails, cucumbers, etc. Is this possible?
