Nikkiheartsfish
Aquarium Advice Regular
- Joined
- Jun 24, 2007
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Hey guys I've got my 20 in Orlando which has been set up for probably almost a year at this point. It is stocked with ~20 lbs of LR, ~20 lbs sand, and hermits. I keep it cycling by incrementally putting small amounts of food in the tank because I have just been too busy to really kickstart it. I've been working the summer and now I am so ready! So, I'm gonna tell you guys my plans-- I'd like to hear some opinions, maybe give me new ideas to implement. It's going to be predominately SPS with the possibility of shrooms and zoos/polyps in the lower/shaded portions of the tank. So far:
1. Going to add another ~10-15 lbs of LR to bring it up to ~30-35lbs.
2. DIY chiller (hopefully it works well, I think on the smaller sized tank it should be alright, going to try the good ol' dorm fridge plan or even the cooler-with-ice plan, and if it doesn't work as well as I want I'll just break the wallet and purchase a real chiller-- last resort!)
3. Going to rig my own lighting, thinking of one 175w 14k metal halide with supplemental actinic lighting (probably T5), and maybe rigging my own blue LEDs. I *could* go with all T5s on such a small tank, but I really like the shimmer of MH.
4. DIY refugium, ~10 gal.
5. Slowly stock with specimens.
Any more suggestions to pimp out my 20?
1. Going to add another ~10-15 lbs of LR to bring it up to ~30-35lbs.
2. DIY chiller (hopefully it works well, I think on the smaller sized tank it should be alright, going to try the good ol' dorm fridge plan or even the cooler-with-ice plan, and if it doesn't work as well as I want I'll just break the wallet and purchase a real chiller-- last resort!)
3. Going to rig my own lighting, thinking of one 175w 14k metal halide with supplemental actinic lighting (probably T5), and maybe rigging my own blue LEDs. I *could* go with all T5s on such a small tank, but I really like the shimmer of MH.
4. DIY refugium, ~10 gal.
5. Slowly stock with specimens.
Any more suggestions to pimp out my 20?