On a previous post, I said that I was considering purchasing a 90 gallon saltwater tank for $500. I'll give you the specifics of the tank as well as the condition it was originally in. Then I have a few questions about upgrading.
The tank came with about 200 lbs of Fiji Live Rock. The lighting is 260 watt, half 10,000K/actinic power compact lights (the bulbs are brand new). The sump is an All-Glass Mega Flow powered by a 2630 L per hour pump. There is another pump with the same flow rate within the tank.
The condition that the tank was originally kept in, wasn't desirable. The LR looked almost dead. I'm sure that it had the beneficial bacteria, but it was devoid of coralline algae and other lifeforms. He said that over the past year that he has owned the tank, he has killed roughly 20 fish. The one fish that he had in the tank didn't make the trip. When he brought over the tank, he had left the LR in containers filled with water in his truck bed for over an hour. The water must have been around 100 degrees by the time it got to my house. He told me to just put the extra water that was in the containers into the tank when I got it set up. I tested the water and the salinity was about 1.032, so I just tossed it instead.
I got the tank set up two days ago. I'm finally starting to see some lifeforms coming out of the LR. I found this strange though, because I saw absolutely none when I looked over the tank when it was at his house. Even though he gave me 200 lbs of LR, I only used about 150 lbs because I wanted a more open appearance. Since a lot of life probably died on the rocks during transition, the tank will probably go through a mini-cycle, so I'll wait on purchasing fish.
Ok, here are my questions:
The tank came with about 200 lbs of Fiji Live Rock. The lighting is 260 watt, half 10,000K/actinic power compact lights (the bulbs are brand new). The sump is an All-Glass Mega Flow powered by a 2630 L per hour pump. There is another pump with the same flow rate within the tank.
The condition that the tank was originally kept in, wasn't desirable. The LR looked almost dead. I'm sure that it had the beneficial bacteria, but it was devoid of coralline algae and other lifeforms. He said that over the past year that he has owned the tank, he has killed roughly 20 fish. The one fish that he had in the tank didn't make the trip. When he brought over the tank, he had left the LR in containers filled with water in his truck bed for over an hour. The water must have been around 100 degrees by the time it got to my house. He told me to just put the extra water that was in the containers into the tank when I got it set up. I tested the water and the salinity was about 1.032, so I just tossed it instead.
I got the tank set up two days ago. I'm finally starting to see some lifeforms coming out of the LR. I found this strange though, because I saw absolutely none when I looked over the tank when it was at his house. Even though he gave me 200 lbs of LR, I only used about 150 lbs because I wanted a more open appearance. Since a lot of life probably died on the rocks during transition, the tank will probably go through a mini-cycle, so I'll wait on purchasing fish.
Ok, here are my questions:
- I have a single Aptasia, how do I kill it before it takes over my tank?
- I want to eventually get corals, can I suppliment the PC lighting with T-5's, or should I just get all T-5's? Remember, I want to eventually get corals.
- Besides hiding the equipment, do you put anything into the sump to aid in filtration?
- I want to seed my LR, is Garf Grunge worth the cost?
- With 5260 L per hour circulating, will I need more pumps for circulation?
- The tank unfortunately didn't come with a skimmer, what would be a cheap skimmer that is effective? And no, that isn't intended to be an oxymoron.
