New reef tank

[cgthebeast]

I'm starting my 25 gal. reef tank finally, and who got her lights.....this girl.The planed stock list is a fire-fish, a tail spot blenny and probley anther fish. Looking at possum wrasse or watchman goby. My lights are t5 24x4, There a lot brighter in person

 

[cgthebeast]

Here Is my ro/ di unit. Not a name brand but it works great.

 

[Airgoose2222]

Cool!! Looks like you're off to a good start. Have fun

 

[obscurereef]

How exciting. Good stock list. Love fairy wrasses so that's what I'd get for the 3rd choice. What brand are the T5s? What corals are you planning on keeping?

 

[cgthebeast]

Odyssea , 4 bulbs and built in led moonlights. Thanks for the fairy wrasse suggestion. I love there color, which breed would be best for this tank.. As and probley will make that my 3rd fish . for corals, I defiantly want some frogspawn ,some bright colored mushrooms, and a Kenya tree.. I've been looking for branching coral that would do good.

 

[cgthebeast]

The moon leds ( that fit some reason look purple in the pic)

 

[obscurereef]

Duncans have branches, but usually grow in clusters. When your tank get's stable/mature, birdsnests are one of the easiest SPS and are branching.

 

[cgthebeast]

Awesome, I was wondering if Duncan's and birds nest would do good with my lights. Duncan's are beautiful. I was also looking at candy canes, there pretty cool.

 

[obscurereef]

The birdsnest you'll have to put high up, but the duncans and candy canes can go in the middle. I think that light will be enough.

 

[cgthebeast]

Awesome! I just got my salt today will post pic tomrrow.

 

[cgthebeast]

So I am now just waiting for my rock to get here. I added some ro salt water and my power head

 

[cgthebeast]

I also got my sand

 

[obscurereef]

Yay. The journey continues.

 

[cgthebeast]

Yep, I either going to get my rock today or tommrrow. I'm super excited. I went with key reef largo, 25 pounds of it

 

[cgthebeast]

Here's some of my rock, the smaller pieces . The rest of its in the tank. Whoops

 

[cgthebeast]

Is my tank suppose to be this cloudy after adding live sand. It's been about 2 hours and its still milky

 

[Daniel Fishy]

Yeah do you have a hob or canister filter? It will clear it faster

 

[cgthebeast]

Hob 40-60 Aqua tech

 

[obscurereef]

It can take 1-2 days to clear up more or less.

 

[cgthebeast]

Alright, I'm just going to let the filter run and hopefully it will be cleared in a few days