Hi,
I had a few questions about having a reef setup with the addition of a grass bed. I have a 29 gallon tank right now with 1 yellow tang, 2 clown fish, and one algae blenny. 40 pounds of live rock. A fluvial 404 canister filter, a seaclone skimmer, and a pc light. I have had this system up and running now for just over one year and everything is cycled and working great. I am getting bored with this tank and wanted to move to a 55 gallon, which is 48x13x(something). I am going have a deep sand bed with crushed aragonite (1cm diameter) and then add live sand from my tank and also some from the LFS. This will be about 4” deep. The lighting I am getting I just got from an online store and it should do its job. Single Satellite 48 inch (http://www.marineandreef.com/shoppro/power_satellite.html). Anyway I was wondering if I just transfer the 40 lbs of life rock from my 29 over to the 55 and have kind of a half and half system. One side live rock and the other a grass bed. Any ideas on this topic just post them. I am still not sure about this whole thing, just trying to get some advice. Also would it be wise for me to just use the water from my 29 gal and pour it right into the 55 gallon and make up the remaining 26 gallons with fresh saltwater, or just start fresh.
Thanks for the info.
I had a few questions about having a reef setup with the addition of a grass bed. I have a 29 gallon tank right now with 1 yellow tang, 2 clown fish, and one algae blenny. 40 pounds of live rock. A fluvial 404 canister filter, a seaclone skimmer, and a pc light. I have had this system up and running now for just over one year and everything is cycled and working great. I am getting bored with this tank and wanted to move to a 55 gallon, which is 48x13x(something). I am going have a deep sand bed with crushed aragonite (1cm diameter) and then add live sand from my tank and also some from the LFS. This will be about 4” deep. The lighting I am getting I just got from an online store and it should do its job. Single Satellite 48 inch (http://www.marineandreef.com/shoppro/power_satellite.html). Anyway I was wondering if I just transfer the 40 lbs of life rock from my 29 over to the 55 and have kind of a half and half system. One side live rock and the other a grass bed. Any ideas on this topic just post them. I am still not sure about this whole thing, just trying to get some advice. Also would it be wise for me to just use the water from my 29 gal and pour it right into the 55 gallon and make up the remaining 26 gallons with fresh saltwater, or just start fresh.
Thanks for the info.