Tom's 55G Saltwater

[TommyP]

Yeah same here, good Idea though. I wanted some "filler" fish if you know what I mean. My corals and inverts are thriving just a no go on the chromis for some reason maybe ill try again sometime.

[TommyP]

The other day I ordered 160g bucket of instant ocean reef salt mix. I paid $52.99 and free shipping. I checked outside my door last night and they sent me two buckets! I got one for free. Awesome!!

[danbstrong]

Originally Posted by TommyP

The other day I ordered 160g bucket of instant ocean reef salt mix. I paid $52.99 and free shipping. I checked outside my door last night and they sent me two buckets! I got one for free. Awesome!!

The salt gods were watching over you lol

[Beengirl]

Wow! That's some good luck! Hope the rest of this year goes as well for you!!

[TommyP]

i hope so as well. i came home from work today and got my 2 hyro koralia evolution 750's in the mail and im not gunna lie but i have a pretty good buzz going i hooked them up in my tank and its pushing stuff all around. I hope it settles. I times my 2 , 250 gph circ pumps with my lights to go on and the hydors are going 24/7 as of now I hope my corals and everything are okay . kicking up a bunch of stuff hopefully it settles. happy new year.

[TommyP]

also, happy to be an Aquarium Advice Supporter as of today!!!

[Beengirl]

Originally Posted by TommyP

also, happy to be an Aquarium Advice Supporter as of today!!!

You signed up so you could post more pics, right? That's what I did too a short whole ago. Haha.

[TommyP]

Yeah! it's bananas

[LadyQuorra]

Just caught up, hope all is good.

[TommyP]

It's not I installed my 2 hydor 750's last night and I'm at work now but my girlfriend just told me my yellow tang died. I don't understand. The only thing I can think of is all the junk the pumps kicked up made my parameters out if wack and led to bad water and since the tang had ich had a low immune system and couldn't handle the stress.

[LadyQuorra]

oh snap, that sucks. That's is a possibility. If you were battling ich it probably would have been best to try and not change the tank environment for a good while. I've never experienced ich but that's just based on what others have said.

[TommyP]

I guess so. This is my first time dealing with it and really wasn't sure what to do. I'm not adding anymore fish anytime soon that's for sure. It's a shame though I try so hard and always am on this forum it's been so helpful and I've learned so much.

The most current question I have is about the circulation pumps. I have a total of 4 and again it's a 55g tank. 2 are koralia hydor 750's and 2 are aqueon 250's. where should I place them properly In my tank. Should I time any of them. Ill post up some pics in a little while of the current positioning to get opinions. Thanks again AA

[TommyP]

Here's some pics with the current positioning.

[LadyQuorra]

From what I''ve read you want a total GPH 20 to 30 times that of the size of your tank. So for a 30g including power filters and power heads you want 600+gph
As for placement it depends on what corals you have because they may require different amounts of flow. I would have an area of high flow and an area of moderate flow.
What I would do is just use the 2 750s and one 250. Put one 750 at each end at different levels and one 250 on the back facing the front on one of the sides.

[danbstrong]

Originally Posted by TommyP

Here's some pics with the current positioning.

Its acually 30-50x water volume for a reef so for a 55g you want minimum of 1500gph id place them so you have the most turbulance

[TommyP]

so if I have 2000gph that's okay? I can remove 1 of the 250 powerheads

[danbstrong]

Originally Posted by TommyP

so if I have 2000gph that's okay? I can remove 1 of the 250 powerheads

What id do is position them in there how you think you might like then look at flow and how coral react then adjust from there in a 55 maybe try tha smalls one on each end and the bigger on back wall facing front might be good starting point

[TommyP]

Ill leave the two big ones on each side and i have the two smalls on the back. 1 small is facing the front center and 1 is parallel to the back wall just so there's flow behind my rocks and it'll hit the heater. I have a handful of corals a cleaner shrimp and 1 clown left. some inverts like snails hermits and feather dusters. no more fish for a while until I figure out what the problem is.

[TommyP]

Even though I tested yesterday I had a death and wanted to triple check my parameters.

Salinity - 1.027
Here's the rest :
Ph seems a little low but I think it's only because the lights have been off for a little while already.

[TommyP]

Anyone have an idea on why my corals are fine but I can't keep fish!!! So upsetting. I lost 1 fox face, two 6 lines, 5 green chromis, 1 clown and a mandarin. The tang lasted 2 months. The clown and fox face about 1. Both six lines died within 2 or 3 days same with the chromis. Too many fish at once. They were at least introduced a month apart.