The couch is quite comfortable... or it was when it had the cushions..At least he found a place to sleep.
How big (gallons) is your refug?
I'm glad you like it and I will try to update pictures frequently.is tank envy a verifiable condition? i reckon i may have mentioned it before, but dang, those pictures are insane!!
btw, lol at the audio on the rock build
Welcome aboard, I'm glad to have you tagging along and it would be nice to have input from someone with a larger system then me who has experience.Howdy,
Have just begun reading your journal and have noticed you mentioned you are going to have 126 fish in the tank. This seems a little excessive and will no doubt lead to some water chemistry problems.
What fish are in this 126 and what will you be doing to reduce the problems that will be associated with this?
Wouldn't be too much of a problem if say there were 126 Apogon Leptacanthus but I'm sure it won't be stocked with 126 of them.
I will continue reading and may answer my questions by then.
I only ask because I have just over 40 fish in my tank and is a 700 gallon system.
In my experience, not having owned them but knowing a few reefers locally who have leptacanthus, the bigger the tank, the less chance of that "Schooling/Shoaling" effect. I have witness 10 in a 4x2x2 that stay quite tight knit. Also a 8x3x2 that has 12 of the little suckers and they have separated.
So the bigger the tank, the larger group needed IMO.
Looks very nice, whats supporting the pipes? They're gonna get heavier full of water.
I have 2 exit holes going down the 3" pipe and one going down the 1 1/2" pipe. The exit lines go down at an angle to prevent bubbles and to minimize noise. (I don't need a water fall in my house.) Each exit hole has a valve so if I want to I can shut off the exit holes. Both 1" return lines go strait.Because of the glare from the window it is hard to see, do you have all 3 of the exit holes going into that one down pipe? Also, why is is angled like that instead of just going straight down?
A skimmer takes proteins and some floating debris out of the tank. Problems that you can get from no skimmer are, foul smelling tank, high levels of nitrates, and cloudy water, to name a few. Harder to make operate with only a sump... you really would want a refuge where you could grow lots of macro algae to help to consume some of the nitrates. Also you may not be able to have as many fish without one.What does the skimmer actually do. I'm doing a 75 gallon reef with a 30 gallon sump and I am dreading buying one.