Freshie In Disguise
Aquarium Advice Activist
I'm still daydreaming about the empty 260 gallon tank my fiance found at work last summer. Due to the cost of just filling it with sand and water, it will probably end up cycling for waaaaaaay longer than necessary.
In the meantime, I've compiled a stock list that I would love constructive criticism on, keeping in mind that everything will be added over a VERY LONG period... Like... Years. Please tell me what to introduce in which order as well.
Hardware first:
2 Hagen fluval FX5 canister filters
Eshopps wet/dry filter WD-300CS (w/ Eshopps in-sump protien skimmer PSK-100 & Maxi-Jet submersible utility pump)
2 Hydor koralia 6 Magnum wavemakers
4 Aqueon 250W ProHeaters placed vertically in the corners
4 Marineland Pro lighting 24-hour systems (2 on the back wall and 1 on each side wall)
Furnishings:
1" crushed coral
3" Plain sand
3" Live sand
50 lbs base rock (in the center of each rock mass)
25 lbs of Bali Alor live rock, here and there
25 lbs of Marshall Island live rock, here and there
25 lbs Namoli ultra live rock, here and there
25 lbs Pacific Island deepwater live rock, here and there
12 Turtle grass clumps placed sporadicly throughout the tank
8 Saltwater ferns placed throughout the tank
Caulerpa, chaeto/spaghetti algae, red gracillaria just kind of shoved into rock holes for the time being...
ALOT of these, particularily the ones that make you giggle, were my fiance... I swear.
Stock list:
3 blue sponges
2 red serrated decorator sponges
2 yellow tree sponges
Yellow carpet anemone
Yellow sebae anemone
Purple long tentacle anemone
Large multicolored worm rock
2 Red Bali starfish
1 Blue linckia starfish
1 Purple linckia starfish
4 purple & yellow nudibranch slugs (my fiance wants them )
12 bumble bee snails
6 banded trochus snails
6 tonga nassarius snails
4 fire shrimp
4 Pederson shrimp
4 Randall's pistol shrimp
4 Pom pom crabs
4 staghorn hermit crabs
2 decorator crabs
2 yellow watchman gobies
Twin spot signal goby
Pair of blue mandarins (remember, this will be YEARS off)
Pair of false percula clowns
1 Australian black percula
4 flourescent blue damselfish
4 royal gramma basslets
1 male African McCoskeri flasher wrasse
1 coral beauty angelfish
1 purple firefish goby
1 small blue hippo tang
3 yellow hippocampus erectus (fiance again )
What do you think?
In the meantime, I've compiled a stock list that I would love constructive criticism on, keeping in mind that everything will be added over a VERY LONG period... Like... Years. Please tell me what to introduce in which order as well.
Hardware first:
2 Hagen fluval FX5 canister filters
Eshopps wet/dry filter WD-300CS (w/ Eshopps in-sump protien skimmer PSK-100 & Maxi-Jet submersible utility pump)
2 Hydor koralia 6 Magnum wavemakers
4 Aqueon 250W ProHeaters placed vertically in the corners
4 Marineland Pro lighting 24-hour systems (2 on the back wall and 1 on each side wall)
Furnishings:
1" crushed coral
3" Plain sand
3" Live sand
50 lbs base rock (in the center of each rock mass)
25 lbs of Bali Alor live rock, here and there
25 lbs of Marshall Island live rock, here and there
25 lbs Namoli ultra live rock, here and there
25 lbs Pacific Island deepwater live rock, here and there
12 Turtle grass clumps placed sporadicly throughout the tank
8 Saltwater ferns placed throughout the tank
Caulerpa, chaeto/spaghetti algae, red gracillaria just kind of shoved into rock holes for the time being...
ALOT of these, particularily the ones that make you giggle, were my fiance... I swear.
Stock list:
3 blue sponges
2 red serrated decorator sponges
2 yellow tree sponges
Yellow carpet anemone
Yellow sebae anemone
Purple long tentacle anemone
Large multicolored worm rock
2 Red Bali starfish
1 Blue linckia starfish
1 Purple linckia starfish
4 purple & yellow nudibranch slugs (my fiance wants them )
12 bumble bee snails
6 banded trochus snails
6 tonga nassarius snails
4 fire shrimp
4 Pederson shrimp
4 Randall's pistol shrimp
4 Pom pom crabs
4 staghorn hermit crabs
2 decorator crabs
2 yellow watchman gobies
Twin spot signal goby
Pair of blue mandarins (remember, this will be YEARS off)
Pair of false percula clowns
1 Australian black percula
4 flourescent blue damselfish
4 royal gramma basslets
1 male African McCoskeri flasher wrasse
1 coral beauty angelfish
1 purple firefish goby
1 small blue hippo tang
3 yellow hippocampus erectus (fiance again )
What do you think?