Flyboyrav
Aquarium Advice Newbie
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I'm about to start my new saltwater 45 gal tank. I'm not to sure how many fishes to have in there. Also what types of coral and live Rock. Some help please
I'm about to start my new saltwater 45 gal tank. I'm not to sure how many fishes to have in there. Also what types of coral and live Rock. Some help please
I'm not too sure what lighting to use. The fishes im thinking if are clown fish, fire-fish,Sand sifter gobies,lemon butterfly fish, bleeny, blue / green chromis, cleaner common wrasse,orange strip prawn goby, royal gamma basslet. also I was wondering if a 45 gal is too small for a blue tang. I would also have some shrimp, hermit crabs and s starfish.
Also wondering if I world need a sump tank? I have a 40 gal filter, protein skimmer and 2 circulation power heads and a heater
It's a Instant Ocean Seaclone Protein Skimmer - hang on skimmer an a top fin power filter 40gal.
Instant Ocean Seaclone Protein Skimmer - 100 so I won't need the other filter, that's good. So to my understanding, it's 1lb to 1 gal of live rock to tank size. Do in my case that's 40lbs of live rock. So does that interfere with the amount of fish I can have???
For a reef tank you may want to be closer to 2-3lbs/gal. Obviously the more rock you have the less room for fish. But you want the biological filtration.
Actually 1lb per gallon is usually more than enough to take care of biofiltration in moderately stocked reef tank. So will prefer more simply for aquascapes. If you maintain 0 ammonia and nitrite then you have all the live rock you need for that bioload.
Also wondering if 2 Aqueon Circulation Pump - 500 gph be ok or would I only need 1??
Also wondering if 2 Aqueon Circulation Pump - 500 gph be ok or would I only need 1??
Yeah after thinking more on it i was planning on editing my post. 3lbs is excessive. But is 1lb enough for a smaller tank?