My 90 Us Gallon Reef Tank Journal

[leecara]

havent been here for couple of months but ive been back on here now for a couple of days now and am finally starting the tank yay
so i thought il do a tank journal like the other people so il be going through anything and everything

tank

90 us gal
4ft long 2ft high 1.5 ft wide

hardware

eheim dry wet filter
aqua pro 1 +
uv sterliser vectron v8
skimmer tmc v2 skim 400
5 maxijett powerheads with a flowrate of 2750 i think
2 heaters etc...

planning on keeping a reef with c.u.c and corals and fish ( obviously lol )

so plz people can u post n here with feedback if be postive and negative , questions ,advice of if u want just to say hi

so plz if anyhelp that would be much appreciated so thanks

and by the way hi

 

[N1z]

Well i can tell you now Aqua pros are not worth it! They suck we used to have some in the shop and they only came back broken or didnt work.

Chances are its either not filling up in the impeller chamber, try really filling up the auto primer by putting ur finger in there this like gets some air out. Another is tilting it on its side but i found it never worked.

The one i do on my ehiem pro, which you could do in a sense by screwing off the whole tube valves is, leave in the inlet closed with water still in it and the siphon still intacked. Then do you maintinance in the canister. After that let about two thirds of the outlet (going into the tank) water into a bucket (make sure the outlet pipe is not in the water so a siphon is created. then screw back on the valves, let the inlet tube open so the siphon fills up the canister, NOTE you might have to fill a bit of water in the priming chamber cap but i aint sure. Then turn on the filter, wait 2 secs then open the outlet and it should work. Well does for me except mines different filter but they run off the same concept. Good luck

 

[atmmachine816]

Sounds good, will let someone else with more expierence help you out.

 

[leecara]

ok water a little mercuey today but its clearing wich is good


also my aqua pro 1 + when i turn it on its not sucking water in as if if not in the water and i cant return it beacuse i bought this set up off ebay the matey i bought it off spent £2000 and i manged to get it for £340 lol so i duno il ask a lfs today for some extra help

but i still need some advice on the other qs

*will update with pics later today*

 

[leecara]

bump bump de bump

any way i bought some new lights today 4 ft long marine glo lights 54 watt t5 ho things x2 these any good i also got a blue marine light aswell

2nd i am selling my skimmer and have ditched the sump idea and have now a new tmc v2 skim 400 skimmer wich should do the buisnees now any comments and advice on this?

also still need advice from above questions apart from da aqua pro 1 finally got that working



pics

 

[leecara]

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[N1z]

Good start keep it up. As for aqua pro just bin it we are selling one month old ones for less then 30 quid they just naf.

 

[leecara]

aqaua 1 up and running with pad d phosphate remover and ammonia remover

today dad has just customized hood ready for the skimer will post pics tomoz

i hopefully will be buying some lrock tomoz how much would ineed for tank and should i buy it all once or ...

 

[Danno]

I like your tank stand. Its a nice idea to have hidden compartments and a visible area showing with the things you need most. The woven baskets make it looks like furnature.

 

[leecara]

thanks lol i still need help with th l. rock as im going to the lfs tomoz

anybody......

 

[N1z]

Put it this way, if u can afford it do it. Cos you could also get a deal from your LFs for the quantity, if not buy a good amount and use it for your cycle.

 

[leecara]

my mums paying

how much rock though minium for my tank ?
i remembr theres a rule but cant come across it

 

[-Nemo-]

people generally say 1 pound per gallon of LR. So around 90 pounds, but a little less probably wouldn't hurt if cost is an issue.

 

[leecara]

ok thanks what light wattage would u recomend beacuse i have a marine blue light and 2 marine t5 lights if i wanted coral in the future should i upgrade or is this fine ??

 

[Lynden]

There is no minimum amount of rock that a tank needs. Tanks for bottom crawling fish such as sea robins can be entirely rock-free with no consequence.