stingray man;2203409; said:
Awsome pic up can't wait for pics what are your plans for the corals?
Ill have to run some tests to see what the lights are capable of with only 3 bulbs and then when i add 2 more bulbs see what difference it will make. This will determine if i can keep SPS or not and were in the tank they will have to be. This will take some time but o well.
If all goes as plan i will have levels of coral. Top-sps, mid-lps, bottom-softies and sand dwelling corals provided lighting is sufficient. The tank will be rather packed but thats okay.
The sump is a 40 gallon breeder. I will run a fuge with mangrove plants for massive nitrate and phosphate reduction. this will help maintain proper water chemistry and prevent unsightly algae from taking over in the tank. I will also probably keep some muscles in there to help with filter feeding as well, and also macroalgae to grow pods and other beneficial reef bugs for fish.
goal in 7 months is to have all the rock added into the tank, fuge running at full swing and have calcium reactors and other such equiptment on the tank for supporting the needs of the corals. Its going to take a bit of reserch for all of this but thats okay, it will be a nice end result. after a year i hope to have a pair of mandarians, if this is possible and see what happens.
More pics tonight when the rock is built up. Thanks for reading.