3 weeks ago I converted my freshwater 265 into a saltwater 265, sold the fish I didnt want and moved them into the 150.
I filled the tank with 150lb of cured live rock, live sand from a fish store, waited 3 days and added my first 15" Stars and Stripes puffer, 2 days later got a huge Zebra Eel, then 2 days later a Lionfish and porcupine puffer, then a week later or so a tomato clown, 4 large domino damsels, 1 velvet damsel, blue tang, drugen trigger, 1 yellow tang, large yellow sided angel at 12" and a HUGE Batfish, not ever sure how big he is. During the time I was adding fish I was testing the water hourly, watched the ammonia rise, and all the others rise and fall. As I added more fish it started to rise again but not as bad and now everything has leveled off but still checking the parameters twice a day and feeding every 3 days or so of light feedings. I run 3 Emperor 400s, what is the smallest sump I can put on this tank? I was thinking about an FX5 because I cant really move the tank and this stand has 3 doors on it so I'm limited with space. So far I havent lost any fish, did a few water changes to help with the ammonia levels, etc. This is my first saltwater tank so I asked hundreds of questions it seemed like, I asked 15 people and got 30 different answers so I just combined them all and did what I thought I could get away with. Since Im off the whole month of Dec till Jan 3 I have a lot of time to devote to this tank to make sure everything goes well. Im also looking for a good protein skimmer but not something outrageous in price. I will post a video tonight of the tank.
Thanks
I filled the tank with 150lb of cured live rock, live sand from a fish store, waited 3 days and added my first 15" Stars and Stripes puffer, 2 days later got a huge Zebra Eel, then 2 days later a Lionfish and porcupine puffer, then a week later or so a tomato clown, 4 large domino damsels, 1 velvet damsel, blue tang, drugen trigger, 1 yellow tang, large yellow sided angel at 12" and a HUGE Batfish, not ever sure how big he is. During the time I was adding fish I was testing the water hourly, watched the ammonia rise, and all the others rise and fall. As I added more fish it started to rise again but not as bad and now everything has leveled off but still checking the parameters twice a day and feeding every 3 days or so of light feedings. I run 3 Emperor 400s, what is the smallest sump I can put on this tank? I was thinking about an FX5 because I cant really move the tank and this stand has 3 doors on it so I'm limited with space. So far I havent lost any fish, did a few water changes to help with the ammonia levels, etc. This is my first saltwater tank so I asked hundreds of questions it seemed like, I asked 15 people and got 30 different answers so I just combined them all and did what I thought I could get away with. Since Im off the whole month of Dec till Jan 3 I have a lot of time to devote to this tank to make sure everything goes well. Im also looking for a good protein skimmer but not something outrageous in price. I will post a video tonight of the tank.
Thanks