Just started a reef tank

[ceejayt2k]

Hi All,
just wanted to post my new 2 month old reef tank. I want to add a couple more fishes but not sure what type. Please let me know what you think and any recommendations. Thanks in advance.

[*]40 gallon tank
[*]HOB refugium with chaetomorpha
[*]actinic lighting with 10K lighting
[*]LED lighting
[*]40lb live sand
[*]50lbs Live/dead rock (should be turn Live rock soon)
[*]coral beauty
[*]2 fire shrimps
[*]Star polyps
[*]2 kenya trees
[*]orange richordia
[*]2 types of mushroom (don't know what kind but I was told it was easy)
[*]2 types of frog spawn
[*]3 types of zoas (cant remember name)

 

[rwellbaum]

tank looks awesome! add some sort of clownfish?

 

[Cichlaholics Anonymous]

Looks great....you should add a small pred like a golden dwarf moray

 

[ceejayt2k]

Yeah I was thinking about that too but my kids doesn't want a clown fish..I want something compatible with my wife's coral beauty angel fish and fire shrimp, and fishes that the kids want. thanks for the suggestion though.

 

[Cheesehead]

Your frogspawns don't look to happy, try giving them enough flow to get them moving, and maybe move them up for more light.

 

[ceejayt2k]

Thanks Cheesehead..I moved the power head towards it's direction to provide more flow..it seems to do the trick..looks a lot better. Question with moving them up closer to the light- would the light cause the coral to bleach?

 

[cl0wn knife]

looks nice

 

[cichlid_king]

Thanks Cheesehead..I moved the power head towards it's direction to provide more flow..it seems to do the trick..looks a lot better. Question with moving them up closer to the light- would the light cause the coral to bleach?

What type and wattage of lighting do you have? Also what is the coral that you plan on moving and how for would you be moving it? If it is an sps coral they are very sensitive to changes in lighting. Lps and softies are more tolerant.

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[Otherone]

Hope your adding some type of planktonic food (bacterio, phyhto, +zoo) - 2mo is hardly enough time for super saturation of alk stuff let alone planktonic life or zooxanthallae in the water column - Look's nice keep on postin

 

[Cheesehead]

Well if it looks fully open don't move it . I have mine in the middle of the tank and I have t5hos.


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