New with an empty 600 gallon tank.

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Plecostomus
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Just introducing myself as I am new to this paticular site.

I have been keeping saltwater reefs for years and my fish room crashed about a year ago. It was an A/C problem.

I am rebuilding my 600g tank with a Pangea background and sides, wet dry filtration. I have a large fish room that holds the tank, sumps and all equipment. Nothing is in the house. My old setup was for stony corals so I had LOTS of equipment that I have sold. I have plenty of room in there for grow out tanks and anything else I need. The room is 14.5 x 14.5 . The tank is 84" x 40" x 40".

Sumps hold around 350 gallons for a total water volume of around 800 to 850 gallons. My wet/dry filter will be custom built when I get some spare time off work. Just finished a remodel of my home so its been on the back burner. Just about to get started on putting it all back together.

I plan on keeping Central American Chiclids.

Pics before spring, I hope :newbie:
 
excellant posts some pics when you get it set up again
 
I think your going to love this site. Have fun. Its no fair, you can go to any fish store and get basically whatever fish you want. HAHA. Oh well, if you need any help there is a forum section especially for CA's.

Chad
 
As far as which fish, that is still being researched. I am in no hurry as i want to do things right. I would like to lean to less fish and larger adult size as I want to be able to see the fish from across the room. Some smaller quick, mouth avoiding dither fish would also be nice if feasable. :grinyes:

One question though, Since my tank is fairly large and deep, do you think I should raise the fish out in the fish room in my Refugium sump to a larger size before putting them in the main tank or just start them off in the main display for the house?

My salt fish were not big at all and they had no trouble adjusting to the large tank and feeding so I assume the fresh fish would do just as well. My largest fish was a 10 inch angle fish. The rest were small rock dwellers and tangs.

by the way, I will say, every fish survived my crash of my reef but the corals were not so lucky. Only a few frags survived for sale. The live rock was ok as well but to loose 20 or 30 ten inch diameter colinies of SPS corals over the period of just one work day just sucked the life out of my spirit and I decided to start over with fresh. I just did not have the heart or time to start again from scratch on all my corals and it would have taken a long time to get all the nutrients out of my water after ALL the corals died. I had a lot of corals so the water got pretty poluted. :cry:

Any advice?

Here is a link to a pic. The tank is now completly cleaned out and ready for replumbing, aquascaping and filling. I just need to replumb and rebuild my pumps with new seals for fresh water.

http://myweb.cableone.net/jkhood/New_bar_sm.JPG



Jeff
 
That is a nice tank. :) I would love to relax in front of something like that.

Have you thought of trying a planted tank? That would be awesome. - Although some big fish dont seem to get along with plants.
 
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