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my 55gal brace cracked and my LFS is selling 75 gal's for 75$
I currently have a metal brace in place, but I don't want that to be a permanent fix.
Currently I stock 19 rift cichlids mostly between 1.5" and 2" with 4 that are 3.5-5" and a single 10"
I have 2x emperor 400's that are acceptable but with the money from the sale of my old eheim I was thinking of buying the pro 3 2075 and the media set for the eheim XL.
I currently have 55 lbs of crushed coral as substrate.
I use a 200w eheim jager heater.
in the emperor's is .5 liter of fluval biomedia along with .5 liter of pro ammonia charcoal
questions:
Should I add more crushed coral? my ph is about 8.3 and very stable.
I plan to cycle the new tank while leaving my 55 up and running until it's cycling, should I add some of the fluval media or do a fishless cycle again?
sprayer bars: I was thinking of building one because most of my guys are really small. the first eheim I had put out way too much flow and would look like a boat had just drove through. I've already found good designs by searching the forums. this sounds like the right path?
You can look at my other threads (I have very few) to see picture of my current set up. I will post one here shortly.
The heater is rated for a lot more gallons on the website, so it should be adequate right?
I just don't want to hurt my babies. make the transition to their new home as comfortable and safe as possible. Doing homework would suck without them to look at. plus my wife would be pissed if any of them died.
You guys have been incredible with helping go from wanting a tank, to having an incredibly crispy clear water set up. Thanks again.
my 55gal brace cracked and my LFS is selling 75 gal's for 75$
I currently have a metal brace in place, but I don't want that to be a permanent fix.
Currently I stock 19 rift cichlids mostly between 1.5" and 2" with 4 that are 3.5-5" and a single 10"
I have 2x emperor 400's that are acceptable but with the money from the sale of my old eheim I was thinking of buying the pro 3 2075 and the media set for the eheim XL.
I currently have 55 lbs of crushed coral as substrate.
I use a 200w eheim jager heater.
in the emperor's is .5 liter of fluval biomedia along with .5 liter of pro ammonia charcoal
questions:
Should I add more crushed coral? my ph is about 8.3 and very stable.
I plan to cycle the new tank while leaving my 55 up and running until it's cycling, should I add some of the fluval media or do a fishless cycle again?
sprayer bars: I was thinking of building one because most of my guys are really small. the first eheim I had put out way too much flow and would look like a boat had just drove through. I've already found good designs by searching the forums. this sounds like the right path?
You can look at my other threads (I have very few) to see picture of my current set up. I will post one here shortly.
The heater is rated for a lot more gallons on the website, so it should be adequate right?
I just don't want to hurt my babies. make the transition to their new home as comfortable and safe as possible. Doing homework would suck without them to look at. plus my wife would be pissed if any of them died.
You guys have been incredible with helping go from wanting a tank, to having an incredibly crispy clear water set up. Thanks again.
