Your thoughts regarding 29gal setup

[VIPER006962948]

So here I go taking a plunge into my first saltwater tank its a 29gal with a ac110 with bio-spong, 100w heater, 30lb crushed coral, korilla 4(1200gph) and a mag 250 with bio-max. Livestock is 3 damsels (2 yellow tail & 1 blue) levels are as follows kh 180, amo 0, ph 8.0, no2 0, No3 5 & 1.026 plz let me know what you think

 

[ckcdrummer]

So here I go taking a plunge into my first saltwater tank its a 29gal with a ac110 with bio-spong, 100w heater, 30lb crushed coral, korilla 4(1200gph) and a mag 250 with bio-max. Livestock is 3 damsels (2 yellow tail & 1 blue) levels are as follows kh 180, amo 0, ph 8.0, no2 0, No3 5 & 1.026 plz let me know what you think View attachment 775065View attachment 775066View attachment 775067View attachment 775068View attachment 775069

Very cool.. Let me know how it goes I've always wanted to start a saltwater tank just don't have the money to support it


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[VIPER006962948]

I would realy like to hear all of your guy's thoughts regarding my setup. Plz feel free to be honest.

 

[mach_six]

Ok, I'm not a fan of the rockscape. I'd probably buy a box of dead rock and scape it with that.

The equipment is only good for fish and if you're still in the cycling phase, I wouldn't turn on the lights as much to keep the algae from growing.

I have a 29G reef and from teh looks of the picture, I thought it was bigger until I re-read it.

If you do plan on going to corals, you need to get rid of the power filters and the crushed coral will be a problem later on. I used crushed coral since I like coarsed substrated but eventually removed it.

 

[VIPER006962948]

Ok, I'm not a fan of the rockscape. I'd probably buy a box of dead rock and scape it with that.

The equipment is only good for fish and if you're still in the cycling phase, I wouldn't turn on the lights as much to keep the algae from growing.

I have a 29G reef and from teh looks of the picture, I thought it was bigger until I re-read it.

If you do plan on going to corals, you need to get rid of the power filters and the crushed coral will be a problem later on. I used crushed coral since I like coarsed substrated but eventually removed it.

Ty Im planning on adding live rock and sand. I just wanted to get some experience before getting into deep.

 

[seedubs1]

No protein skimmer? I'm not very educated in sw tanks, but I thought you usuallly used some sort of mechanical to remove particulates (ac110 would do good for this), and a protein skimmer (you could get a HOB one for simplicity, or do a sump) for getting rid of DOC's and oils. Then add live rock to do your bio filtering.

 

[VIPER006962948]

Here's my 29 gal SW FOWLR that I set up for under $250 View attachment 780857View attachment 780858View attachment 780859View attachment 780860
It has
3 Damsels
2 Clowns
1 Snowflake Eel
6 crabs
AC110
KORILLA 4 (1200gph)
30Lbs crushed coral
60-70Lbs Live Rock

Let me know what you think about the changes that I made to the tank

 

[VIPER006962948]

Thought I'd give a update on what used to be my 29 gal fowlr tank. Here's the upgrade to a 55.
Now has sump, 4x65 t-5's, aquaC remore, and 200# LR,



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