Any Idea

Ronny#66 · 05/29/2008, 10:15 AM

Any Idea haow much this rock weighs theres a little behind what you can see . Should there me more ? Tank was purchased for me by my family and set up in trouble if you see my old posts from year ago. I only added a little.

Ronny#66 · 05/29/2008, 10:18 AM

By the way 25 gal set up what ya think. would love to fill empty space but things would touch . How do you fill all space on live rock and not have coral ware fair ?

Playa-1 · 05/29/2008, 10:18 AM

I'm not sure on the weight but it looks like you could use some more LR. I guess it just depends on what your stocking goals are. If your going to keep it stocked lightly then your probably ok.

kzooreefer · 05/29/2008, 11:35 AM

I have a 29-gallon and comparing what I have to yours I'd say you have about 15 - 20 pounds in there.

inachu · 05/29/2008, 12:39 PM

I am sure others would say you can add 40 more pounds of rock in there.
Persoanlly I'd keep it the way it is.
Lots of purple. I like it!

abulgin · 05/29/2008, 01:40 PM

That's a cool looking tank as is. It may not add much in terms of filtration, but it might be cool to get some nice branches of Tonga branch and position them coming out of that center piece. I'm thinking of getting a small tank to use as a species specific tank--maybe a jawfish or goby/shrimp or small angler or something cool. I just need to find out if my wife would kill me.

Ronny#66 · 05/29/2008, 08:24 PM

I have two perc clowns about two inch fish and two bluegreen schromis . I think this is all tank will take care of all water parameters are good as of now cal is about 440 coraline doing good.

demonsp · 05/29/2008, 08:28 PM

With such a small fish load this would be fine and perferred as you will only add more with new frags and flow has better chance of circulating around the rock.

If your fish load is large then additional LR would be very beneficial.

Aquarist007 · 05/29/2008, 08:33 PM

That tank is looking good Ronny.
You could build your reef higher with no problems--add a piece of live rock a week to be on the cautious side for curing.
If you are going to upgrade later then why not keep adding live rock to this tank so that is ready for the new tank.

gatorsfan · 05/29/2008, 08:35 PM

Yes, I would leave it how it is you are going to get great flow around the whole tank.

Aquarist007 · 05/29/2008, 08:36 PM

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Originally posted by abulgin
That's a cool looking tank as is. It may not add much in terms of filtration, but it might be cool to get some nice branches of Tonga branch and position them coming out of that center piece. I'm thinking of getting a small tank to use as a species specific tank--maybe a jawfish or goby/shrimp or small angler or something cool. I just need to find out if my wife would kill me.

wow that's a no brainer abulgin

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Ronny#66 · 05/29/2008, 08:36 PM

So you can add cured rock a little at time and no spike ? By the way I'm going to give you a call from here It's free for me to talk about stoping by look at atlass i want to stop at 74 or 78 exit at where scale is on the QEW Fifthwheel trk stop there.

Ronny#66 · 05/29/2008, 08:40 PM

Not much room in back though will post pic of back later to this thread and see what you think.

Ronny#66 · 05/29/2008, 08:41 PM

I know one thing sand is not white like this since Diamond Gobie jumped out of tank. He was messy at first . But like you all said he settled down.

demonsp · 05/29/2008, 08:44 PM

Small amounts is fine or some good LR from another source and you can cure your self pretty easy.

Take your time. You have a good thing going so have fun with aquascape. I use some pvc forming a cube and placed it in the center then i placed a good large display LR on it , this gives great spot for fish and lets water flow through.

Aquarist007 · 05/29/2008, 08:47 PM

If you want to clear off some of the corraline--get a pin cushion urchin--they love it and are not big enough to be bull dozers to everything else

Aquarist007 · 05/29/2008, 08:48 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Ronny#66
So you can add cured rock a little at time and no spike ? By the way I'm going to give you a call from here It's free for me to talk about stoping by look at atlass i want to stop at 74 or 78 exit at where scale is on the QEW Fifthwheel trk stop there.

I'll pm you

Ronny#66 · 05/29/2008, 08:50 PM

Not shure what you mean by pvc cube . On bottom of tank on glass before puting sand in ?

demonsp · 05/29/2008, 09:02 PM

Get some pvc elbows and pipes to creat an open box , just glue it together and yes on the glass bottom. Your LR should be on the bottom also for less chance of rockslides as substrate shifts which could knock over coral stressing them or killing them and the worse cracked glass causeing Total Sytem Failer.

Quote:

Originally posted by Ronny#66
Not shure what you mean by pvc cube . On bottom of tank on glass before puting sand in ?

Ronny#66 · 05/29/2008, 09:39 PM

Have a pic of how you construct this . Just one square or pieces running across how high off bottom ect.

05/29/2008, 10:15 AM	#1
Ronny#66 Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Twilight zone Posts: 1,839	Any Idea Any Idea haow much this rock weighs theres a little behind what you can see . Should there me more ? Tank was purchased for me by my family and set up in trouble if you see my old posts from year ago. I only added a little.

05/29/2008, 08:33 PM	#9
Aquarist007 Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Hamilton, Canada Posts: 28,240 Blog Entries: 1	That tank is looking good Ronny. You could build your reef higher with no problems--add a piece of live rock a week to be on the cautious side for curing. If you are going to upgrade later then why not keep adding live rock to this tank so that is ready for the new tank. __________________ I prefer my substrates stirred but not shaken Current Tank Info: 150gal long mixed reef, 90gal sump, 60 gal refugium with 200 lbs live rock

05/29/2008, 08:47 PM	#16
Aquarist007 Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Hamilton, Canada Posts: 28,240 Blog Entries: 1	If you want to clear off some of the corraline--get a pin cushion urchin--they love it and are not big enough to be bull dozers to everything else __________________ I prefer my substrates stirred but not shaken Current Tank Info: 150gal long mixed reef, 90gal sump, 60 gal refugium with 200 lbs live rock

05/29/2008, 10:18 AM	#2
Ronny#66 Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Twilight zone Posts: 1,839	By the way 25 gal set up what ya think. would love to fill empty space but things would touch . How do you fill all space on live rock and not have coral ware fair ?

05/29/2008, 10:18 AM	#3
Playa-1 Moved On Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Laguna Niguel, CA Posts: 7,497	I'm not sure on the weight but it looks like you could use some more LR. I guess it just depends on what your stocking goals are. If your going to keep it stocked lightly then your probably ok.

05/29/2008, 11:35 AM	#4
kzooreefer Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Michigan Posts: 453	I have a 29-gallon and comparing what I have to yours I'd say you have about 15 - 20 pounds in there.

05/29/2008, 12:39 PM	#5
inachu Moved On Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Maryland, metro area Posts: 1,219	I am sure others would say you can add 40 more pounds of rock in there. Persoanlly I'd keep it the way it is. Lots of purple. I like it!

05/29/2008, 01:40 PM	#6
abulgin Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Baltimore, MD Posts: 2,664	That's a cool looking tank as is. It may not add much in terms of filtration, but it might be cool to get some nice branches of Tonga branch and position them coming out of that center piece. I'm thinking of getting a small tank to use as a species specific tank--maybe a jawfish or goby/shrimp or small angler or something cool. I just need to find out if my wife would kill me.

05/29/2008, 08:24 PM	#7
Ronny#66 Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Twilight zone Posts: 1,839	I have two perc clowns about two inch fish and two bluegreen schromis . I think this is all tank will take care of all water parameters are good as of now cal is about 440 coraline doing good.

05/29/2008, 08:28 PM	#8
demonsp Moved On Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: el paso tx Posts: 7,634	With such a small fish load this would be fine and perferred as you will only add more with new frags and flow has better chance of circulating around the rock. If your fish load is large then additional LR would be very beneficial.

05/29/2008, 08:35 PM	#10
gatorsfan Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Utah Posts: 105	Yes, I would leave it how it is you are going to get great flow around the whole tank.

05/29/2008, 08:36 PM	#12
Ronny#66 Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Twilight zone Posts: 1,839	So you can add cured rock a little at time and no spike ? By the way I'm going to give you a call from here It's free for me to talk about stoping by look at atlass i want to stop at 74 or 78 exit at where scale is on the QEW Fifthwheel trk stop there.

05/29/2008, 08:40 PM	#13
Ronny#66 Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Twilight zone Posts: 1,839	Not much room in back though will post pic of back later to this thread and see what you think.

05/29/2008, 08:41 PM	#14
Ronny#66 Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Twilight zone Posts: 1,839	I know one thing sand is not white like this since Diamond Gobie jumped out of tank. He was messy at first . But like you all said he settled down.

05/29/2008, 08:44 PM	#15
demonsp Moved On Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: el paso tx Posts: 7,634	Small amounts is fine or some good LR from another source and you can cure your self pretty easy. Take your time. You have a good thing going so have fun with aquascape. I use some pvc forming a cube and placed it in the center then i placed a good large display LR on it , this gives great spot for fish and lets water flow through.

05/29/2008, 08:50 PM	#18
Ronny#66 Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Twilight zone Posts: 1,839	Not shure what you mean by pvc cube . On bottom of tank on glass before puting sand in ?

05/29/2008, 09:39 PM	#20
Ronny#66 Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Twilight zone Posts: 1,839	Have a pic of how you construct this . Just one square or pieces running across how high off bottom ect.