90 Gal Live Stock

madmatt357 · 01/30/2007, 04:27 PM

Well it has finally come to the time to stock my tank! I have all the lighting for corals also.
I would like your input on what type of fish, how much rock, best type of corals and clean up crew to go in.
I really like tangs and clown fish if that helps.
Once I stock it, I will post pictures to show. It will be stocked this Thursday. I already have cured liverock to go in.
So please, post up what you think.

virginiadiver69 · 01/30/2007, 04:35 PM

You say you have all the corals to stock your tank?

madmatt357 · 01/30/2007, 04:40 PM

No corals, just cured live rock. I have someone that I am getting the live rock from. I just don't know how much to put in. I have lighting that is suffecient for corals.

virginiadiver69 · 01/30/2007, 04:52 PM

Assuming your tank has cycled...I would go slow. I am new to this and am getting a crash coarse in patients. Add one fish at a time. I understand that tangs need to be kept singley. As far as the live rock goes...the standard recommendation is about a Lb per gal. This can be skewed though depending on how dense the rock is. Add enough so that it looks good to you. You might want to consider adding your rock then wait for a while to make sure your water is stabilized before adding fish. It may go through another mini cycle. You are going to qurentine your fish before adding them to your tank, right?

madmatt357 · 01/30/2007, 05:00 PM

The fish and live rock are coming from an already established 220 tank from someone I know that is getting out of the hobby. If the liverock and fish are coming from the same tank, do the fish still need to be quarantined?

virginiadiver69 · 01/30/2007, 05:11 PM

Well... I guess not.
I'm sure someone with more experience will weigh in on this. Good luck and I look forward to seeing some pictures.

2farNorth · 01/30/2007, 05:22 PM

Just my opinion, but If thats the case, I probably wouldn't waste the time with the quarantine, but, I would put the live rock in first, and at least wait a little bit before adding any fish... maybe a couple weeks, just to make sure you don't have any dieoff,, watch your ammonia... and go from there...

01/30/2007, 04:27 PM	#1
madmatt357 Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Georgia Posts: 164	90 Gal Live Stock Well it has finally come to the time to stock my tank! I have all the lighting for corals also. I would like your input on what type of fish, how much rock, best type of corals and clean up crew to go in. I really like tangs and clown fish if that helps. Once I stock it, I will post pictures to show. It will be stocked this Thursday. I already have cured liverock to go in. So please, post up what you think.

01/30/2007, 04:35 PM	#2
virginiadiver69 Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Va. Posts: 4,400	You say you have all the corals to stock your tank? __________________ Semi-aggressive mixed reef w/ shallow sand bed 96x30x27 310gal custom acrylic w/ ext. "fail safe" overflow 125gal sump/cryptic fuge w/ 6" DSB 3 400w Plus Rite 20k MH in Lumembrights 2 250w Plus Rite 20k MH in spider reflectors VHO actinic supplementation 2 Tunze wave boxes 2 Tunze 6060 in Tunze Rocks 2 Tunze 6125 Reeflo 250 skimmer Hammerhead return on OM 4 way Aqua controller lll Leviton power panel Deltec Eco-Cooler Randy's Two part 6.5 kw generator

01/30/2007, 04:52 PM	#4
virginiadiver69 Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Va. Posts: 4,400	Assuming your tank has cycled...I would go slow. I am new to this and am getting a crash coarse in patients. Add one fish at a time. I understand that tangs need to be kept singley. As far as the live rock goes...the standard recommendation is about a Lb per gal. This can be skewed though depending on how dense the rock is. Add enough so that it looks good to you. You might want to consider adding your rock then wait for a while to make sure your water is stabilized before adding fish. It may go through another mini cycle. You are going to qurentine your fish before adding them to your tank, right? __________________ Semi-aggressive mixed reef w/ shallow sand bed 96x30x27 310gal custom acrylic w/ ext. "fail safe" overflow 125gal sump/cryptic fuge w/ 6" DSB 3 400w Plus Rite 20k MH in Lumembrights 2 250w Plus Rite 20k MH in spider reflectors VHO actinic supplementation 2 Tunze wave boxes 2 Tunze 6060 in Tunze Rocks 2 Tunze 6125 Reeflo 250 skimmer Hammerhead return on OM 4 way Aqua controller lll Leviton power panel Deltec Eco-Cooler Randy's Two part 6.5 kw generator

01/30/2007, 05:11 PM	#6
virginiadiver69 Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Va. Posts: 4,400	Well... I guess not. I'm sure someone with more experience will weigh in on this. Good luck and I look forward to seeing some pictures. __________________ Semi-aggressive mixed reef w/ shallow sand bed 96x30x27 310gal custom acrylic w/ ext. "fail safe" overflow 125gal sump/cryptic fuge w/ 6" DSB 3 400w Plus Rite 20k MH in Lumembrights 2 250w Plus Rite 20k MH in spider reflectors VHO actinic supplementation 2 Tunze wave boxes 2 Tunze 6060 in Tunze Rocks 2 Tunze 6125 Reeflo 250 skimmer Hammerhead return on OM 4 way Aqua controller lll Leviton power panel Deltec Eco-Cooler Randy's Two part 6.5 kw generator

01/30/2007, 04:40 PM	#3
madmatt357 Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Georgia Posts: 164	No corals, just cured live rock. I have someone that I am getting the live rock from. I just don't know how much to put in. I have lighting that is suffecient for corals.

01/30/2007, 05:00 PM	#5
madmatt357 Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Georgia Posts: 164	The fish and live rock are coming from an already established 220 tank from someone I know that is getting out of the hobby. If the liverock and fish are coming from the same tank, do the fish still need to be quarantined?

01/30/2007, 05:22 PM	#7
2farNorth Moved On Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Upper Peninsula, Michigan Posts: 929	Just my opinion, but If thats the case, I probably wouldn't waste the time with the quarantine, but, I would put the live rock in first, and at least wait a little bit before adding any fish... maybe a couple weeks, just to make sure you don't have any dieoff,, watch your ammonia... and go from there...