More new 2 me tank questions...

rioshilo · 01/27/2008, 03:23 PM

We got this tank from my brother, he had it for a year. So now I have had this tank for 1 month now. Yesterday we went and got some more live rock and a sunset wrasse. Here he is... Can't wait until he gets his mature coloring in

I've also been doing a 18-24 gallon water change weekly, trying to git rid of some nitrates and now some excessive phosphate. I plan to put some phosgaurd in the filter system.

Here is a picture of the new aquascape. I got 20 more pounds of live rock yesterday, however this rock is very pourus compared to the very heavy live rock that was allready in the tank and almost doubled the appearance of LR in the tank. I had 60 lbs in the tank and this looks like double the rock...

What is the recommended amount of LR for a 130 g tank? Does that number vary with this new kind of rock that I got that is very pourus and has so much more surface area then the old rock?

Now to the fish... I have a 6" orange shouldered tang, a 4" niger trigger, a 3" large maroon clown, a 4" arc eye hawkfish, and two yellow tail damsels. Yesterday I added a 4 1/2" sunset wrasse. The initial introduction to the tank was scary for my wife as she would cry if any of the fish died (damsels included). The wrasse was attacked by the trigg, the tang, and the clown. Then I put a blanket over the tank and put them to bed for a couple hrs. When I turned the lights back on the wrasse was having no problem fighting back. Leaving a couple stripes down the side of the tang and convincing the trigg and clown to leave him alone. The wrasse also put a hurting on one of the damsels. Fast forward to today... The hawk decided to go after the wrasse a couple of times (I guess cuz they are similar in size and shape). Then they went at each other with a vengeance probably a half dozen times. Now everyone seems to be okay with everyone else in the tank. I hope they are going to be able to get along.

We also want to get a couple more fish, an angel of some kind, and a goby... Is that possible in this tank. Any other suggestions for fish in this tank. Here are some pictures of the fish. They don't look that mean

Does anyone have thoughts on the tank, is there anything I need to do. I have one Tunze 1600 and a fluval fx5. I plan to get another powerhead and a uv filter setup...

Aquarist007 · 01/27/2008, 05:00 PM

slow down on the adding of the live rock maybe 5 lbs a week--with all the fish in their you chance an ammonia spike

what size is the tank

live rock---a pound a gallon

rioshilo · 01/27/2008, 06:54 PM

ammonia spike? The LR is allready cured. Does that matter? Also, I though for a swim tank the amount of LR was less then 1 lb per gal. I am new so I could be wrong. The tank is a 130 g

NirvanaFan · 01/27/2008, 07:15 PM

the general rule of thumb is at least a pound of rock per gallon. Some shoot for closer to 1.5 pounds per gallon of water. If your old rock wasn't very pourous, you may want to shoot for something more like 1.75 pounds per gallon.

01/27/2008, 03:23 PM	#1
rioshilo Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: The Tipp of the burg Posts: 745	More new 2 me tank questions... We got this tank from my brother, he had it for a year. So now I have had this tank for 1 month now. Yesterday we went and got some more live rock and a sunset wrasse. Here he is... Can't wait until he gets his mature coloring in I've also been doing a 18-24 gallon water change weekly, trying to git rid of some nitrates and now some excessive phosphate. I plan to put some phosgaurd in the filter system. Here is a picture of the new aquascape. I got 20 more pounds of live rock yesterday, however this rock is very pourus compared to the very heavy live rock that was allready in the tank and almost doubled the appearance of LR in the tank. I had 60 lbs in the tank and this looks like double the rock... What is the recommended amount of LR for a 130 g tank? Does that number vary with this new kind of rock that I got that is very pourus and has so much more surface area then the old rock? Now to the fish... I have a 6" orange shouldered tang, a 4" niger trigger, a 3" large maroon clown, a 4" arc eye hawkfish, and two yellow tail damsels. Yesterday I added a 4 1/2" sunset wrasse. The initial introduction to the tank was scary for my wife as she would cry if any of the fish died (damsels included). The wrasse was attacked by the trigg, the tang, and the clown. Then I put a blanket over the tank and put them to bed for a couple hrs. When I turned the lights back on the wrasse was having no problem fighting back. Leaving a couple stripes down the side of the tang and convincing the trigg and clown to leave him alone. The wrasse also put a hurting on one of the damsels. Fast forward to today... The hawk decided to go after the wrasse a couple of times (I guess cuz they are similar in size and shape). Then they went at each other with a vengeance probably a half dozen times. Now everyone seems to be okay with everyone else in the tank. I hope they are going to be able to get along. We also want to get a couple more fish, an angel of some kind, and a goby... Is that possible in this tank. Any other suggestions for fish in this tank. Here are some pictures of the fish. They don't look that mean Does anyone have thoughts on the tank, is there anything I need to do. I have one Tunze 1600 and a fluval fx5. I plan to get another powerhead and a uv filter setup...

01/27/2008, 05:00 PM	#2
Aquarist007 Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Hamilton, Canada Posts: 28,240 Blog Entries: 1	slow down on the adding of the live rock maybe 5 lbs a week--with all the fish in their you chance an ammonia spike what size is the tank live rock---a pound a gallon __________________ 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

01/27/2008, 06:54 PM	#3
rioshilo Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: The Tipp of the burg Posts: 745	ammonia spike? The LR is allready cured. Does that matter? Also, I though for a swim tank the amount of LR was less then 1 lb per gal. I am new so I could be wrong. The tank is a 130 g

01/27/2008, 07:15 PM	#4
NirvanaFan Reef Ninja Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Rochester, NY Posts: 4,280	the general rule of thumb is at least a pound of rock per gallon. Some shoot for closer to 1.5 pounds per gallon of water. If your old rock wasn't very pourous, you may want to shoot for something more like 1.75 pounds per gallon.