Well here it goes. The tank is 7 to 8 week old. Its a slow build being on the wife budget. Below is the plan and some photos. Please give ideas on fish and coral selections. Fish idea was to get two BIGish fish as show piece/tank draws and then fill in the rest with small fish. I almost did a FOWLER tank but wanted to at least try a reef. Coral preference is softies and Zoanthids. We decided to do the island setup because we saw allot of tanks with the full rock wall and the island look felt better to us so the swim room for fish was optimal.
Fish
1. Firefish - Already in. Wasn't going to add any fish until we got the corals going but needed some life.
2. Green Chromis X 5 or Bangai Cardinals - Something as a dither fish
3. Caramel Clown X 2
4. Royal Gramma – 3.1
5. Kole Yellow Eyed Tang
6. Yellow Tang or a Powder Brown Tang
7. Mandarin – at least a year down the road. Need the pods
Want two BIG show fish and then fill in with small fish. Tangs seemed to be the best options for reef safe BIG fish. I know I have to add them last with the Yellow/Powder Brown being very last and have to mix Genus
Shrimp
1. Peppermint Shrimp - Already in for Aptaisia control
2. Fire Shrimp
3. Skunk Shrimp
Coral
1. Softies - Undecided
2. Zoanthids - Undecided
Hardware
1. Hydor Koralia Evolution 1050 Pump - 1 is already in with a Maxi Jet 1400 but cant stand the suction cups so will replace it and use it for water mixing
2. Digital Aquatics Controller
3. Eheim Jager 150 Watt X 2 - Made the carnal boo boo and bought a single heater. Will move the current 300 watt to the water making station
4. 30 Gallon Sump/Refugium Probably DIY out of a 30 gallon long
5. Eheim 2000 - Return Pump for Sump
6. Protein Skimmer – Avast Marine CS1
7. Refractometer
8. Overflow Box – Lifereef Slimline
9. Light – Thinking T5 but dont know if I need 4 or 6 bulbs. Have seen some cheaper LED's like the SeaStar from LampCraft.
10. Auto Top Off – Tunze Osmolator 3155 or Avast Top off Kit
11. Red Sea Coral Pro Salt
Fish
1. Firefish - Already in. Wasn't going to add any fish until we got the corals going but needed some life.
2. Green Chromis X 5 or Bangai Cardinals - Something as a dither fish
3. Caramel Clown X 2
4. Royal Gramma – 3.1
5. Kole Yellow Eyed Tang
6. Yellow Tang or a Powder Brown Tang
7. Mandarin – at least a year down the road. Need the pods
Want two BIG show fish and then fill in with small fish. Tangs seemed to be the best options for reef safe BIG fish. I know I have to add them last with the Yellow/Powder Brown being very last and have to mix Genus
Shrimp
1. Peppermint Shrimp - Already in for Aptaisia control
2. Fire Shrimp
3. Skunk Shrimp
Coral
1. Softies - Undecided
2. Zoanthids - Undecided
Hardware
1. Hydor Koralia Evolution 1050 Pump - 1 is already in with a Maxi Jet 1400 but cant stand the suction cups so will replace it and use it for water mixing
2. Digital Aquatics Controller
3. Eheim Jager 150 Watt X 2 - Made the carnal boo boo and bought a single heater. Will move the current 300 watt to the water making station
4. 30 Gallon Sump/Refugium Probably DIY out of a 30 gallon long
5. Eheim 2000 - Return Pump for Sump
6. Protein Skimmer – Avast Marine CS1
7. Refractometer
8. Overflow Box – Lifereef Slimline
9. Light – Thinking T5 but dont know if I need 4 or 6 bulbs. Have seen some cheaper LED's like the SeaStar from LampCraft.
10. Auto Top Off – Tunze Osmolator 3155 or Avast Top off Kit
11. Red Sea Coral Pro Salt