BPS619's SR-60

[Pimentinha1987]

Well done. I don't know what else to tell you! You got everything squared away. Lol.

What kind of fish are you going to go for?

 

[Bps619]

pair of clowns, yellow tang, hippo tang.. I do like triggers but I know they can be too much for my 60 gal.

 

[atlorange]

Nice tank. Really jealous. I want this tank as an upgrade. A little worried about finding a good skimmer for it. I have the mid-size Ghost running on a 30 gallon, not that impressed.

 

[Bps619]

thanks atlorange. Mine seems to be doing fine but then again its my first tank. I guess ill find out soon enough when the corals and fish go in.

 

[Pimentinha1987]

Ok. Pair of clowns - perfect,
Yellow tang - not bad,
Hippo tang - your tank is way too little. They need 100+ tanks. 6 ft long are good options. Plus, they are ick prone. If you want to save yourself headaches, avoid the hippo until you are more experienced. I would also suggest a quarantine tank, and anything that is added to the tank should be quarantined for a minimum of 1 full month... ( 1 week for most corals) It sucks! I know. But it is a LOT better than seeing your fish get covered in ick and seeing them die.

Not to mention that if you do happen to get it into the system you will have to go a minimum of 8 - 10 weeks without ANY additions to the tank, including corals! If you are a patient guy it shouldn't be too bad. If you are like me, you are screwed...

 

[Pimentinha1987]

BTW triggers are cool looking.

But then again, they need 100+ tanks.

I just prefer to avoid predatory fish and aggressive fish altogether. I'm constantly with my arms in the water and don't want to risk loosing a piece of it! Lol

 

[Bps619]

Thanks for the heads up. Another fave is the purple tang but let me guess 100+ :(

As far as being patient I guess we're both screwed.
I didn't want to wait for the redsea maxc250 so I pulled the trigger on this baby.

 

[Reefkraz]

Super sick tank. I'm getting my innovative marine 38 right away I'm in love with the tanks. Deffs jealous over the 60 man nice pick can't wait to see how it turn out. And let us know about the ghost skimmer I want one they look slick.

 

[Pimentinha1987]

Yes, you are right about Purple tang... 100+ gallons and 100+ dollars! Too expensive...
Let me tell you what, you made the perfect decision on buying that one instead of the redsea.
With this one you have total flexibility in terms of picking what you want as far as equipment goes.

 

[Bps619]

scratch the tangs..im liking some of these wrasse. beautiful fish

 

[Pimentinha1987]

Wrasses are good options. I would do the yellow tang tho. They are great algae eaters. Wrasses you have to be careful with too. If you plan on adding a shrimp or shrimps and a clean up crew ( I highly highly recommend) some wrasses may just have them for lunch... You will have to pick only wrasses that are reef safe. I have 2 wrasses. They are good to keep certain pests at bay

 

[Bps619]

well its been 83 days since I first set her up. Here are some photos from today.
I've been getting some pretty good growth from my SPS as well!

 

[Pimentinha1987]

Hey Buddy!!! How come they don't fall???
Hahaha
Good luck with everything!
It's turning out great!

 

[Bps619]

thanks bro...im hooked and need more!

 

[Reefkraz]

Corals look sick nice pics