Brand new to the hobby and just want to make sure that my setup is looking ok.
My main tank is a 125 gallon. I didn't have a good place to put a sump so I'm going to try to manage it off just a hob filter, a good clean up crew and weekly water changes which from my research seems like it can be done. The tank was started with live sand and dry rock and was recently seeded with bottled coralline algae. The tank has been up and running for about 3 months now so it should be fully cycled.
I have set up a double quarantine tank in my garage now that we are out of the heat of summer. I just got 2 clown fish for the upper fish quarantine tank.
1st question.....is my quarantine tank too bare or is the pvc piping enough to keep the fish happy for their 6 week stay? Again I'm new to fish but they seem to be enjoying the pipes.
The lower tank is where I plan to quarantine my frags and clean up crew.
Both tanks have a hob filter and a bag of media that was in the main tank from the get go.
I recently purchased the following frags at auction and they should be arriving this week:
I also bought 10 dwarf blue leg hermit crabs.
The light in the quarantine tank is a 30w so I positioned the frag rack pretty high right under it. The lights on the main take are Mars aqua 300.
keeping a salinity of 1.25, temp of 79, ph of 8.1 to 8.2
Long story short....am I missing anything obvious? Looking at my setup is there anything I absolutely need or have screwed up? Any guidance is appreciated.
My main tank is a 125 gallon. I didn't have a good place to put a sump so I'm going to try to manage it off just a hob filter, a good clean up crew and weekly water changes which from my research seems like it can be done. The tank was started with live sand and dry rock and was recently seeded with bottled coralline algae. The tank has been up and running for about 3 months now so it should be fully cycled.
I have set up a double quarantine tank in my garage now that we are out of the heat of summer. I just got 2 clown fish for the upper fish quarantine tank.
1st question.....is my quarantine tank too bare or is the pvc piping enough to keep the fish happy for their 6 week stay? Again I'm new to fish but they seem to be enjoying the pipes.
The lower tank is where I plan to quarantine my frags and clean up crew.
Both tanks have a hob filter and a bag of media that was in the main tank from the get go.
I recently purchased the following frags at auction and they should be arriving this week:
Purple Blasto Wellsi - WYSIWYG × 1 |
Red People Eaters × 1 |
Green Disco Mushroom × 1 |
Blueberry Fields and Green Palys × 1 |
Red Blasto Wellsi × 1 |
I also bought 10 dwarf blue leg hermit crabs.
The light in the quarantine tank is a 30w so I positioned the frag rack pretty high right under it. The lights on the main take are Mars aqua 300.
keeping a salinity of 1.25, temp of 79, ph of 8.1 to 8.2
Long story short....am I missing anything obvious? Looking at my setup is there anything I absolutely need or have screwed up? Any guidance is appreciated.