Please check my equipment

[flchamp89]

So pretty disappointed as they sent me the mid size skimmer. Did get ato and prime. The app is kicking my butt lol. Got it all set up I think lol. Refractometer and some odds and ends came as well. Probably 2 weeks from going wet. Worked on some cable management.

 

[Aaron Soliz]

Tank is coming along nicely. Reminds me when I started just a little over a month ago.

What kind of rock are you going to go with along with fish?

 

[flchamp89]

Tank is coming along nicely. Reminds me when I started just a little over a month ago.

What kind of rock are you going to go with along with fish?

That's part of the hold up too lol. I recently changed my mind and ordered life rock. I like your scape.

 

[reef-rc]

It's getting close

 

[Aaron Soliz]

That's part of the hold up too lol. I recently changed my mind and ordered life rock. I like your scape.

Lol that’s alright. Yeah, I always felt going with Live Rock was better.

Thank you. I just got my clowns in there recently. Love those little guys. Time to take it slow now. I probably won’t start adding coral for another few weeks.

 

[flchamp89]

Hopefully I'll have clowns in April lol I've certainly had plenty of time to plan everything. 80 hrs week of work and no LFS make things go slow.

 

[flchamp89]

Opinions

I like rock lol. I only spent 30 min. I have 5 more pieces to play with

 

[reef-rc]

Looks good. You got some large coralline algae pieces there! There look to be plenty of places for water movement in between the rocks so that looks good.

Height of the rock works is the area I am little hesitant about. Personally I like to leave 50% of the top part of the tank rock free to ensure I accommodate room for coral growth, water movement and swimming space for fish.

 

[flchamp89]

Looks good. You got some large coralline algae pieces there! There look to be plenty of places for water movement in between the rocks so that looks good.

Height of the rock works is the area I am little hesitant about. Personally I like to leave 50% of the top part of the tank rock free to ensure I accommodate room for coral growth, water movement and swimming space for fish.

I wanted the left side slightly higher. I'll have to work on it more. That's actually 5 rocks in there. Here's a better picture

 

[flchamp89]

How about now. Less is more?

 

[flchamp89]

One more. I think I like this the best. Thoughts?

 

[reef-rc]

personally I like the first two pics you have posted. I like the cave look and the right side seems to offer a slop look with a solid base for coral placement. less is more.

 

[Fudsey]

I kinda agree

 

[flchamp89]

personally I like the first two pics you have posted. I like the cave look and the right side seems to offer a slop look with a solid base for coral placement. less is more.

Hard to see but the top rock on the right has some nice character. Nooks and crannies. I think I'm rolling with this. I think it will work for soft corals. Reef RC you think my set up will work for the easy corals?

 

[reef-rc]

Hard to see but the top rock on the right has some nice character. Nooks and crannies. I think I'm rolling with this. I think it will work for soft corals. Reef RC you think my set up will work for the easy corals?

I think you're good to go. As you add more corals, you may find that you like to have another Jeabo sw4 pump on the other side of the tank to help with water movement. I would think if you had two Jeabo sw4 you can have them alternating to help with different water movement patterns.

 

[flchamp89]

I think you're good to go. As you add more corals, you may find that you like to have another Jeabo sw4 pump on the other side of the tank to help with water movement. I would think if you had two Jeabo sw4 you can have them alternating to help with different water movement patterns.

You may be right. I thought I was good till I see your set ups. I think I can start with this and see. I think it's a decent build. Going wet when salt is here.

 

[reef-rc]

You may be right. I thought I was good till I see your set ups. I think I can start with this and see. I think it's a decent build. Going wet when salt is here.

https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/please-check-my-equipment.507767/reply?quote=5654575
Oh yeah. You got a solid foundation imo. Mix that rodi water + salt and get the bacteria thriving

 

[flchamp89]

Skimmer is out for delivery so that's good. Exciting stuff.

 

[reef-rc]

nice. i currently have the old ghost skimmer in the fusion20v2 tank and had hardly turned it on this whole time. may be turning it on more often now that alga is growing; however I have noticed filter pads have been handling the low bio-load very well.

i assumed you got the NuvoSkim DC skimmer?