Tank Set up 110g

sadiej333 · May 13, 2022

So I bought a used aquarium cleaned it up built a rock scape. I am new to this size tank so I posted some before and after pictures and if anyone has any suggestions I’d love to hear them! My dad has always wanted a tank and I had tanks before mostly freshwater and a small saltwater. We purchased and installed a 6stage RO/DI filter to get our water.

the tank itself has:

-current loop light

-2x 2100 gph current loop wave maker

-2x 100w heaters (one in the sump and one in the filter intake area)

- UV sterilizer

- protein skimmer (not yet turned on yet LFS said to wait a couple weeks)

- 2x digital thermometers on each end of tank

- air pump with supply in sump

if anyone sees anything we could benefit from or if placement of things could be more beneficial id love any suggestions. The sump has a sock filter thing but I’ve read mixed opinions about using it.

Impala67 · May 13, 2022

sadiej333 said:
So I bought a used aquarium cleaned it up built a rock scape. I am new to this size tank so I posted some before and after pictures and if anyone has any suggestions I’d love to hear them! My dad has always wanted a tank and I had tanks before mostly freshwater and a small saltwater. We purchased and installed a 6stage RO/DI filter to get our water.

the tank itself has:

-current loop light

-2x 2100 gph current loop wave maker

-2x 100w heaters (one in the sump and one in the filter intake area)

- UV sterilizer

- protein skimmer (not yet turned on yet LFS said to wait a couple weeks)

- 2x digital thermometers on each end of tank

- air pump with supply in sump

if anyone sees anything we could benefit from or if placement of things could be more beneficial id love any suggestions. The sump has a sock filter thing but I’ve read mixed opinions about using it.

Are you planning on growing coral? If so those lights really aren’t strong enough I have them and I don’t recommend them for anything over 30 gallons. Do you have cheato if not I recommend getting some!! How are you cycling your tank? Looking really good keep up the good work!!!

Billscountry · May 14, 2022

Awesome job cleaning it up! Looks great. I’m newer to the hobby as well. I see you have some ceramic bio material in the sump. Do some research but I believe the general consensus is they are more trouble than they are worth and can cause an increase in nitrates. I removed mine gradually and added rock rubble in the sump instead

glb · May 14, 2022

Very pretty tank!

sadiej333 · May 24, 2022

Impala67 said:
Are you planning on growing coral? If so those lights really aren’t strong enough I have them and I don’t recommend them for anything over 30 gallons. Do you have cheato if not I recommend getting some!! How are you cycling your tank? Looking really good keep up the good work!!!

We also have a kessil light. We cycled it for two weeks with something the LFS gave us and then they gave us a clean up crew. Problem is I’ve heard the crabs they gave us (calico) aren’t reef friendly and then today I found out the one is has eggs.

sadiej333 · May 24, 2022

Billscountry said:
Awesome job cleaning it up! Looks great. I’m newer to the hobby as well. I see you have some ceramic bio material in the sump. Do some research but I believe the general consensus is they are more trouble than they are worth and can cause an increase in nitrates. I removed mine gradually and added rock rubble in the sump instead

Thank you for the advice!