Last fall I impulse bought a $1/G 40 breeder at Petco figuring I'd do something with it eventually. The time has come to do it. We have an unattached studio/garage/workshop building with a full kitchen we use for artsy stuff and I use for brewing. I had set up this 10 Gallon out there to keep some live rock that would fit in the 75 gallon in the house and a couple of peppermint shrimp that were exiled for eating coral:
We had set up a 20 long as a quarantine/frag tank for corals purchased in an online sale recently:
On the right is an elegance coral we got that was supposed to be a little frag. It opened up so big that there's no place on the sand in the 75G big enough for it. We decided to set up the 40 breeder and give the elegance a roomy place. I'm trying to keep the build as simple as possible and also want to keep the 20 long set up as a frag tank.
The main filtration will be an Aquaclear 110 which is presently hanging on the front of the 20 long to get a cycle started.
I thought about building a stand but found one at Petco for about $60 that will work fine.
So far the build will be:
40 breeder
Aquaclear 110 filter
lighting TBD - suggestions welcome, may use cheap T5s or Chinese LEDs
Osmolator Nano ATO
HOB skimmer? Only if I feel I need it after the tank breaks in. From what I've read elegance like water that's not pristine.
Powerheads TBD - a have a Jebao PP-4 I can use for starters but may change to something else
The 20 long will be a similar simple setup. I haven't decided on lighting for it either.
We had set up a 20 long as a quarantine/frag tank for corals purchased in an online sale recently:
On the right is an elegance coral we got that was supposed to be a little frag. It opened up so big that there's no place on the sand in the 75G big enough for it. We decided to set up the 40 breeder and give the elegance a roomy place. I'm trying to keep the build as simple as possible and also want to keep the 20 long set up as a frag tank.
The main filtration will be an Aquaclear 110 which is presently hanging on the front of the 20 long to get a cycle started.
I thought about building a stand but found one at Petco for about $60 that will work fine.
So far the build will be:
40 breeder
Aquaclear 110 filter
lighting TBD - suggestions welcome, may use cheap T5s or Chinese LEDs
Osmolator Nano ATO
HOB skimmer? Only if I feel I need it after the tank breaks in. From what I've read elegance like water that's not pristine.
Powerheads TBD - a have a Jebao PP-4 I can use for starters but may change to something else
The 20 long will be a similar simple setup. I haven't decided on lighting for it either.