Picked up a used acrylic tall system Saturday. The seller gave me the dimensions of 24x24x32 which is close but I I haven’t had a chance to measure it yet. I was too busy putting it back together so the livestock that was included stayed healthy. It included a stand, sump, pump, bubble magus skimmer, an ok light, and 2 lower end power heads. Also most of the live rock he had in it, 2 engineer gobies, a flame hawk, 2 cinnamon clowns, 2 pajama cardinals, and a small tomini tang, a big feather duster, an urchin, a small bubble tip anemone, a sebae, and a long tentacle plus some a few assorted crabs snails and a shrimp. I bought 3 more pieces of live rock at the Lfs and will probably add a few more in the weeks ahead. Everything is happy and healthy so far. No sign of a mini cycle so far, fingers crossed. I added a bag of ocean direct sand a bit more than I wanted actually and have a second bag I didn’t even use. The tank cleared up nicely overnight. The clowns started hosting the sebae within 24 hours which had me very happy.
I do have a couple questions. This is in my living room and where it’s placed I don’t have anywhere for a bucket or container for the skim mate that comes out of the port of the skimmer with a tube. Is it feasible to block this and how do you do that? The second has to do with old coral skeletons I picked up years ago in my travels. I have a small but cool piece of blue ridge coral and a decent sized brain that have been in my parents landscaping for like 20 years. Can I clean those up and give them a bleach or acid bath and add them to the tank to become live rock? The overflow is different than most I’ve seen. It only has 1 hole and is flush with the bottom of the overflow with no pipe sticking up out of it. He said it was very noisy so he filled it with plastic pot scrubbers. I’ve kept those for the time being not least of which for the bacteria. It’s not horrible but it also not the best to look at. Any suggestions to modify would be appreciated.
I do have a couple questions. This is in my living room and where it’s placed I don’t have anywhere for a bucket or container for the skim mate that comes out of the port of the skimmer with a tube. Is it feasible to block this and how do you do that? The second has to do with old coral skeletons I picked up years ago in my travels. I have a small but cool piece of blue ridge coral and a decent sized brain that have been in my parents landscaping for like 20 years. Can I clean those up and give them a bleach or acid bath and add them to the tank to become live rock? The overflow is different than most I’ve seen. It only has 1 hole and is flush with the bottom of the overflow with no pipe sticking up out of it. He said it was very noisy so he filled it with plastic pot scrubbers. I’ve kept those for the time being not least of which for the bacteria. It’s not horrible but it also not the best to look at. Any suggestions to modify would be appreciated.
