46g bowfront build* HELP* (1 Viewer)

[kyletc]

ok so i have decided that i am going to trade my 90g. I am trying to decide what fish to get, corals, and type of reefscape. should i drill it? what kind of skimmer? type of lights etc, etc. WHAT SHOULD I DO IN YOUR OPINION?

 

[flexrac]

Bean animal overflow
quiteone 300 pump
2 mp10's or koralias 1050's
minimalist rock scape or bonsai
Led lighting
mix reef
livestock:
nemo
a dottyback or basslet
fairy wrasse
and some gobies, one for sand, one for rock.
pistol shrimp and goby pair

 

[reefling]

I say do not use a skimmer. get small fish and you do not need that many of them. 5 small reef fish should be plenty. i would vote 1 or 2 clowns, 6line wrasse, small goby, blenny, firefish, cardinal fish, or green chromis are cool too. do like 3 chromis and add about 4 other fish gradually.

my vote is to drill it because I hate dealing with overflow boxes.

with your budget i would say either halide or t5. rico on the fishbox is selling a 150watt clip on halide for 75$. the 2 bulb t5 setup would work just fine. each will have individual reflectors. 4 would be best. I can leave room for a later upgrade.

 

[kyletc]

i like felixs idea. but then again my budget.... and i wanna look at that clip on..are those any good??

 

[reefling]

problem with this build is the tank is at my house in fresno/pearland area and we need to get it to texas city. neither one of us has a truck to get the 90 from his house to mine. is anyone with a truck available sunday?

 

[kyletc]

anyone lol??

 

[Scott]

I can move it for some frags of something (gas ain't cheap y'all) or if either of you has some LEDs or LED equipment you don't need. Maybe Saturday night or Sunday late afternoon?

 

[Scott]

i like felixs idea. but then again my budget.... and i wanna look at that clip on..are those any good??

...2 mp10's...

Lol, this part alone costs more than an entire build could!

 

[flexrac]

I can move it for some frags of something (gas ain't cheap y'all) or if either of you has some LEDs or LED equipment you don't need. Maybe Saturday night or Sunday late afternoon?

same with me, just got a truck, and let me tell you, it can eat some gas.
All i would ask is to cover the gas, just what ever was used. but sunday is not good for me.sat is looking good

 

[kyletc]

i have peps not frags"( .... and ya i think i would have to get the korolias..... i want that MH CLIP ON!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Scott]

You need something to move water around in the tank, some MJ900s with the mod kit would work great too.

 

[kyletc]

whats that ? are they expensive ????

 

[Scott]

MaxiJet 900 and they come with the mod kit when you buy them new. Probably around $24 each locally. I bought an MJ400 from Dennis @ FJW recently and left the mod kit for him, I wanna say it was around $20.

Remember Felix, we gotta think budget build for this guy!

 

[kyletc]

sweet.. what does the mod kit do????

 

[reefling]

korallias are on sale at citypets on the 12th. just get 2 korallia 2's. I have a very nice frag I can put up for someone willing to deliver. it is a zoa, but it is quality....

this is a representative peice. no actinic lighting on this shot. i think it is just 14k hamiltons. leo aka flipside has a frag of this. he came from his house to mine to drop off a 75g and left thinking he got a hell of a deal... lol

 

[kyletc]

unless some people would wan t to trade a 55g for somthing??

 

[Scott]

Makes it look like the above pic instead of this:

Remember Kyle, Google is your friend!

 

[reefling]

this is the mother colony. my tank has had some issues, so they are slightly faded. the sky blue part from above is gone, but given good water quality and lower light they should come back. up high they are a solid blue/teal color. I also have eagle eye zoas if those are prefered.

 

[Scott]

korallias are on sale at citypets on the 12th...

The Koralias are nicer looking, get some of those if the price is right

 

[reefling]

the korallias are supposed to be like 22$.... that price is as right as they get.... lol