my 15 rimless :D (1 Viewer)

[ometh]

So I've been stalking this forum for a while and had an account but, completely forgot it. Anyways I wanted to get some opinions on my 15 rimless

equipment:

Coralife dual pc light
Odyssea 75 hob skimmer used as in sump with maxi jet 1200 old style
rio 1400 as return
koralia nano (forgot what number)
20 gallon high sump/fuge

live stock:

CUC
pair of clowns
blue damsel (was in a 10 gallon for 2 years and seems to have stunned growth)
red banned goby
LPS and softie corals (more to come if i can find what I want locally)

 

[rparker2112]

Maybe just me, but thats a lot of fish for a 15, even in my 10 with 10 sump, i have two false clowns and still think thats too much.

Correct me if im wrong.

But nice looking tank, i love nanos under 20

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[ometh]

Well in all honesty the only reason I feel comfortable to put that many fish in is because of the skimmer and sump. Without those 2 I probably do just 2 small gobies or just one small fish. I haven't had any problems at all because I do keep up on my water changes plus with the skimmer it gives me a lil bit of room for mistakes. Granted I don't do them often but it's there when reassurance is needed.

 

[below radar]

Looks good. Any particular reason on going with the black sand...other than liking it lol?

 

[ometh]

Well I heard it brings out te coral colors a lil more and thought I'd try that theory. It worked a lil but I overall still like white aragonite. Only thing i really hate about black sand is that it contains magnetic metals in some pieces of it so I have to make sure none of it get in the power head every so often.

 

[rparker2112]

Wow, didnt know that about the black stuff.

Keep us updated as it grows

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[ometh]

Sure will so that's one thing I advised about the black. It's pretty but it's not worth messing up a power head

 

[tektite]

Yeah I love the black look, but you do need to be careful with anything magnetic. Especially magnetic glass cleaners, they can easily get pieces between the magnets that scratch the glass.

 

[steveb]

+1 for the black look... someday I wanna do a NPS cube w/black sand.

 

[ometh]

I think carbi-sea has a finer black sand but I'm pretty sure it has the same magnetic properties as the large gravel sized one but when I do upgrade to a 70 cube I will be doing that sand.

 

[tektite]

Yes, the finer black sand is what I used. Just make sure to rinse it really really really well before use, the dust from that sand can stick to anything magnetic like the pumps. It might not just settle out like for regular sand.