150 Pred or Reef?

gmoney243 · Sep 7, 2011

ok so i been thinking of doing a pred tank with my 150 the dimensions are 48"Lx24"Wx31"H
also if i do this im going to convert my 40gal fresh to a reef. questions comments and advice welcome :bigsmile:

Dowtish · Sep 7, 2011

Do it! It will surely be more affordable. You can stock the 40 nicely without breaking the bank, and have some really big non reef fish. I'm all about that.

ToXIc · Sep 7, 2011

Do it and tie them together to the same sump.

This way you can have the nice non reef safe fishes and a reef with some nano fishes.

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gmoney243 · Sep 7, 2011

ToXIc said:
Do it and tie them together to the same sump.

This way you can have the nice non reef safe fishes and a reef with some nano fishes.

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I would if I could for sure just not enough space where my 150 is at and I'm not moving it lol

gmoney243 · Sep 7, 2011

Dowtish said:
Do it! It will surely be more affordable. You can stock the 40 nicely without breaking the bank, and have some really big non reef fish. I'm all about that.

This was my thoughts exactly have nice passive reef and a pred tank. Be cool to have the differrnt types and much more affordable. I mean I could do the 150 but esp with florida vaca in oct and xmas comming. Wont hurt my wallet as much. And of course easier to work on 22" instead of 31"

angrycubano · Sep 8, 2011

that's what I wanna do next. Most of my fav fishes are predators and not reef safe.

gmoney243 · Sep 8, 2011

So on second thought and after getting the ok from wifey I think I am gonna drain and move the 150 and tie them together. Also here's new addition to the pred

Zef004 · Sep 8, 2011

Mike I wouldn't plum them togather. Your going to use more supplements (ca alk mag) then just the 40gal.
By the way nice puffer. Puff puff give. Lol

Dowtish · Sep 8, 2011

Zef004 said:
Mike I wouldn't plum them togather. Your going to use more supplements (ca alk mag) then just the 40gal.
By the way nice puffer. Puff puff give. Lol

Agreed. I think they should be seperate as well. Reefs require so much more than a fowlr. I got a 10 gallon if you want it for a sump for the 40gal.

gmoney243 · Sep 8, 2011

I thought about that but then I thought with that extra water volume and the tank will be mostly lps thought probly wouldn't need to dose just water changes every so often to replace trace elements. Ill only have a handfull of sps. Or u think ill still be dosing?

commonstranger · Sep 9, 2011

If you stay on top of water changes thats probably all youll have to do maybe a lil supplements every now and then but that will probably be it. Just do yourself a favor if you want a reef tank get a reef ready tank. Youll always thank yourself later.