80 gallon nano possum wrasse haeven stocking plan

[Slocke]

Just a thought as they both will help provide habitat for pods.

 

[1epauletteshark]

Just a thought as they both will help provide habitat for pods.

Yeah I was thinking that too so I’ll test it.

 

[1epauletteshark]

Can I ask about order of addition of all the fish?

 

[Slocke]

My suggestion

Early fish:

• Giobies
• flasher wrasse

Middle:

• Dragonets
• Fairy wrasse
• blenny

Late:

• Puffer
• possums
• Pink streaks

 

[Tamberav]

I also state it as total volume because I have read the larger total volume the more fish you can have.

I would say the effect is minimal. The number of fish you can have will depend on territory and individual fish and if they decide to beat the crap out of each other and somewhat on filtration and while a larger sump can house bigger filtration... it is not really about the water it holds but what is in it (skimmer, fuge, reactors, etc), often sumps are only half full if a skimmer is used. That being said, fish tolerate nitrates.

A dramatic example would be if I put a 40 gallon sump on a 10 gallon. There is still 10 gallons of space

The reason for this is because we run out of territorial space before we run out of ability to filter the tank adequately. Hope that makes sense!

 

[1epauletteshark]

I am starting to lean towards a 150x55x65 which is approximately 5'x1.8'x2.1' its the same just longer to provide more territory and that should be almost certainly enough room to keep three YBPW and three PSW happy in the same tank plus potentially room for two purple firefish? (fingers crossed)

The sump would be 150x55x35 with a 45 gallon refugium space to keep pod eaters happy.

What do you think?

 

[Slocke]

Looks great!
About the same size as my tank.

 

[1epauletteshark]

Looks great!
About the same size as my tank.

Oh yeah

How many kg of live rock and live sand did you/would you use in this size tank and my size refugium?

 

[Slocke]

Oh yeah

How many kg of live rock and live sand did you/would you use in this size tank and my size refugium?

I have no idea sorry.
There is a sand calculator on bulk reef supply though. I’d suggest 2-3 inches in each.

 

[1epauletteshark]

How does a highfin perchlet or two (I know they are solitary but maybe this is enough room?) sound? The don’t get very big at all, look cool and won’t eat any gobies (I hope)

 

[1epauletteshark]

How does a highfin perchlet or two (I know they are solitary but maybe this is enough room?) sound? The don’t get very big at all, look cool and won’t eat any gobies (I hope)

@i cant think any experience or opinions on these guys?

 

[1epauletteshark]

Ok so I have contacted a few people to get a quote on a tank that size and while doing that I can a cross this 145x75x60cm which is actually decently bigger than 150x55x65 and it has a bigger sump that most people are willing to build at 120x50x33 the only downside, it is used and has a small scratch

But that small a scratch shouldn’t make too much of a difference especially seeing the price difference.

Thia tank is ≈ 170gallons for 360$USD so I am wondering if anything here would pose a problem? I got a quote for 150x55x65 for the same price but it would cost another 65$ for the sump upgrade and this just seems like a much better deal.

The cabinet also seems a little scuffed.

 

[1epauletteshark]

Ok so I have contacted a few people to get a quote on a tank that size and while doing that I can a cross this 145x75x60cm which is actually decently bigger than 150x55x65 and it has a bigger sump that most people are willing to build at 120x50x33 the only downside, it is used and has a small scratch

But that small a scratch shouldn’t make too much of a difference especially seeing the price difference.

Thia tank is ≈ 170gallons for 360$USD so I am wondering if anything here would pose a problem? I got a quote for 150x55x65 for the same price but it would cost another 65$ for the sump upgrade and this just seems like a much better deal.

The cabinet also seems a little scuffed.

Apparently the rock work is also glued so I would need to break it off somehow because it is really ugly so I am looking for second opinions.

 

[i cant think]

Apparently the rock work is also glued so I would need to break it off somehow because it is really ugly so I am looking for second opinions.

Why not work around it with coral? Once corals grow in the rockscape is useless. There’s also some VERY nice pillar coral scapes.

 

[1epauletteshark]

Why not work around it with coral? Once corals grow in the rockscape is useless. There’s also some VERY nice pillar coral scapes.

If I end up with this tank I would probably leave the aquascape and add live sand and in the end see what I want to do about the rock.

The tank also comes with a light but I highly doubt it is sufficient for and aquarium this size. From the photos does it look sufficient? It is a 108w DIY light but if that looks good that would save a crap ton of money on lighting.

 

[1epauletteshark]

Ok so I have contacted a few people to get a quote on a tank that size and while doing that I can a cross this 145x75x60cm which is actually decently bigger than 150x55x65 and it has a bigger sump that most people are willing to build at 120x50x33 the only downside, it is used and has a small scratch

But that small a scratch shouldn’t make too much of a difference especially seeing the price difference.

Thia tank is ≈ 170gallons for 360$USD so I am wondering if anything here would pose a problem? I got a quote for 150x55x65 for the same price but it would cost another 65$ for the sump upgrade and this just seems like a much better deal.

The cabinet also seems a little scuffed.

@Slocke I am sure you would have an opinion on this tank.

 

[1epauletteshark]

If I end up with this tank I would probably leave the aquascape and add live sand and in the end see what I want to do about the rock.

The tank also comes with a light but I highly doubt it is sufficient for and aquarium this size. From the photos does it look sufficient? It is a 108w DIY light but if that looks good that would save a crap ton of money on lighting.

Light doesn’t look too bad and if this is sufficient it would be a huge incentive. Plus now that I look at it more the scape is quite nice plus saving money one live rock always sounds appealing.

 

[i cant think]

If I end up with this tank I would probably leave the aquascape and add live sand and in the end see what I want to do about the rock.

The tank also comes with a light but I highly doubt it is sufficient for and aquarium this size. From the photos does it look sufficient? It is a 108w DIY light but if that looks good that would save a crap ton of money on lighting.

The amount of lighting to the eye is hard to tell, if you looked at my nano you wouldn’t think it was getting 700 to the Monti (4-500 to the rocks and 3-350 on the sand).

 

[1epauletteshark]

The amount of lighting to the eye is hard to tell, if you looked at my nano you wouldn’t think it was getting 700 to the Monti (4-500 to the rocks and 3-350 on the sand).

Isn’t the wattage a good indication? I know the watt doesn’t really make sense because it is the amount of power used not the light emitted but I thought it gave a pretty decent estimate.

 

[i cant think]

Isn’t the wattage a good indication? I know the watt doesn’t really make sense because it is the amount of power used not the light emitted but I thought it gave a pretty decent estimate.

Mines pushing 52W currently so I wouldn’t really say that’s a great indication, the way you setup your lights is different to the overall total power.