I work remotely at home. In a previous role, I worked with a guy that had a great freshwater tank in his background and our calls always started with a few minutes of chat about aquariums. I always wanted something similar in my home office and recently reorganized the layout of the space to make it happen. I picked up a 31 gallon Tideline Lagoon tank that fits the space perfectly and will provide an ideal water volume.
The tank was "instacycled" with rock from my existing 120g display tank and I added a pair of Darwin clowns to the tank on April 2. The decision I am grappling with now is whether I want to make this a dedicated anemone tank (I have a couple RBTAs already in the sump of my 120) or if I want to to a soft coral tank. I really like the idea of having the rock scape covered in a variety of BTAs hosting the clownfish and a watchman goby and pistol shrimp but the though of soft corals and a ton of zoas sounds cool too. I can't seem to decide. Any suggestions are welcome.
So far, the equipment list is:
* Tideline 31g Lagoon AIO
* AI Prime 16HD Light
* AI Nero 3 wavemaker
* Mix of Marco Rock Nano and LifeRock all cultured for over a year in my 120g sump
* Caribsea Ocean Direct Oolite (I've always wanted to use a really fine sand but couldn't in my main tank because of the flow)
* Neptune EL system that I have as spare (auto water changes with DOS)
Above is the only modification I have made so far. The stock "filter sock" is just a mesh bag and is trash. I 3D printed a custom adaptor to use 2.75" filter socks in the first chamber instead and this has made the water much clearer.
I could use suggestions for a media reactor and skimmer that will fit in the rear chamber (3.25" wide) for later when the anemones or soft corals actually go in.
The tank was "instacycled" with rock from my existing 120g display tank and I added a pair of Darwin clowns to the tank on April 2. The decision I am grappling with now is whether I want to make this a dedicated anemone tank (I have a couple RBTAs already in the sump of my 120) or if I want to to a soft coral tank. I really like the idea of having the rock scape covered in a variety of BTAs hosting the clownfish and a watchman goby and pistol shrimp but the though of soft corals and a ton of zoas sounds cool too. I can't seem to decide. Any suggestions are welcome.
So far, the equipment list is:
* Tideline 31g Lagoon AIO
* AI Prime 16HD Light
* AI Nero 3 wavemaker
* Mix of Marco Rock Nano and LifeRock all cultured for over a year in my 120g sump
* Caribsea Ocean Direct Oolite (I've always wanted to use a really fine sand but couldn't in my main tank because of the flow)
* Neptune EL system that I have as spare (auto water changes with DOS)
Above is the only modification I have made so far. The stock "filter sock" is just a mesh bag and is trash. I 3D printed a custom adaptor to use 2.75" filter socks in the first chamber instead and this has made the water much clearer.
I could use suggestions for a media reactor and skimmer that will fit in the rear chamber (3.25" wide) for later when the anemones or soft corals actually go in.
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