ThorEp's 48 gallon TMC

[ThorEp]

Hello! Im Thor from Norway. I have been out of the hobby for several years but tomorrow i am picking up a tank again!

The tank is a 40 Gallon (180 litre= TMC tank (l,h,w,90cm x 45cm x 45cm) with a 24 gallon (110 litre) sump.

It is a used than than comes with a lot of gear and some live rock. I think im going to switch out the live rock for new rock if it does not fit the aquascape i want.

The light on it is a older Maxspect 160w 16000k.
It has a unze Comline Doc 9016 skimmer, 2 Jeabo sw 8 and a Jeabo return pump.

Looking forward to sharing this jurney with all of you! Im also looking forward to all the tips and help from this forum

 

[ThorEp]

The first think i am going to do is decide on what color background. I want the tank to look really clean. No caralline algea on the backglass.
Does anyone have suggestions for color? I dont think i like the regular blue.

 

[Tahoe61]

Welcome to R2R Thor.

If you have the patience for it a black back kept clean and without coralline algae growth always looks the sharpest to me.

 

[ThorEp]

I will consider black

 

[ThorEp]

A little evening reading: http://reefkeeping.com/issues/2004-05/rhf/ very excited to pick up the tank tomorrow!

 

[ThorEp]

Picking up some plastisc boxes for the live rock

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• ThorEp
• Aug 12, 2017

 

[ThorEp]

I picked up the tank yesterday. Home late. Spent all day today cleaning it!

Here is a before picture

 

[ThorEp]

Im changing out the tubing for hard pvc also

 

[ThorEp]

A picture of the tank. All clean!

 

[ThorEp]

I was wondering..is there any good way to make a better overflow on a TMC signature 900?
Today its just a hole in the wall, 90 degree bend on the back into a tube down to the sump.

I have looked at the tunze wall overflow, but the predrilled hole is to close to the side wall

 

[ThorEp]

Hi again! Is there any website that you can search fish by minimum tank size?

 

[ThorEp]

Hello! Im Thor from Norway. I have been out of the hobby for several years but tomorrow i am picking up a tank again!

The tank is a 40 Gallon (180 litre= TMC tank (l,h,w,90cm x 45cm x 45cm) with a 24 gallon (110 litre) sump.

It is a used than than comes with a lot of gear and some live rock. I think im going to switch out the live rock for new rock if it does not fit the aquascape i want.

The light on it is a older Maxspect 160w 16000k.
It has a unze Comline Doc 9016 skimmer, 2 Jeabo sw 8 and a Jeabo return pump.

Looking forward to sharing this jurney with all of you! Im also looking forward to all the tips and help from this forum

I little error here, Its a 48 gallon tank

 

[ThorEp]

So everything is set up (almost) and the tank is filling Looking forward to sharing pictures here

 

[ThorEp]

Any way to silence this?

 

[ThorEp]

Okay, so i found a sulution to this. Im going for the Tunze 1074/2 overflow (over the edge) and using the standard overflow in the tank as a backup if the tunze stops. This will hopefully dampen the sound.

 

[Daniel@R2R]

Hi again! Is there any website that you can search fish by minimum tank size?

I think LiveAquaria may offer this kind of option.

 

[ThorEp]

Aquascape

 

[ThorEp]

Okay, so the tank has been running a while. This is my test results today:
Ammonia <0.15ppm
Nitrate 10ppm
Nitrite 0 ppm

Anyone know where in the cycle i am?

 

[ThorEp]

Phosphate 0ppm
Nitrate 10ppm
Ammonia <0.15ppm
Nitrite 0ppm

 

[ThorEp]

I am back. Just moved to a new house where there was a spare room. I use it as my office and reef tank room. Filling the tank right now Also added new rock.