An Old Bird setting up a new tank

[nicky30092002]

planning to start a new tank, but this time i wanna do it the super kiasu way .. so I hope local admin/mod/guru/expert/fellow reefer contribute .. ways/stuff U regreted no doing/ have done .. during the initial starting ..

me:

I am a believer of plenum, LR and dsb ..

hope to hear abt:

pump, rowa, skimmer, lightin, live sand, additives, zeovit ... eqpt etc

definately not my first time setting up & none has prob/crash so try not refer me to "newbie pls read" .. thanks.

Thanks ...

[DeepBlue]

brother...kindly advise us on the intended tank size and corals/fishes you intend to stock...any draft of setup....let's start from there

once the guys know more details......advices will come flooding thru the door.

My contribution: Use live aragonite sand !!!! Definitely helped me start off my new tank on the right footing.

Regarding Zeovit, I am slowly staring to appreicate it more as I just discovered I have not been buying phytoplanktons and ROWA anymore for quite a while.

oh yah...to avoid pple mistaking you as a newbie....I changed your thread title

[typrobin]

recently the skimmer trend has moved from beckett to needlewheel..the funny thing is tat it originally moved from needlewheel to beckett..so i dunno wat's your choice..

[diabolus]

robin...

since you DIYing beckett...faster sell him one!

[flubberina13]

Berd...he's not called a Lobang King for nothing...

Anyway, bro...you gonna go smaller or bigger this time?

And the aragonite works indeed...I still have some of them awaiting me to crush into smaller sizes for my next setup come August.

[nicky30092002]

thks mod/sis/fellow bros

me targetting 4'x3' or 5'x2.5' or 4.5x2.5 at base

lights 2x250 + 1x400 or 3x250

skimmer - confirm a diy but can't afford becketts ..

cr juz bought

And the aragonite works indeed...I still have some of them awaiting me to crush into smaller sizes for my next setup come August

My contribution: Use live aragonite sand !!!! Definitely helped me start off my new tank on the right footing.

got big size one?? pls advise price & where to get leh

aragonite sand X hor .. maybe i use my "livesand" afraid over budget again ..

[hippo]

aragonite sand X hor .. maybe i use my "livesand" afraid over budget again ..

Not really.. I think DB had bought this brand of aragonite sand. Somemore, it's livesand.

It cost around $40+ per package. You find it in Reb***, ML..

Good Luck dude.

[Dispar_Anthias]

thks mod/sis/fellow bros

me targetting 4'x3' or 5'x2.5' or 4.5x2.5 at base

lights 2x250 + 1x400 or 3x250

skimmer - confirm a diy but can't afford becketts ..

cr juz bought

got big size one?? pls advise price & where to get leh

aragonite sand X hor .. maybe i use my "livesand" afraid over budget again ..

Wah so much MH.... i think maybe you will still use a few t5 or t8 FL to blend the colour right???... ok advice, pls get a good and oversize chiller, daeil or artica good choice, dun be like me keeping upgrading(anyway no choice upgrade one cos the chiller went to chiller heaven )

skimmer get oversize one also as i suppose you going full fledge sps striahgt away..... Hmm oversize beckett, oversize H&S or even oversize deltec hahaha

[nicky30092002]

oh yes t5s 4tubes 2 front 2 back

definately not full sps .. i still like lobo hammers frog spawns .. & bubbles

oversize mazzeis? ...

[hamannbmw]

oversize tangs

[nicky30092002]

no, only 2 a purple for wife, & me a blue ..

others: a b. gamma & an arc eye + a school of green chromis ..

[nicky30092002]

MOd!! u see lah, change title liao no one wanna chap me liao ..

[hermit]

moving mh in ur tank

[reefer guy]

3 x 250w mh will do.... ur cr is a good deal bro, good for an average stocked sps tank if u r considering 5 x 2.5 base... good luck!!!!

btw, if u need to tompang ur current ls, got space for u

[nicky30092002]

comes the impt point ...

SHOULD i sell away all my corals since not advisable to shift one tank to another(new tank) .. from wat i observed majority does ...

hey guys Pls contribute/comment freely ... thanks ..

[DeepBlue]

I sold away all my sps....you can keep them if you are able to keep the old tank and new tank together for a few months before you decommission the old one...

In your case...you want to move house.....cannot lor.

I want to reserve the purple one

Seriously....start new tank...get new corals...more fun and scaping not restricted by the amount of corals waiting to jump in.

Regarding the MH...have 3 pendents if you going full SPS....if not...can do valley scape....have the 2 pendents cover the 2 ends where your sps will be and let the T5s balance up the spread a bit.

Lastly...no one answer your appeal for advice? can go back to this

http://www.sgreefclub.com/forum/index.php?showforum=29

[kareen]

planning to start a new tank, but this time i wanna do it the super kiasu way .. so I hope local admin/mod/guru/expert/fellow reefer contribute .. ways/stuff U regreted no doing/ have done .. during the initial starting ..

incorporate two display tank..... a smaller one for species only.

[Dispar_Anthias]

I want the purple one.. DB, your tank full liao so time to give way to sps starter like me

[reefer guy]

errr....... original owner is first in quee