- Location
- Huntington
Is this going to be a fish only or a reef?
Starting over - 450g
- Thread starter bbreef240
- Start date
- Location
- bergen county
well i have some coral left from my 240g..thats going to go in the tank for now ...and then im thinking of adding another t5 light down the road....right now i have the nove extreme with 12 39w t5's....i really would have liked to do sps but i don't have the time so these lights should be just fine for softy's....to answer your question yes it is going to be a reef....
- Location
- north jersey
that's a pretty deep tank, i doubt that t5 fixture is enough for most acro......perhaps ok for some digi or caps.
I don't know I have no digi or caps but I have a lot of other acros growing like purple bosnai, red planet, birds nest, and a few others with no problem. I'm not saying they will grow acros on the bottom of his tank, but I have my birds nest and 2 others about a foot deep in my tank and they have been doing very well.
- Location
- north jersey
birdnest and red planet don't need a lot of light....the red planet gets the nice green base with less light so the t5's are good for them. i have my purple bonsai right under 2x400w halides and 2x110 vho's and it has a nice deep purple body and glowing green polyps....don't know how it looks under t5's.
i have seen a really nice acro tank with all t5's but they were 8 x 54 overdriven.... on a 90g oceanic tech. brian's monster tank is way deeper and the rock works-- that appear suitable for mounting acro's are toward the middle and the right side-- don't come up the tank very high. but then again i am biased.....i'm a mh guy.(testing out some leds but still not happy with them just yet)
My Bonsais have awesome colors on them one is up high the other in the middle, Brians cousin has seen my tank plenty of times and he is thinking of getting T5's, Don't get me wrong this is my first T5 setup after 15 years of MH, but so far so good.
- Location
- bergen county
yea thats why i was going to add another 12 39w t5 light that would be 936 watts of light...then i should be ok with sps and clams ...
- Location
- bergen county
- Location
- bergen county
- Location
- bergen county
- Location
- bergen county
enjoy...more to come...
- Location
- Long Island, New York
Looking Good......Love the progress....
- Location
- bergen county
should be firing this baby up next week...hope the electrician can make it next week....the tank is now 7 inch's from spilling over into the overflow box's....getin there....more pics to come....
- Location
- Staten Island
Looks awsome, I would put some sort of bracket on your drain lines to hold up they look alright now but when water starts flowing they will flex down. just a reminder to you have no clamps on the hoses
- Location
- bergen county
lol...i knew someone was going to tell me about the clamps on the hoses....i just haven't got to it yet...am doing it today....thank you...lol...
- Location
- Staten Island
just in case, sometimes we get caught up doing something else and forget, then realize when you have water in a brand new stand. and floor, I can't wait till i join you guys with those monster tanks
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