I have about 70 lbs of live rock and about 4 inches of sand. I dont have a skimmer because the lfs said to just use a hob filter and it would do the same thing.
cal. 440
ammonia 0
nitrite 0
gravity 1.025
alkalinity 7
ph 8.1
I have 2 clown fish 1 yellow tang 1 blue hippo tang 1 dragon goby 1 purple urchin 1 brittle star fish tons of snails and hermits. Coral I have a tongue a duncan with a few heads small zoa and the trumpet.
The power head is 170 gph and the korala 900. Its a 50 gallon tank the dimentions are 30 in long x 18 in wide x 20 in deep.
I have T5 lighting with powerglo lights one is a white and one is a blue.
I have lost toadstool, mushrooms, hamer coral, frog spawn, a many others.
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Are you sure your tank was done cycling?I will buy another tank for the tangs before I take them back to the lfs! I have had them for well the whole time I have had the tank after cycling, about eight months is my guess.
Good plan, put your tangs in there.I am a little partial to them, mostly the yellow, it has a big personality! I am trying to rehome my cichlids to make my 125 into another salt tank.
Lights are pretty expensive but if you want to keep coral you need to really research it. Research EVERYTHING before you buy it. All of those corals are live animals that are simply perishing in your tank. I would visit Aquarium Fish: Tropical Freshwater Fish and Saltwater Fish for Home Aquariums at the very least to educate yourself on what you already have in your tank. I would also visit the newbie forum and carefully read all of the stickies in there....Its good to know that the T5 wont grow coral, I paid about 170 for the fixture and 40 for each light! So what do I need to get to save this coral?
I will buy another tank for the tangs before I take them back to the lfs! I have had them for well the whole time I have had the tank after cycling, about eight months is my guess. I am a little partial to them, mostly the yellow, it has a big personality! I am trying to rehome my cichlids to make my 125 into another salt tank.
Its good to know that the T5 wont grow coral, I paid about 170 for the fixture and 40 for each light! So what do I need to get to save this coral?
I was thinking after I finished posting that is there a center brace on that tank?