Reefgeek 300g build thread

[Bece13]

Tagging along. Excellent job planning everything. I have a feeling that is going to be awesome.

 

[jroovers]

Tagging along. Excellent job planning everything. I have a feeling that is going to be awesome.

+1 Looks like you have really taken the time to plan everything out, which will likely pay off in spades down the road.

Re: your sump, you may want some trim/a lid around it for salt creep, evaporation aside.

 

[reefgeek]

+1 Looks like you have really taken the time to plan everything out, which will likely pay off in spades down the road.

Re: your sump, you may want some trim/a lid around it for salt creep, evaporation aside.

Thanks jroovers, I was thinking of adding a lid to certain areas for evaporation as I am loosing approximately 4 gallons per day; now that the tank is up and running (cycling).
Will try to post pics this weekend. Currently considering livestock.

Let me know what you guys think
1) trio of yellow tangs (added simultaneously)
2) one, maybe two, kole tangs
3) one sailfin tang
4) one clown or orange shoulder tang (added last of course)
5) anthias school ~x6 (not sure what type, something cost effective)
6) bangaii cardinals X4
7) cleaner wrasse, sandsifting goby or gobies

I'm fairly dead set on option 2 and 4 as they are my favorites. Option 7 is also likely to go forward as I will definitely need a strong clean up crew for this tank.
Open to suggestions.

 

[curiousphil]

Clown tangs are supposedly evil. They will be good for years and then just turn into killers. It's a shame because they are so beautiful... but I wouldn't risk it.

 

[reeferkeeper420]

Will the yellows and sailfin not fight? Since they hve the same body type??

 

[curiousphil]

Will the yellows and sailfin not fight? Since they hve the same body type??

That's a good point too, they are both zebrasomas.


A safe bet would be 1 yellow or Sailfin, 1 kole, and 1 tang of the acanthurus genus but preferably not clown or sohal...

 

[reefgeek]

Will the yellows and sailfin not fight? Since they hve the same body type??

I agree there is potential there for some dispute, I succeeded in my 110 with a clown, yellow, sailfin and kole (yes I know tang crowding). Only issue I had was with the clown but he was sent to the 40g refugium for 2 months, after that he was a saint. I think you may be right though about the yellows vs the sailfin as I am planning multiple yellows which would mean 3x the aggression towards the sailfin, sadly the sailfin will have to go then. Thanks.

 

[derrick orosz]

swap out the 3 yellow tangs for three purple tangs

 

[TORX]

Megh...you can do it lol. For some reason my tank goes against all tang rules. 2 scopa, hippo, powder blue and 2 huge ass foxface. I had a yellow as well, but it did not survive the tank switch . Do the tangs, only I would get the orange shoulder in place of the clown. Just be sure to have lots of tank time when introducing any new tang. Lights out when doing it helps and maybe try 2-3 seaweed locations to diffuse some aggression IF there is any.

 

[sunnykita]

I have a hippo, a sailfin, and a foxface - all large fish and have had no issues at all with aggression. Everyone gets along really well !

 

[reefgeek]

Hey all,
I was able to grab this pic before the end of the day, ignore the powerhead in the tank, was using that to blow the sand off of the rock as it got piled up a little too much. The one drawback of LEDs is that it is always a challenge to get a pic to look exactly as a human eye sees it.

 

[theyangman]

Do you find your gyre noisy? Mine is a month old now and it still makes a ton of noise. It bugs the shit out of me.

I am seriously thinking of going back to vortechs.

 

[reeferkeeper420]

Do you find your gyre noisy? Mine is a month old now and it still makes a ton of noise. It bugs the shit out of me.

I am seriously thinking of going back to vortechs.

The new jebaos are pretty good too. I uave 2 RW20s and they have a ton of power. And a fifth of the price.

 

[jeffopentax]

I've never understood why people pay the outrageous prices for vortechs, given the alternatives. Is there something I don't know?

 

[theyangman]

Personally there is a style element at play, they look cool. I like how they are designed and have very little protrusion into the tank. Yes they are expensive, but I never bought those things new. That is one thing I bought used. lol.

For some people the ability to control the vortechs easily through a controller was a big plus, Jebaos are as well, but you need to pick up the harness which is a custom mod. To some people that is a turn off I guess.

Also when I got my vortechs, jebaos weren't an option. I guess I could look at those as well now.

 

[Poseidon]

i would avoid the sand sifting gobies
they will turn any sand bed coral into a buried coral rather quickly.
if you want to keep the sand stirred, get nassarius snails and sandsifiting stars, as well as conchs, they all do the trick!

 

[sunnykita]

i would avoid the sand sifting gobies
they will turn any sand bed coral into a buried coral rather quickly.
if you want to keep the sand stirred, get nassarius snails and sandsifiting stars, as well as conchs, they all do the trick!

I wonder if my greenbird would leave conch's alone and not see them as a meal LOL

 

[jeffopentax]

i would avoid the sand sifting gobies
they will turn any sand bed coral into a buried coral rather quickly.
if you want to keep the sand stirred, get nassarius snails and sandsifiting stars, as well as conchs, they all do the trick!

Careful with sandsifting stars. If they starve and die while buried in sandbed you'll have yourself a toxic tank very quickly!

 

[Poseidon]

Careful with sandsifting stars. If they starve and die while buried in sandbed you'll have yourself a toxic tank very quickly!

very true, but ive had mine for 1.5 years now with no issues, even moved several tanks (both tanks that crashed) lol

 

[jeffopentax]

As for gobies, try something like a bullethead goby. Mine does an excellent job of keeping sand clean. Doesn't spend all his time sifting/moving sand, like my diamond goby used to. As long as you don't put any corals in the sand close to his burrow, you shouldn 't have any problems.