Furbz 1m dream tank!

So let me tell you a little bit more about my inhabitants!

Fish:

2x perc clowns
1x solar wrasse
1x peacock wrasse
1x yellow goby
1x anthia (goldie)
1x pyjama cardinal
1x green coral goby (havent seen him in a while so not sure if he is or is not around anymore being a secretive fish)

and last but certainly not least!
2x snowflake clowns!!
these guys are awesome! i have one with lovely spots and another with plenty light blue on him! unbelievable!


planned extra fish:

tough one... i dont want to overstock and i recon i only have space for max 4 more fish?

so its def a pygmy angel of some sort. i'd love to get a potters angel again!

and the rest i'm thinking tangs. this i am nervous about. i want to buy 2 or 3 all at the same time and pop them in.
i'm thinking a yellow tang, blonde naso tang and possibly a purple tang (might be to expensive tho)
if not the purple tang maybe another yellow tang. (any ideas here??)
might even get a copperband if i can find one eating frozen brine...

thoughts?? i'm open to constructive criticism!
 
I have exactly the same size tank and I think that 3 tangs will be too much in there. I had one yellow tang which I gave away because it because so aggressive.
I would agree with a pygmy angel and possibly one tang??
 
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I have exactly the same size tank and I think that 3 tangs will be too much in there. I had one yellow tang which I gave away because it because so aggressive.
I would agree with a pygmy angel and possibly one tang??

Thanks for the feedback :)
i am a little worried about agression in my tank.

my 4 clowns all sleep together! they get on really well with each other! something i was worried about to begin with, but now i see its not an issue :)

as for my 2 wrasse, they are the best of buds! swimming happily together as if they were a pair!

hmm, maybe i'll reconsider and go for a pygmy angel and maybe a kole tang and copperband :)
i've never met a badly behaved kole tang!
 
Belated update!

Sorry for keeping you waiting so long,
I've been under the thumb so to speak with work.

here are a few extra pics!

here is a picture of some of the equipment...
the skimmer is clean and ready! - not sure if i will be using the zeo reactor...
might run some other sort of media in it. otherwise i'll sell it
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and the tank!
placed next to the old tank awaiting its move into the old tanks spot!
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here we have a few pics of the tank finally in position!

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you can see in this pic all the boxes filled with goodies just waiting to be used!
you can also see the reactors that i removed from the old tank in the box lid, they were all cleaned, pumps serviced and placed into the new sump
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on Sunday morning i ran off to the shops and bought 2 extra bags of sugarfine araganite. with such a large tank compared to the old one i was bound to be a little shy of the stuff! it took hours to clean!! and once in the tank all the water went white.
some filter floss running in all my reactors quickly sorted that issue out tho! (4 hours or so)

here's a pic of the fish, rock and corals all ready for transfer! just waiting for the dust storm to settle
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the sump with plumbing and multi-plug mounted on the wall
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Your tank is looking great so far. I had a 1m x 60 x 60 for a couple of years and the size is quite nice to work with.


Just a head's up, your piping may look quite nice but you're reducing a lot of the the flow using the 90, T and 45 fittings.
Your pump's outlet orientation can be changed so that the outlet is straight up and you won't need that 90 right at the pump's outlet.

This will give you better flow and you could even run your pump at a slower speed and save some electricity :)
 
Your tank is looking great so far. I had a 1m x 60 x 60 for a couple of years and the size is quite nice to work with.


Just a head's up, your piping may look quite nice but you're reducing a lot of the the flow using the 90, T and 45 fittings.
Your pump's outlet orientation can be changed so that the outlet is straight up and you won't need that 90 right at the pump's outlet.

This will give you better flow and you could even run your pump at a slower speed and save some electricity :)


thanks for the info! i'll look into it for sure!

currently running my pump on full and the flow in the tank is (i think)good enough not to need a powerhead.
i still have powerhead in there that i turn on every now and then to ensure detritus doesnt settle...

very tempted to get some tunze or WP10 pumps to do this with.
but the price even 2nd hand is scary!
 
here is a pic of the completed sump
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and a plethora of plugs and controllers! - this will be addressed as soon at the cupboards arrive!
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here's a pic of the tank just after i got the last corals and fish in.
there is some aquascaping done and zero coral placement at this point!
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here are a few pics of the morning after pics! excuse the pun!
all looking good! zero coral or fish losses so far!
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and one quick sneak peak with the lights on just to see :) i kept the lights off for a total of 2 full days for everything to settle in
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The final product!!

ok a last few pics for this evening, the finished product! aquascaping and all!
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