leslie hempel
Professional Aquarist
ok guys i have finally decided to start building my frag setup,
tank sizes 1.200 x .600 x .300 (2)
sump sizes 1.200 x .600 x .300 (2)
here is a very basic drawing that illustrates what happening
the tanks ontop will be lit with either 2 x 54w T5 tubes (10000k) or a combo of 1 x 10000k and 1 blue. i have a very nice 4 x 54w T5 unit given to me by a friend but i cant justify running such wattage on a frag setup. (especially on 1 tank0 so id rather split the lighting for all the tanks benefit.
although the skimmer in the pic is insump, i am going to run my AM TF5000 skimmer and will eventually connect another bank of tanks to it. I dont want to overskim.. (cant believe i just typed that)
carbon will also be placed somewhere inline (perhaps on the overflow line to sump) to reduce toxins as a result of cutting.
The suggested corals i will be focussing on are Xenia, mushrooms and some frogspawns. RBTA's are also on my mind..
i will see how my green plating monti's do in the setup and asses if its worth trying to put them in there aswell, but i have ideas of eventually building a larger sump for my main display and partitioning off a section for them in there.
i have plans for a further (3) 1.000 x .500 x .350 tanks but they will only be set up if i can find a steel stand at a good price.( i had industrial shelving in mind)
2 friends and i are going to purchase some of the parent stock and frag, the idea is not to get greedy take a piece of each coral bought for ourselves and distribute smaller more affordable pieces to other starting hobbyists, this is not aiamed at being a buisness, just a couple of guys trying to make things more affordable for themselves and other..
please offer suggestions and comments on the system.
there is still a long way to go.
tank sizes 1.200 x .600 x .300 (2)
sump sizes 1.200 x .600 x .300 (2)
here is a very basic drawing that illustrates what happening
the tanks ontop will be lit with either 2 x 54w T5 tubes (10000k) or a combo of 1 x 10000k and 1 blue. i have a very nice 4 x 54w T5 unit given to me by a friend but i cant justify running such wattage on a frag setup. (especially on 1 tank0 so id rather split the lighting for all the tanks benefit.
although the skimmer in the pic is insump, i am going to run my AM TF5000 skimmer and will eventually connect another bank of tanks to it. I dont want to overskim.. (cant believe i just typed that)
carbon will also be placed somewhere inline (perhaps on the overflow line to sump) to reduce toxins as a result of cutting.
The suggested corals i will be focussing on are Xenia, mushrooms and some frogspawns. RBTA's are also on my mind..
i will see how my green plating monti's do in the setup and asses if its worth trying to put them in there aswell, but i have ideas of eventually building a larger sump for my main display and partitioning off a section for them in there.
i have plans for a further (3) 1.000 x .500 x .350 tanks but they will only be set up if i can find a steel stand at a good price.( i had industrial shelving in mind)
2 friends and i are going to purchase some of the parent stock and frag, the idea is not to get greedy take a piece of each coral bought for ourselves and distribute smaller more affordable pieces to other starting hobbyists, this is not aiamed at being a buisness, just a couple of guys trying to make things more affordable for themselves and other..
please offer suggestions and comments on the system.
there is still a long way to go.
