new FO in office

[Gatortailale1]

The water from your tank will probably help. I would go for 3-5 inch SB. If FO and no skimmer you better put in liverock. (I don't know much about wet/dry filter, maybe that covers need for liverock.)

Skimming, mixed opinions, but figure fish swim in their toilet water so it generally doesn't hurt to skim that junk out. Ask what peeps think of the prisim skimmers and if they can do the job for a 75. (I use a turbo-floater 1000 on my 125 reef)

Craig

 

[prreefman]

im currently setting up a 75 fish only in my office, will it help speed the cycle if i bring like 25g of water from my reef at home
when i start it, also what is a good wet-dry for a 75 {amiracle sl 250 or cpr 200 } or what else, and about how muchch sand is good 40 or 50 lbs. thank you..........
i almost forgot what i really made this topic do i need a skimmer for fish only if so what would be a reasonable one to buy, since my boss is a little cheappo and his the one p0aying for the equipment.

 

[JohnD]

prreefman,

How are you doing, Joisey Boy?

You have a lot of questions, so let me start at the beginning...

1. Do a water change on your home tank and use the waste water to seed your new tank. Also, some sand from your home tank will help with the cycle. if your home tank has crushed coral, put some of that into a stocking. Place to stocking of CC into the new tank. That will help spread the helpful bacteria to the new tank.

2. Decide what type of filtration you want in this 75. You have 2 choices - live rock or a wet/dry. You really have other choices, but I recommend you stay away from mechanical filtration, like the Fluvals. If you go the live rock route, your tank will cycle very quickly. Maybe a couple weeks or even less. I cycled my 55 Fish Only with a wet/dry many years ago and it took 7 weeks to cycle. I do not remember off of the top of my head what brand of wet/dry I have. It is a hang on model, however.

3. What are your plans for a sand bed? Just enough to cover the bottom glass or do you want a deep sand bed? The DSB provides a home for a lot of beneficial critters. A DSB is usually 4 inches deep, but it can be deeper. 50 pounds will cover the bottom. If you are interested in a DSB, do a search on this board for "calculator" (I think). A post on this board will provided a link to reefcentral that has a DSB calculator. You will need the measurements in inches to put into the calculator. Please do not hold me to this, but I would imagine you need around 150-200 pounds of sand.

4. If you decide to use live rock to filter the tank, you need a skimmer. I have skimmers hooked up to both of my 30 FOWLR tanks. If you use a wet/dry, you should probably have a skimmer. It depends on your bioload and what you have in the tank. Having a skimmer in a heavily stocked tank with some big waste producers (triggers, for example) is a mandatory requirement.

I have been running my 55 FO for 11 years now and do not use a skimmer. I do do water changes every 2 weeks and do not have a heavy bioload.

HTH. If you have othe rquestions, drop me an e-mail.

Regards,

JohnD

[ September 26, 2001: Message edited by: JohnD ]

 

[Ryan22]

I just set a 72g bowfron FO in my livingroom. I have 65lb(so Far) of liverock and I use a Turbofloater 1000. I fish I want to have are big waste producers, so I definatly wanted a skimmer, and I added a fluval 404 for mechanical filtration. I've heard mixed reviews about the fluval, but I went with it anyway. I also have a 3-5 inch southdown sandbed (sloping 3" in the front, 5" in the back. Most of the addvice I've recieved about this is, treat it like you are setting up a reef tank.
I'm not sure about bringing water from the other tank, but I would assume that it couldn't hurt. I would do it if I were you. I would transfer as much as I could. I would think that this would jumpstart the system with benificial stuff. But like I said, I'm not positive about the water.

HTH
Ryan