My New Tank

[Grant b]

Hi
At the moment i have a 15 gallon reef it contains.
15kg live rock
2 clowns
xenia
some form of button polop
and some corals not sure what they are.
i have a few question though so sorry if some of it sounds dumb.
My filtration on the tank is the
15kg live rock
A internal power filter
a external power filter
i dont think this is enough can any one suggest what i should get.
Im currantly thinks of a mini sump above my tank as it cannot be drilled.
has anyone got any ideas of how to set the sump up i want a mm compartment in it as well.
oh and it cannot real cost much as im 13 and short on funds.
2 more things
What sought of lighting am i looking at to keep clams and some sought of anemone or is my lighting enough for any species fo them now.
it
1 power glo 18000k
1 power glo 18000k
1 actinic
my second question is what is a closed loop.
sorry for all the questions.
thanks

 

[Anonymous]

I will answer one of them for ya

A closed loop is just an intake from the tank that runs to a pump and then back to the tank. Its just used to increase circulation without having powerheads in the tank.


Are your lights Normal Flourescent tubes?

 

[Grant b]

hi
thanks for the closed loop thing.
and yes i am using normal flouresent cannot afford halides or anything like that to expensive
thanks

 

[peterluber]

NO fluorescents cant keep very much. you need MH for clams except derasas and squamosas might work under a lot of PC's. if you, like me, dont have an endless cash flow, use Power Compact Fluorescents. PC's. they are cheap and put out a good output and spectrum, which is very important. MH isnt a horrible lot more expensive, though, so you might want to look intosaving some money up for a 150W MH retrofit, which can be had for barely over $1 per watt. then you would have the lighting requirements for... well almost any photosynthetic critter. 10 wpg is a lot! 8O