Cont with 50 gal set-up

[Newportreefer]

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Tank: 50 gal TruVu acrylic
Stand: DIY.
Sump/refugium: 15 gal narrow converted wet/dry. Lit with a 65Watt 6500K yard light and a DIY panel of LED lights.
Live rock. A mix of about 40-45 lbs.
Lights 4 55Watt 10 K PC.
Pumps: a Hagen 802 to return water. Two Power Sweeps PS-40s. A 802 to bleed siphon and create more circulation.
Protein skimmer: DIY venturi, pumped by a Maxijet 1200.

Live stock: An assortment of hermits, astreas and other snails.
Fish: One Firefish and one mandarin goby.

SPS: small colonies of Porites, Montipora and Pocillopora.
Others: Ribbon gorgonium, Zenia, finger leather, Chili leather, Taro Tree coral, encrusting gorgonian.
Plants: TOO much Caulerpa, Codium and red bubble algae.
Furry shrooms, green-striped shrooms and a motled one.

 

[trido]

:welcome:

Looks like your on your way to a nice softy tank. You can simply post in the same thread by hitting the reply symbol and keep all of your pics and info together for future reference. Keep on posting!!

 

[Newportreefer]

Thanx. I am a little electronic-challenged.

I do hope to add a few SPS corals in the next few months.

 

[trido]

Lights 4 55Watt 10 K PC.

With that amount of light on a 55 (Standard AGA 48x13x20) you will be pusing the limits with keeping SPS. Try starting with a montipora near the very top of your rockwork for starters If you must have one or two.

I have a 30 long with almost the exact same PC wattage as you. It is 2 inches shorter than a 55. There are two SPS colonies in my tank. They are surviving but are definately not thriving.

 

[Newportreefer]

I have a couple of Montiporas and both are doing well. I took 3 frags of Pocillopora C. and put them all mid level and they are growing. My other tank is a 40 or so under a 175W MH and the SPS are the same over there. It is a shallow tank but I will keep an eye on these and see how it goes in there new environmentbefore I intro anything more light demanding.

Have you had a chance to look at my blog? You can see some pictures of this tank froom a couple of years ago as well as the 40 that has been up and running for a year now.

 

[Newportreefer]

This tank is only 36 inches long and rated as a 50 gal not the standard 55.
Sorry, I should have inc. the measurements with the specs.