New tank

[Blue Tang]

Hello again, Well I have my new tank home at last! I hope i can set it up ok as my Lfs was not that much help in that dept!{ wants $200 to do it} Im not paying that , no way! Anyway iv'e put in some photo's of the tank ,sorry they are not the best still learning lol, I'll try to get more as I go along . :? The Lfs gave me 100ks of calcium carbonate ,I have put some in the sump , I made sure I washed it well first, there is about 4 inches in the bottom of sump, he told me to use the rest in the tank, the pump does 4.800 ltrs an hour , the tank holds around 700 ltrs , will that be enough flow? Im not sure? Also do I need to get some power heads? I want to keep Butterflies so I guess they need some turbulance? ANY ADVICE , will be more that WELCOME! tnx ,
Blue Tang.

 

[Anonymous]

Please resize pics. Cant see. Thanks!

 

[trido]

I can vaguely tell by the pics that the first is the tank and stand, the second of the sump, and the third is the skimmer still in the pakaging. Please use some sort of photo editor to shrink them as your post is three pages wide. It hurts my brain to read it.

If I read correctly, your tank is 700L or 185 gallons. Your return pump pushes 4800 LPH or 1268 GPH. That give you a 6.85X turnover in the tank. I cant tell you if that is enough for a fish only system but figured I'd do the conversions and the math for those who do know. My guess is that you will need more to avoid algea problems.

Next steps; How much live rock are you getting?
What kind of lighting will you use?

 

[trido]

I can vaguely tell by the pics that the first is the tank and stand, the second of the sump, and the third is the skimmer still in the pakaging. Please use some sort of photo editor to shrink them as your post is three pages wide. It hurts my brain to read it.

If I read correctly, your tank is 700L or 185 gallons. Your return pump pushes 4800 LPH or 1268 GPH. That give you a 6.85X turnover in the tank. I cant tell you if that is enough for a fish only system but figured I'd do the conversions and the math for those who do know. My guess is that you will need more to avoid algea problems.

Next steps; How much live rock are you getting?
What kind of lighting will you use?

 

[Blue Tang]

Sorry ill try again!