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Subliminal
05-24-2007, 12:52 PM
Well, as you guys may or may not know I currently have 2 systems running in my house:

55 gallon reef setup
2x maxi-jet 1200
Coralife SS65
70 Lbs LR
40 Lbs CC/sand/shells/whatever else came in the bags of Arag-Alive Substrate
20+ corals
BTA
Cleaner Shrimps
30+ Snails
20+ Hermits
No fish due to ich quarantine action (7 more weeks...ha!)My other tank (the one I'm thinking of consolidating too:

29 gallon reef (beginnings)
Hydor Koralia 1
220 watt PC hood
Maxijet 1200 (soon to be replaced my another Koralia...maybe a 2 this time...
Emporer 400 HOT (soon to be replaced too)
40 Lbs live sand (sugar sized...learned my lesson on that one!)
30 Lbs live rockNow, my plan is this...and possibly subject to change...

I decided that the 55g wasn't big enough to keep the fish I'd want in a bigger tank anyway...and I'm learning that fish aren't even my favorite part of tank keeping anymore.

I've learned what corals I like, and which I don't.

I've recently been offered a nice little Aquafuge HOT setup, which I plan to house LS, Macro, pods...

I plan on building a hood to hold the lights
I plan on sticking the fuge on the back
I plan on running skimmerless and filterless
I plan on throwing in another 20ish lbs of LR (if it'll fit...whatever looks comfortable)
I plan on replacing Maxi with another HydorI currently have 2 clowns (and they will have their host BTA soon)
I have a pygmy hawkfish
I have 4 green chromies

I would like to get some kind of Mandarin, sometime in the future, but will see how the pod thing goes first with the fuge

And that's it. I'd like a simple, naturally filtered system.

Any thoughts?:spam:

BeelzeBob
05-24-2007, 4:51 PM
sounds great, by by george dont skip the skimmer man!

The amount of WC you'd be doin to keep your levels in check would be like a full time job!

what type of lights are you gonna get?

get a pair of mandrins for the 55 in like a year!, show pics, sounds sweet!

rockethippo
05-24-2007, 11:06 PM
For flow you maxi-jet mod would be awesome! http://www.mjmods.com