I’m about to take the transition to my first saltwater aquarium. My plan was to setup a 75 gallon display tank with a 35~40 gallon refugium (DIY), protean skimmer (Octopus NW-150), and 100 lb of live rock, 3”~ 4”sand bed, and standard 6500K florescent lights for starters. Then I was going to stock it with some reef safe fish (FOWLR) and down the road, when I could afford the correct lighting, start adding corals. . .
. . . Well, I discovered there is a 4 year old established 125 gallon (+30 gallon refugium) tank in the area for sale for considerably less than I would cost me to set up the 75 I had planned. It has 200 lb of live rock. I would still want to upgrade the lighting on it, but it still seems like a bargain.
It has a large (about 8~9”) Moon or Lunar Wrasse which I would sell/trade before transitioning to a reef setup. It also has a good sized yellow tang, a large powder blue tang, and a large shoal tang. There are also some soft corals (mushrooms, star polyps, and one other I can’t remember the name offhand), and a sea urchin, and some snails.
The seller is even including his RO/DI filter with new filter cartridges, plus a bunch of test kits and miscellaneous equipment for less than I could buy the tank, stand, refugium tank, skimmer, and return pump for the 75 gallon setup I was planning.
With those three large tangs in the tank is there room for any other fish, or is this setup maxed out?
In addition to corals, eventually I’d like to have some anemones, clownfish, flame angel, brittle stars, and some crabs and shrimp. Would the current occupants of this tank be compatible ?
Thanks
Greg J
. . . Well, I discovered there is a 4 year old established 125 gallon (+30 gallon refugium) tank in the area for sale for considerably less than I would cost me to set up the 75 I had planned. It has 200 lb of live rock. I would still want to upgrade the lighting on it, but it still seems like a bargain.
It has a large (about 8~9”) Moon or Lunar Wrasse which I would sell/trade before transitioning to a reef setup. It also has a good sized yellow tang, a large powder blue tang, and a large shoal tang. There are also some soft corals (mushrooms, star polyps, and one other I can’t remember the name offhand), and a sea urchin, and some snails.
The seller is even including his RO/DI filter with new filter cartridges, plus a bunch of test kits and miscellaneous equipment for less than I could buy the tank, stand, refugium tank, skimmer, and return pump for the 75 gallon setup I was planning.
With those three large tangs in the tank is there room for any other fish, or is this setup maxed out?
In addition to corals, eventually I’d like to have some anemones, clownfish, flame angel, brittle stars, and some crabs and shrimp. Would the current occupants of this tank be compatible ?
Thanks
Greg J
(groan)
