Kokesh's 55g FOWLR

[soco]

I tried saltwater about 5 years ago with some bad results. I'm not going to bore you with all the mistakes I made, but a few years later and many hours of reading I tried again.

Well I started this tank about a year ago. Let's see where to begin it's a 55g display with a 55g sump.

 

A message to the tang police-If at any time you start to feel light headed, just look away and the feeling should subside.

here it is...I use to have a 125 gallon cichlid tank but that decided to leak when I was out of town. So now my wife said the biggest tank I can get is a 55g haha we will see about that...

Fish list

Yellow Tang

Hippo Tang

P. clown

Royal Gramma

Banner

Cleaner shrimp

Emeral crab

 

Here is a pic of some tube worms. They just start growing on everying. I don't think they are bad...

 

I've got my sump under my stairs. I use a filter sock 2 250w heaters and a prizm skimmer(still needs to get upgraded) in the first chamber. My return pump in the middle and at the end I was going to have a fuge but my cheato kept dying. So now it is just full of live rock.

 

I do a water change every week of course. I do the water changes in the first section of my sump. With this setup it is pretty easy to do a 12 gallon water change. I have a 18g rubbermaid container that my ro/di water filter auto fills right next to the sump. I mix the water and salt right inside the sump.

 

 

I had to add a gallon of top off water a day and that got old. I got a top made for my sump and now I add a half a gallon a day. I'm pretty happy with that amount.

 

Well that's about it.... I welcome all questions and comments.

I will leave you with a picture of my dog Ellie.

[dtfleming]

Looks good, but be prepared to get flamed for the atleast the blue hippo in there

[nanoty]

I like it. My garage is on the other side of the wall from my tank. I wish I could build a small room to keep a huge sump but I don't think its worth the trouble. Your lucky you have a place you can do that.

[soco]

I don't mind if people flame me but it just gets annoying when it ends up taking over a thread.

[andy321]

Looks great!

[slick fish]

i did not see a light for your chato? possable reason its dieing, as for stocking it, its your tank you got to look at it stock it with wat you want!!!!!but clean tank tho dude

[bclark7169]

looks good don't worry about the tang police

[hooligan_78]

Those aren't tube worms. They are vermitid snails. Watch your fingers!