Hi There - Downgrading to a 40B and need critiques

[BarelyANano]

Hi There,

I have a 120G tank that I'm looking to downgrade to a 40B due to cutting down on monthly maintenance costs and just general fatigue of having to QT so much. I have sold off most of my fish at this point and working on the 40B build. Here is my current plan:

Equipment Setup:

40B Aquaeon Tank
20G High Sump
Jax.Racks Fuge Sump Baffle Kit
Fiji Cube 600 GPH Overflow Box
Bubble Magus Elite Curve 5 Skimmer
About 50 lbs of mature Marco Rock from my 120G (this rock is from my 120G - it has coralline, pods, etc)
About 20-30 lbs of new sand (probably going to use that "live sand" ocean direct or tropic marin stuff - I've been advised not to use my current display tank sand
EFLUX 1000 GPH DC Return Pump (I am considering ole school AC like a Eheim Compacton)
2x Return with VCA's
1 Jabeo SOW-4
Tunza Oz (From my 120G)
5.5 G Glass ATO Container from Fiji Cube
Aquamaxx Prism 36-48" LED 72W
Oxygenator A Model - in sump
Fuge light from my 120G with Ulva L and rocks
UPS hooked to my Jabeo SOW-4 for power backup (from my 120G)
Manually dosing for now - but eventually we get a new doser probably the Kamor mini bluetooths x2

Coral setup:

I currently have LPS and Soft corals and that is my long-term plan. I have no interest in SPS corals. Currently left in my 120G (I sold several corals I wasn't keeping for this build). These corals are mostly small

- Frogspawn
- Toxic Green Hammer Coral
- Neon Green Mushroom Leather Coral
- Several Ricordia Floridas
- Several Rodactus Mushrooms
- Brown photosynethic Gorgorians
- Several small Acan Lords

At this point, I will likely just add some more Floridas, more frogspawns/hammer corals, and maybe some red/yellow zoas. I have considered a pulsing xenia --- but I'm aware of their takeover capabilities.

Fish/Invert Setup:

I sold most of my fish from the 120G, but have several I would like to transfer over. All my corals and fish have been fully QT'ed so another reason to move them over:

2 Azure Damsels
1 Ruby Longfin Fairy Wrasse
1 Orchid Dottyback
A fairy sizable CUC with micro hermits/various snails from Indo Pacific Sea Farms

My long-term stocking plan to add is:

1 Yellow Watchman Goby
1 Orange Spot Blenny
1 Black Clown or Black Snowflake Clown

I have a 29G QT that is seeded so I'm ready to QT all 3 fish at once. 

I will also add a blood shrimp and female emerald crab when I QT the last batch of corals. The new corals and inverts will be added after the new fish are in and the tank nutrient levels stabilize etc.

Questions:

1) Does my equipment plan make sense given the plan? - My current 120B has similar equipment and honestly I didn't really need to do water changes because my parameter stayed super low so I was dosing nitrates and phosphates to maintain levels along with trace elements and two part

2) I will be running both tanks at the same time until I fully transfer everything. How quickly can I transfer my corals and fish?

3) Does my fish stocking plan make sense? Do I need to worry about aggression? I'm trying to avoid a pair of clowns as my last female that was paired was highly aggressive
 

[Clown79]

You can transfer everything in 1 day since you are using established rock.

 

I used an aquamaxx nemolight on my 10g. It was ok. Nice colour pop but I didn't have much growth and some corals bleached under it, the ones in the upper levels.

 

My leathers and xenia did well and grew alot but my lps didn't.

 

Once I changed light I had an explosion of growth.

 

I can't comment on the skimmers and such as I don't use one.

 

Otherwise everything seems good.

 

I would check on the fish compatability on liveaquaria.com

[BarelyANano]

1 hour ago, Clown79 said:

You can transfer everything in 1 day since you are using established rock.

 

I used an aquamaxx nemolight on my 10g. It was ok. Nice colour pop but I didn't have much growth and some corals bleached under it, the ones in the upper levels.

 

My leathers and xenia did well and grew alot but my lps didn't.

 

Once I changed light I had an explosion of growth.

 

I can't comment on the skimmers and such as I don't use one.

 

Otherwise everything seems good.

 

I would check on the fish compatability on liveaquaria.com

 

Hi there. I checked the compatibility on another popular forum and the mods there said I should be okay overall. The nemolight I heard is less powerful than the prisms (the prisms are rebranded Micmols if I recall correctly).

Right now in my main tank I have Current Marine IC Pros x2 and my Frogspawns, Hammers, and Acans seem to like it. The equivalent for a 36" tank is about $300. I started thinking of alternatives because I figured with $300 I should be able to get something better --- maybe dual AI Primes, but I think the coverage wouldn't be there fully. 4x T5s could be an option to I guess. I'm not a fan of black boxes because they have to be hung on the ceiling to look clean and I don't really want to hang those on the ceiling. If you have other options that might work on the light let me know.

[BarelyANano]

I've actually been looking more and more into T5s. I see that the Aquatic Life Hybrid seems pretty reasonable in price, but I only want to run the T5s for now. Are their any 36" T5s available on the market that can mount like the aquatic life hybrids? It seems rare these days.