beetlejuice Posted January 22, 2005 Share Posted January 22, 2005 Hi, I have this tank on it's way in the mail. I am looking for ideas as to what I should stock it with. I am going to run an AquaClear Mini on the back and have a 13 watt 50/50 pc for lighting, might add another eventually. Suggestions? Link to comment
The_Barbe-Hatten_Project Posted January 22, 2005 Share Posted January 22, 2005 the dest things would be shrooms,rics, zoos, xenia, gsp and similar corals... Link to comment
The Speez Posted January 22, 2005 Share Posted January 22, 2005 Beetlejuice, I had one running succesfully for 1.5 yrs. It is such a small tank, that heat and evaporation are MAJOR issues. what you need to do is create a custom overflow box that goes down to at least a 10 gallon sump. that way instead of 2 gallons of water (with displacement) you will have 10+ gallon, and therefore your tank will be that much more stable. And you can put a skimmer on the ten so water changes only have to happen once every 2 weeks instead of twice a week. also, DO NOT put anything more than a small goby in the tank and feed as little as possible as that little volume of water will be quickly polluted. I had 22 watts (coralife?) PC lighting 1 13 watt 10k and 1 9 watt actinic in the hood. That was enough for brain coral, bubble coral, green spaghetti leather, zoos and rics. That is my suggestion. Here is a pic of the tank. The overflow I made using acrylic with a 3/4 " bulkhead inside. It went to a 20 gal sump/refugium with a cpr skimmer. There was quite a bit of live rock in the sump so I didn't have to overcrowd the display tank in order to accomplish proper biological filtration. It was also nesessary to add an extra powerhead for better water movement. I dosed with b-ionic b weekly to maintain proper alk. and calcium levels. Link to comment
The Speez Posted January 22, 2005 Share Posted January 22, 2005 also make (or buy) a drip top off system so you dont have to monitor evaporation levels twice a day. With 5 gal. drip top off system I checked the water level twice a week! Link to comment
B16A2NR Posted January 23, 2005 Share Posted January 23, 2005 I have a 70w over my 3.5 and evaporation isn't an issue. The Truvu tank comes with a plastic cover, or you can make a glass shield like I did. The only reason speez is bringing up evap for his 3.5 is because hes running 13.5 gallons, and much more surface area than we are. I actually suggest against the sump because the intank overflow and powerhead seem to take a lot of room in such a small tank. I know you've seen my thread and that I am also running an AC Mini. Toss in the smallest heater you can find into it to save tank space. Get at least 1 more 13w pc under that thing. Or get the 19w PC's, I believe they fit too. Link to comment
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