Jakes 84g adventure! ! ! ! ! !

[jr7168]

Greetings everyone,

I am still fairly new and completely hooked on this. I picked up an 84g custom tank for 200 bones w/ lights stand and all that good stuff. I'm gonna build it. So first i cleaned the tar out of it. Then i re-checked all the wiring and made sure its legit. I then re-siliconed inside of glass and painted back/sides (krylon fusion flat). I picked up an APC power back up and some surge protectors.

Tank after cleaning/paint/and checkout.

Straight on and my 29g looks so tiny in background.

Light setup

Mini fan for temp control

Couple emperor 400's

 

[jr7168]

oh yeah i also got the following:

Koralia 1050
Koralia 750 (2)
80lbs Arag - Hawaiin Black sand
300w Hydor Theo
Planning on buying Reef Oco Skimmer

 

[little_fish]

very cool! not sure how well those lights are going to work for a reef though

 

[jr7168]

i'm going to keep mainly softies, mushrooms, and such. Mostly some fun fish keepin it simple for me and the kiddo's. plus the tank is 60x18x18 so its not as far to the lights. but that is why u are here to keep me educated. so thank you :)

 

[Washburn82]

Thats a nice looking setup! Get er goin!

 

[chichimom79]

I like that battery back up. I've been looking into those. Did it come with the tank?

 

[jr7168]

no i picked it up i read and heed all of everyones disasters and preparation

 

[ErinCahir]

New tanks are so much fun! Get it wet!

 

[jr7168]

I am already eyeing my slow additions to the tank. Here is what i think i try reading there habits and requirements and of course all of your inputs.

1- Flame Angelfish / Bicolor angel maybe

1-Coral Beauty

1-Spotted mandy

1-tang- pygmy or yellow (small) /kole yellow eye

1-Six Line Wrasse

2- O. clowns

 

[little_fish]

You are going to have to pick just one dwarf angel, otherwise they fight until you only have one.

 

[jr7168]

that was what i was reading just now they can mess w/ eachother. and then you do like one fish at a time over a year or so?

 

[little_fish]

im not sure what you are asking. In an 84 gal tank you will have problems. In huge tanks you can try adding more than one, but i wouldnt try it in yours.

 

[jr7168]

oh no no no. i meant all the fish. add like one fish at a time. haha

i know you QT them and add each addition slowly to the tank so the bioloads dont get overwhelmed. am i correct?

 

[little_fish]

you should wait 3-4 weeks between adding fish to allow the bacteria to grow to handle the new waste level.

 

[jr7168]

may start aquascaping this weekend. hmmm. does anyone do the egg crate thing on bottom???

 

[jr7168]

started the fill up

lil aquascaping

lil side shot

Well i added my rocks, black live sand, and filled her up with water.

 

[ace37]

Looks badass man

 

[jr7168]

yup clearing up now and i moved some more rocks around.

 

[chichimom79]

Looks nice! Good job :)

 

[jr7168]

quick update if i can get it to work