New 30 gallon long Tank!!!

Hey guys, finally i got good news and it is that i finally put in my first 2 fish and my first CUC.
I got a 30 gallon long tank with a 20 gallon sump/refugium. The Light i have for the tank is a odyssea metal halide penant( 250 watts mh and 2X36 watt acinics and 2X2 LEDS). I got my a aqua something protein skimmer and 2 korelia 750 gph powerheads. Right now my paramateres are 8.0 ph 0 ammonia 0 nitrite 0 nitrate.






Sump/ Refugium!!



Protein skimmer doing a decent job :bounce::^:

Now i have a question here i have caulerpa and wanted to know how to make sure it doesnt get into my display tank?? What else should i put in this refugium?


MY little diy lol. Hey it has 600 gph like this lol.

Question!!!
SHould i put this in my display tank or refugium? If so what should go in there?? Carbon?

 

Thanks little! Happy that everything is good and I do have a divider between refuge and return pump. Soz for not having a clearer pic I'll try to do better next time

 

So excited for you; like your rockwork

 

Very nice start...

 

ty sarah and smitty

 

good looking tank, i love your rockscaping. very nicely shaped rocks and i doubt anyone else could have stacked them neater. well done!

 

Ty buddy
I finally got a coral!!! No wi got one problem and it is that its a mushroom but just stays shriveled up its been like that for 2 days

 

thanks for the quick reply, and yes i started him in the bottom under some nice shade is that ok there is very low flow there so i thought he would be good there. If you want i can take a pic so you can see it?

 

thanks for the quick reply, and yes i started him in the bottom under some nice shade is that ok there is very low flow there so i thought he would be good there. If you want i can take a pic so you can see it

 

WELL i woke up today to see that i had an algea boom and went to lfs to buy 4 more red hermits to eat the algea. Seems there doing good. Mushroom still hasnet opened.... ill give it time Also i raised my ligths about 1 foot from the tank seemed that they overheated my tank.

 

tank is off to a great start and I think it was a great idea raising the light.. thats alot of light, the mushroom will open.. like you and little_fish said just going to take time..

 

ohhk ty marcah

 

well went to the lfs after a week off having my 2 ocellaris and finally got my "Dor" or blue tang(Yes i know my tank is gonna be to small when they get big so i talked to the owner and he said once the tang out grows my tank i can just bring it back and get a smaller one.) I also got a colony polp frag. My mushroom is finally opening up once i moved it more into shade and with a bit more flow. ohh ya i also got a emerald crab to elp the snails with the hair algea. I hope the crab will be the only thing eating hair algea of the rocks and the snails on the glass.

 

ohh thanks for the info little I was told by the lfs that the small tang was ok for my 3 ft tank... But w.e ill just take it back and see if i get another reef compatible fish

 

ohh nice example!!!!! I think those fish are really nice. Im definitely going to the lfs and trading in my tang fro a 6 line.