30 Gallon Long soon to be reef build

Like stated in my other build I am building another tank. I purchased the tank and some supplies yesterday, so there is not much at all yet. :-[
3o gallon long
aquaclear 70 filter
Aqueon Pro 150 heater
Told ya not too exciting.

To be purchased equipment:
9 watt uv sterilizer
two Koralia 2s or JBJ wavemaker with correct powerheads.
HOB Skimmer (Not sure yet what kind) Any ideas?
Another Aquaclear filter, Aquarclear 50. This will be turned into a HOB Refuge and A turf algae filter.
Stand
Three Boost Par 30s
Stocking list:
Cherub Angel
Neon cleaner Goby
Yellow headed Jawfish
2-3 chromis
Either a Green Mandarin or Black Percula Clownfish.

Thanks for viewing. Feel free to throw out ideas about stocking or equipment.

 

sounds like a plan congrats on the new tank!

 

Thanks. ha I plan my tanks for weeks before I start and I change it soon as I start.

Mandarin out of the question now, unless I can get one already eating Frozen.

 

haha. What happened to the planned 20g? Oh well, bigger is better, I suppose.


I'm glad you decided not to get the mandarin. You know all the problems they can have in a small tank.

6 fish in a 30? I think our stocking list looks kind of big. JMO though...I will have 3-4 in my 29g.

 

Looks good but I would cut the stocking list down. That's kinda big for a 30 gallon.

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Believe me. I fold under pressure when it comes to Buy something. I always go with the best or biggest I can afford. haha Yeah, we get the mandarins that are already eating frozen stuff in at the store sometimes. That's what I meant by mandarin and plus since I work there, I won't take a mandarin home till I can get it to eat something other than pods. ha
It's a bit much I understand, mostly a wish list. ha I take it slow though, so we will see. I usually push my tank to the breaking point and then some. haha
For sure though
Cherub
neon cleaner
jawfish
a clown or cardinal.

 

That's pretty cool. I think that might make a better stocking list. Be on the lookout to make sure your cherub isn't nipping at corals.

 

Yeah, he is on the watch list.

 

I've got a 29 gallon that just finished cycling and bought the Aquaclear 50 to supplement another filter. It came with the 3 part filtration (sponge, carbon, biomax). When your goal is to turn the Aquaclear into a fuge, does this mean you will remove the sponge and only leave the biomax in or some other bacteria housing? And what's the turf algae filter?

I got the same lighting in for mine 2 weeks ago (each is 3 blue/2white) and I'm happy with them (lightning fast shipping). Although for ~250 total w/shipping, I think if I could go back three weeks, I'd go the DIY led strips with the 3 watt cree bulbs from rapidled.com. Because the BoostLEDs are in the bulb, there is some definite spotlighting (let me know if you want to see a picture and I can send one to you), and if it's a reef tank you'll want the bulbs relatively close to the surface I'm guessing. It doesn't look bad though, in fact I kind of like how it almost divides the tank into 3 focal points, although I will probably end up supplementing them with some strips later on.

 

I would also suggest a skimmer if you don't already have one for this tank...