55 in the making

SO i fell into some extra money and i went on a shopping spree so as of now this is what i have;

Sand and Rock 30lbs Sugar sized Aragonite
10lbs Live Aragonite
10lbs Base (dry) Rock
10lbs Live Fiji Reef Rock (Feather duster,coralline, and a bristle worm have shown themselves, i keep hearing clicking, wondering if i'm paranoid or if i have a pistol shrimp, or a mantis)

Equipment 1 koralia 2 powerhead,
1 AquaClear 70 power filter with bio-media
1 300 watt Heater
2 Fluorescents (Upgrading soon, but what do you recommend to fit in the hoods? HO fluorescents, MH? Don't have any corals or softies, but i want some mushrooms in the future.)

Livestock: 3 Mexican Turbos
1 Chocolate Chip Starfish
1 Snowflake Eel
1 Snowflake Moray Eel (Gymnothorax tile)
3 Mollies

Which means i now have two eels. The intro went well and both decided to live in the same area ;D My gymonthorax tile is a bit bigger then the Snowflake, and decided to eat my female mollie. (i'm guessing it's him; or the unknown pistol or mantis i might be harboring)
I tried to feed the mollies a veggie chip and out of nowhere comes the new Snowflake, he then grabs it and shakes it, trying to eat it i guess? : BTW i'm gonna need another filter, or at least a protein skimmer with those two! Can anyone recommend a good mid level swimmer for the tank?
Any comments are welcome, Thanks for all your guidance guys! I'm sure i'll need more coming up!

 

over how long of a time period did you set this all up?

 

So you went out and bought all this stuff, set it up and added these fish/eels the same day?

~Will.

 

feed the eel like meat or eel prep food by ocean nutrition

 

I hope not or we have may some eel kabobs on our hands

 

hmm. was the tank cycled or did you just throw stuff in the water? i see ammonia problems comming!

 

take your time bro dont rush the process if you didnt cycle yet trust me from experience you will spend a lot of unnecessary money and cost a lot of lives doing it that way

 

Guys i did cycle my tank, and many of you helped answer questions i had before ;-) The tank is about a month old now,the cycle took about 2 weeks, i was just giving an update! I fed the two Eels last night, and they both accepted silversides! YAY! My params are all normal, but keeping an eye on them for sure. Has anyone heard anything about Marineland's HOB Protein Skimmer? One caught my eye today. Let me know !

 

Oh, well reading your post made it sound like you went out and bought everything and set it up the same day. IMO, before you buy anything else, you should try to get more live or base rock in there . . . then look into skimmers.

~Will.

 

Cool, i definitely will. I'm taking it I should head toward more LR over DR? I already have Aiptasia my rock, and was wondering how to get rid of it? I had heard Peppermint Shrimp were good for that, but seeing as i have two Eels, that's a no go. I don't really want to use any chemicals that might harm anything in the tank, and I've heard about lemon juice, but does it work? Do i really have to stab 'em with a hypodermic?