Its our 55g corner preditor tank!

Well, thanks to Psiclone we found the tank we've been looking for! here are our 1st pics.

Psiclone sent me a message, said he found it on CL. We drove down to Sacramento and picked it up. Jeremy is pretty picky about plumbing, so it took over a week for him to get it perfect. We lucked out. It was a reef-ready set up.

We put the live sand it first. Then set up the rock. Jeremy rigged a pump up with a hose attatched and we cascaded the waterinto the tank over the live rock. It worked out really well. I dont know why, we have always added water first. This seems like a more logical approach.

It was alot of work, but I am really happy with the results. I'll take some good shots in the morning.

 

Loving the rockwork! I would be tempted to add more at the bottom!
What predators are you going to have?

 

I have always wanted a corner tank. I'm Jealous. Looks beautiful!! Congrats and keep going with the pics!!

 

Why have you always added the water first?? Yay logic.

Looks great! I can't wait to see what you're going to put in there. What predators are you going to have? Will there be aliens too?

 

Nice job hiding the overflow. Rockwork looks good. However are the places for fish to hide from each other kind of hard to tell.

 

I cannot figure out how to multi quote a message, so here is my BIG response. LOL! Yes, it is so hard to take great pictures. The bottom of the rock sticks out further than the rest, for lack of better words, it is three rows deep. As the rock gets taller it fades tighter. You cant see the holes, (for hiding spaces) because the sides of the tank are against the wall. It really is hard to shoot a pic. I'll get better.
I want to ask EVERYONE their opinions as far as what predators and aliens (LOL) I add. There are too many to choose from, and the tank really needs to cycle for a while, so I have time if y'all want to help me decide.

Jwin- I think the fact that we added the water first in AT LEAST 8 or 9 tanks over the years, has got to be one of the funniest parts about this whole thing. I tell you my husband and I looked at eachother when it was all said and done, and we died laughing. Ya, YAY LOgIC for sure. ( What an idiot!)

 

My choice for a pred tank is pretty simple.

Fu Man Chu lion fish
Miniatus Grouper
Clown Trigger or a Niger Trigger (I love the Niger's teeth when it gets full grown)
Whatever else you can get to stay alive with those.
Maybe a Harlequin Tusk Wrass but I dont remember if they can hang with the trigger.

 

How is the filtration system in that tank? I'm sure you know but most predators are really dirty eaters with the triggers being worse then the other two fish I mentioned.

I doubt a big stack of live rock will be able to keep up with the waste especially if you get as much of a kick out of dinner time as I do =) We had a trigger that would gut the feeder fish and then spin them like corn on the cob until all that was left was the head and spine and tail.

 

Great! Thanks I will get to researching.

Very cool! I cannot wait until ours is ready. I am absolutely putting in a trigger.
My husband handles any hardware/mechanical stuff with the tanks. I clean them, feed, and criticize really well! I swear one conversation abour nitrates and nitrites and my eyes go hazy. I completly check-out. LOL. (I know ladies, I am def NOT representing right now!) Jeremy has some things in the garage ready for this tank. They are just not in yet. We have our canister filter and some powerheads and a heater set up in the tank right now. He has a sump, a refugium, a skimmer, and some other stuff that we still have to add. The tank is already plummed for it all though. If he has any Qs I am sure we will post them. I cant imagine how fast the tank would turn into an ammonia cesspool if he wasnt around. LOL

 

The lion fish has the most personality of the ones I mentioned. It is also a smaller species so it should probably do fine for a long time in your tank. They have a very mechanical "tick" to their dorsal fins when they get excited.

Moray eels or snowflake eels would be ok too. Or maybe a big engineer goby but I'm not sure how well they would do with a trigger.