My 20h nano

After battling with my 10g square tank I decided to move everything over to a 20 gallon high tank...

I also bought a ac50 and made it into a fuge pretty sweet little new toy i got also was a seio 620.

Here is the setup
20H AGA
AC50 - Modded
96w coralife (enough light?)
Rio 90 Powerhead
SEIO 620 powerhead
Marineland 200w heater
25lb live rock and about 15 lb live sand

Occupants so far...

1 Clown
1 Fire fish
bubble tip anemone

I'm praying nothing gets disturbed and dies through the move but here is a picture so far...

 

Congrats on the upgrade! I have a 20H as well. I use the Coralife 96W as well as an actinic bulb and my BTA has done so well that it's split twice. As time goes by you might want to consider turning your 10 gallon into a sump/fuge. I found that it was a way to get all of my equipment out of a small tank. Also, are you skimming?

 

Looks great.

Nice system.

Good job.


;D

 

Looking good....8)

 

ok completely ot but, baxter i love that pic of your regal

now back on topic, gl with the tank i agree about using the 10 gal

 

Your gonna need more light in my opinion.. I have 72 watts over my 5.5gal.. Your watts to gallons ration would be around 4.8... I would suggest at least 8-9watts per gallon... I'm pretty new myself.... So take it for what its worth.....

 

im new as well, but i thought that it was only 4-5 watts/gal

 

Here's a direct copy of a post of mine from another thread:

WPG as we used to know it no longer applies. With the advent of T5s and MHs and the like, there is no fair comparison between the two other than things such as PAR and lumens, not watts per gallon.

For anyone who is out of the know, T5s are VERY comparable to MHs and have been documented to even color up acropora!! They use less wattage and have the same results. So where a 55w T5 might equal something like a 175w MH (this is just an example, I don't know if it's true...simply for illustration), put both of those over separate...say...20 gallon tanks. The one with T5s is going to come to 2.75 WPG whereas the one with MHs will come to 8.75 WPG.

That's not fair, considering they will both have the same results.

As long as all you want are softies, NO clams, NO SPS, and I doubt many LPS would do, then that light should be ok. Otherwise, get something better.

 

added a 36w t-5 fixture today...18watt 10k day 18w true actinic blue adds a ton of light

also forgot to mention i have a 18 watt coralife fixture above my fuge do you guys think all this wattage is enough???

 

Which T5 fixture did you get? I've been considering upgrading to one, but haven't had the time to do much research on different brands.