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Our 5ft 720l Tank


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After loosing all but 4 fish to a parasite in our 4ft tank and pulling it down, we have set it back up with the old corals and rock into a 1500l x 800w x 600h tank :)

Lighting atm is 2 double sunlight t5's and a 109w LED unit. Mainly after growth atm

pump is a wp-40 wave maker

Skimmer is Deltec Ap-701, aswell as a NP bio pelltet reactor

5ft main sump with a refugium with small deepsand bed. Other end of sump has a deepsand bed and frags and corals on rocks. other part of system is a 3ft 180l frag tank. both coral tanks running 15ow halides.

same sump/frag tank system as before, just double the display ;)

Stock list is:

2 of our own bred Ocellaris Clownfish

1 juvenile Desjardini sailfin tang

1 Red firefish

1 purple firefish

3 chromis

1 fireshrimp

1 40cm RBTA

now some pics, fts pics are pretty bad sorry :P

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I don't know much about marine (would love to get into it if I had the moolah), but that seems like a real small amount of fish for such a large tank. Is that because it's harder to keep the water quality constant in marine, or do the corals affect the balance somehow?

The tank is ridiculously beautiful, by the way.

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Wow! is the word! Great setup!

I am just starting out with a nano tank.

Have bought all the hardware and will be setting it up this weekend.

Can I ask you for a supplier for the corals rocks?

Next is how long I should wait be fore I introduce live corals into the tank?

Thank you.

No idea where to get coral rocks.

If you have live rock, maybe 3 weeks until corals...? :)

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I don't know much about marine (would love to get into it if I had the moolah), but that seems like a real small amount of fish for such a large tank. Is that because it's harder to keep the water quality constant in marine, or do the corals affect the balance somehow?

The tank is ridiculously beautiful, by the way.

Nope just going slow adding the fish, tank has been set up just over a month (sumps has had live rock for 2 years though) Plan to add more fish, but enjoying the lower bio load atm, less agression etc

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Finally got round to get some okay phone pics. After exams will try take some better pics. Tank is finally starting to mature, Have been going pretty slow on the stock but we are finally starting to add a few more things to it, almost at the limit now though ;)

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Copperband in frag tank is starting to eat very well, both my mix and frozen mysid. Almost ready for the display tank.

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awesome setup and simply amazing, love your selection of fish and inverts and the overall scape

minimal deadspots and bare bottom really does keep your nitrate's/phosphates in check

how long have you hade the copperband for?

Thanks! Yep it's starting to, aswell as the refugium and deep sand beds in the sump. Will get a good pic or vid of thewhole sytem some time. Had the copperband for 4 1/2 weeks now I think. He's eating real well and is racing the foxface in the frag tank for food. Going to add hime with a different tang hopefullya powder blue sometime into the display tank to minimalise agression :)

Here's the fish stocklist for anyone wondering:

Display:

2 ocellaris clownfish

2 black clownfish }all raised by us

2 picasso clownfish

2 bangaiis cardinals

1 desjardinii/red sea sailfin tang

3 breeding chromis

orchid dottyback

yellow head sand sifter goby

3 year old fire shrimp

Frag tank 1:

Fiji foxface for algae control

Copperband getting ready for display

Frag tank 2:

Breeding pair of orchid dottybacks

2 baby black clowns (going to be sold with anemone soon)

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