What do you think, overfeeding? Overstocked?

[tonyjared]

In a 45g display 12WX24HX36L, 2 small 6 line wrasses, 3 green chromas, 1 large tomato clown, 1 small yellow tang, 1 small convict blenny, 1 coral banded shrimp, 1 peppermint shrimp, frogspawn, fox coral, lots of zoos, large yellow polyp colony, 2 huge hairy green mushrooms. I have an automatic feeder that puts about 10 small omega one sinking pellets in twice a day. I add some meat or Cyclop ease in about once or twice a week. I add some nori once or twice a week.

Is this to much livestock or food?

 

[MikeNapoli]

What kind of skimmer are you using on the tank. Also is there a sump, and if so, how much water is the total volume of the tank and sump together?

I'm assuming you have high nitrates and that's the reason you're asking?

 

[AnDom1]

Hi Tony

Need more info re filtration, protein skimmer, lighting and maintenence schedule, ie. water changes etc.

Under proper conditions re the above, you should be OK.

Dom

 

[tonyjared]

Total volume is 75 gallons. I just put in a Bermuda Rouge skimmer. This skimmer rocks, I replaced a homemade one3 weeks ago. I am really looking for a sanity check on my bio load. Thanks, TJ

 

[tonyjared]

I run a 20 gallon DSB, fuge, sump, chaeto, below the main tank. It has a couple of rocks for the many pods. There is a 600GPH overflow return. On the side is a 10G tank full of LR that is fed by a 1/4ID tube that is plumbed into my return. It in turn flows back into the 20G thank. It has its own powerhead. I love having the little tank on the side. I can do all my water adding and stuff over there and the main system gets buffered by dilution. There is just enough flow so that it only has a 1 degree temperature drop on the return from it.

Lights are in a canopy and are 3 96W PCs with individual reflectors. I have them on two timers so that 1 is on 12h and all three are on 8 hours. I plan on increasing the day time but have not done it. Everybody is very happy in there.

Oh, I also run a phosban reactor as well. It is one of those inline carbon canisters that come with RO units. I just repurposed it. It also is on a line that is plumbed from the return line and flows back into the 20G tank.

 

[reeferwanabe]

don't see a protein skimmer

 

[tonyjared]

3 weeks ago upgraded from a DIY POS to a Bermuda Rouge. Very nice, an awsome skimmer.

 

[reeferwanabe]

sorry I see that now. you look ok hows your parameters?

 

[tonyjared]

Parameters always measure great. Now and then I get a bit more algae than normal and big water changes fix that right up. I do find that I need to vacume the display every other week to get the detritus out. I just can't seem to get it to melt on its own. I have a couple of fighting conchs in there but they don't seem to do a good job. I would put a sand sifting starfish in there but retailers say they eat detritus and reefers say they eat bugs and die. One of those ??? things. I don't want a cuke because it might puke or worse.

Anyway, thanks for the sanity check, I am glad I am not overfeeding or overstocking.

 

[Hawkeye]

Sand Sifter does not eat algae.

Fighting conches are neat little guys but i'm not sure i'd get more than 1 for a 45 tank. What other snails or hermits do you have?

 

[tangdude]

put more flow across the sand bed. this will help keeping the detritus in suspension. some people only keep 4 or so fish in a 90 others keep 20. all depends on your husbandry, equipment and the size of the fish. you seem to have relativly small fish. i would assume that your fuge is doing well producing pods to keep 2 6 lines alive. the corals you are keeping do not require perfect water so you should be ok. How long has the tank been running with this load on it?