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jav36
 
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by jav36

ahhh finally moving out of my little 30 gallon and getting a nice 90 gallon reef ready aquarium. its coming on tuesday along with the plumbing for my sump, glass tops, black oak stand, and mag 7 return pump. my old 30 will act as the sump.

ill try to keep you guys posted..
might need some help along the way


schigara
 
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by schigara

Sounds cool man.

The Mag7 will be a bit weak. 86 the glass tops.


jav36
 
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by jav36

thats what i thought too but the lfs insisted that the 7 would be fine. if i took off the glass tops wouldnt dust get into my water and fish be jumping out?


schigara
 
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by schigara

The mag 7 will work. Heck, a mag 5 would work as well. Lemme guess, the LFS didn't have a 9.5 or 12 in stock?

You can't keep dust out of a tank. Fish only tend to jump out when they are new to the tank. You can use gutter gaurd or egg crate to prevent jumpers from jumping during their acclimation.

I prefer an open top with fans giving greater evaporation and gas exchange.


jav36
 
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by jav36

also, how many fish do you think i could put in it? i have decided on 2 or 3 tangs and a pair of leopard wrasses. do you think thats all i could have or could i put in 1 or 2 more smaller fish? i dont want the tangs having to fight for territory


schigara
 
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by schigara

My LFS has 18 fish in a 45g display tank but they are very tiny gobies. You could put a bunch more teeny tiny fish in the 90. I'd say 1 maybe 2 of the smaller Tangs though. Maybe a yellow and a scopas or a Tomini or a Purple.


dick_headers
 
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by dick_headers

i think Mag7 will be ok. My Mag5 worked great on my 75G.


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by fihsboy

I have a rio 1700 on a 29 gallon.....more flow the better. Dont skimp. :) you could always run two.....one blowing one way one blowing another......and then you could rid the need of a power head......Bigger overflow bigger pumps, and less crap in the tank. :) when i say crap, I mean equipment.


jav36
 
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by jav36

ive decided on:
1x Court Jester Goby
1x Yellow Coris Wrasse
1x Blue Hippo Tang
1x Flame Angel
1x Purple Tang
1x Leopard Wrasse Bipartitus
1x Leopard Wrasse Megalaris

maybe i`ll switch a few of the smaller fish as i go along but generally this is what im going for. you guys see any problems? (bioload,aggression?)

also, im thinking of getting two seio 1500's for powerheads. is this enough flow for a 90 gallon.? keep in mind that sps corals will eventually go in it


schigara
 
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by schigara

I have 2 Seio 15's in my 75 and my SPS are all still frags and small colonies. I am going to have to install 1 or 2 modded maxijets soon.

You shouldn't have any agression issues until the Hippo and the Purple get grown. Add the Leopard Wrasses before the Coris . I'd suggest against the angel due to this being a reef but if you must have one and push the odds, add the Angel last.

Have you seen the Potter's Leopard Wrasse(Geofroyi)? http://www.peteducation.com/article.cfm ... cleid=1919

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