fishboytoo
Fish Fanatic
Hi,
So, it's been 2 months since I started my nano tank and the salt-water bug has infested my veins worse than a bad case of schistosomiasis. Now I'm thinking of converting my 90gal african cichlid tank into a fish only set-up. I am rather bored with the tank as it is now.
My wife is not very happy about this.
I have spent quite a bit on the nano in the last bit and we are probably going to move in a year, so I can see her point of holding off. I probably won't wait though.
I am trying to figure a way to do this on the cheap and am thinking the biggest expense is the live rock at 90+ lbs x$8-9=>$810. The tank right now has close to a 100lbs of tufa rock on a base of granite(CaCO3). If I switch out the silica sand with aragonite and use a little live rock to "seed" it, will the tufa be able to provide biological filtration? I imagine it would be better than nothing. Do you think this would work?
I would use a protein skimmer and of course would add powerheads to provide better flow.
Please let me know what you think.
Chris
So, it's been 2 months since I started my nano tank and the salt-water bug has infested my veins worse than a bad case of schistosomiasis. Now I'm thinking of converting my 90gal african cichlid tank into a fish only set-up. I am rather bored with the tank as it is now.
My wife is not very happy about this.
I have spent quite a bit on the nano in the last bit and we are probably going to move in a year, so I can see her point of holding off. I probably won't wait though.
I am trying to figure a way to do this on the cheap and am thinking the biggest expense is the live rock at 90+ lbs x$8-9=>$810. The tank right now has close to a 100lbs of tufa rock on a base of granite(CaCO3). If I switch out the silica sand with aragonite and use a little live rock to "seed" it, will the tufa be able to provide biological filtration? I imagine it would be better than nothing. Do you think this would work?
I would use a protein skimmer and of course would add powerheads to provide better flow.
Please let me know what you think.
Chris