Salt Is Itchy

[shibby]

ive been waiting and wanting to get back into marines, since selling up and travelling abit a few months ago.

i have an oppertunity i hope if all goes to plan, of insulating my garage and creating a fish room majority for tropical breeding but i thought hey, why not do a marine again.

i dont want a small tank, the tanks ive been looking at are 5x2x2, 6x2x2 or a 7x2x2 simple fowlr maybe some softies depending on what fish i get, heres where i get wound up though i dont know wether to go for mean and aggresive or nice and communal ..... all i know i want is a regal angel again and either a purple tang or 5 yellows.

just thought id warn you that in the next few months i could be venturing salty again, of course tropical is more important so got to get some breeders up and running first

o i may also may need help designing a decent sump set up ive been away from the salty world so long ive lost all knowledge of sumps!

 

[SkiFletch]

Hey Shib, good to see you again. The bug never goes away does it?

 

[shibby]

tell me about it specially when there staring at you at work ..... just wanna take them home! ... my wallet is probably crying at the thought though.

think if i have the room and money in my garage a 7x2x2 will be sweet few tangs and just generally stuff i couldnt fit in my 40 or 15gallon tanks, tangs have now officially taken over my marine favourate species, the wrasses just arent offering enough any more

 

[ox5477]

wow, I hope the no wrasses were listening when you made that statement... haha

7x2x2 is a beautiful size and should give you plenty of room to explore a different tang species. Good luck and do keep us in the loop... love to see how this progresses.

Ox

 

[SkiFletch]

How bout the big non-reef safe wrasses. Thalassoma genus, etc. Maybe a nice big harlequin tusk?

 

[ox5477]

How bout the big non-reef safe wrasses. Thalassoma genus, etc. Maybe a nice big harlequin tusk?

**seconded**

 

[rictheredneck]

aggressive

 

[shibby]

ive got a few ideas, only problem with a big tank is that its still easy to overstock. i would love a harlequin tusk forgot about them! bit i still want some softies and a clean up crew. thinking about risking a snowflake and marine betta though, o and ski a trio of flasher wrasses are also a condisderation.

dwarf angels would be able to be kept in groups in a large enough tank wont they?

o and can anyone design me a really simpel sump say 4'x1.1/2'x1.1/5 or similar size. all im thinking is in, refugium, skimmer and return.

 

[shibby]

trying to sort out a quote for the tank.

so 2 weirs either end woudl be better im guessing to stop surface skum, how big will i need to drainage holes ? on the 6 foot i had it had 2 holes in each weir though im thinking about just one on either side.

 

[shibby]

got some quotes now and they seem cheaper then how much my 180 would of cost brand new which is good! drilled with weirs as well. all i need to do now is insulate my garage, then a nice 7x2x2 could bring me back.

someone stop me now before i spend money