The Official Asylum Reef Tank Thread

02-11-2009, 10:01 AM

My little dottyback that I thought disappeared is starting to come out at feeding time. I'm having to overfeed the whole tank just to make sure it gets enough to eat. This type of fish is supposed to get aggressive but it is too small for now. Woe be it to the other fish when it gets bigger. By then, though, they will be used to one another.
I got one of those back up air pumps and I took a thick walled gray PVC pipe about 1 1/4" dia and cut it just a little shorter than the height of my tank. I drilled two 1/2' holes about a quarter way in from both ends in the side of the pipe. I propped this pipe in the corner next to the overflow with the airstone hanging half way inside the pipe so that when the air turns on it creates a current in the pipe. This keeps the light off of the airstone so the algae will not grow on it. I think it would be clogged in two weeks if it were not dark.

02-11-2009, 10:31 AM

oh and just puttin it out there, Im starting a fish only with LR. 110 Gallon Tank I got for free. Gonna run a 2 light T5, Sugar sand of somesort. Canister filter, 20 Gallon sump(gonna need some help here, never done one) Skimmer, 3 Korila 3s. just a little live rock, probably just some base rock.

Im gonna put in a lion fish, a Piccasso trigger(maybe) and a sailfin Tang. Maybe one other fish, but not really sure.

anything else you think I need?

02-13-2009, 02:44 PM

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Originally Posted by darb85

oh and just puttin it out there, Im starting a fish only with LR. 110 Gallon Tank I got for free. Gonna run a 2 light T5, Sugar sand of somesort. Canister filter, 20 Gallon sump(gonna need some help here, never done one) Skimmer, 3 Korila 3s. just a little live rock, probably just some base rock.

Im gonna put in a lion fish, a Piccasso trigger(maybe) and a sailfin Tang. Maybe one other fish, but not really sure.

anything else you think I need?

What do you need help with on the sump? Overflow into it and pump back to the tank through the filter? Or separate loops?
I would light the sump and fill it with live rock.
Is't a picasso a humuhumunukunukuapoa'a? Don''t they eat everything? Even fingertips? They are beautiful.

02-11-2009, 10:01 AM	#1
BC-Axeman Guest Posts: n/a	Re: The Official Asylum Reef Tank Thread My little dottyback that I thought disappeared is starting to come out at feeding time. I'm having to overfeed the whole tank just to make sure it gets enough to eat. This type of fish is supposed to get aggressive but it is too small for now. Woe be it to the other fish when it gets bigger. By then, though, they will be used to one another. I got one of those back up air pumps and I took a thick walled gray PVC pipe about 1 1/4" dia and cut it just a little shorter than the height of my tank. I drilled two 1/2' holes about a quarter way in from both ends in the side of the pipe. I propped this pipe in the corner next to the overflow with the airstone hanging half way inside the pipe so that when the air turns on it creates a current in the pipe. This keeps the light off of the airstone so the algae will not grow on it. I think it would be clogged in two weeks if it were not dark.

02-11-2009, 10:31 AM	#2
darb85 Guest Posts: n/a	Re: The Official Asylum Reef Tank Thread oh and just puttin it out there, Im starting a fish only with LR. 110 Gallon Tank I got for free. Gonna run a 2 light T5, Sugar sand of somesort. Canister filter, 20 Gallon sump(gonna need some help here, never done one) Skimmer, 3 Korila 3s. just a little live rock, probably just some base rock. Im gonna put in a lion fish, a Piccasso trigger(maybe) and a sailfin Tang. Maybe one other fish, but not really sure. anything else you think I need?