What do I need for fo tank?

Mikeman · 12-02-2001, 04:36 PM

This is what I already have

35g tank
stand
aquaclear filter(so I can run carbon)
lightstrip

What I need
50lbs of playsand
40lbs of rock(mixed live and dead)
skimmer(what kind, bakpack)
clean up crew
what else?

Iron Crab · 12-03-2001, 11:39 PM

Looks like you have things in order. I know you know that you'll need a heater. I used the Bakpakr2 on my 55 for about three years and it did okay but thinking back I might have went bigger but it should do OK with a 35. It's rated for about 65 gals.
I don't know anything about the Aquaclear filter. I have used a skilter and a couple whispers on a few of my tanks.
Clean up crew- I went with turbo and cerith snails. Redlegs and Black/whites hermits. The smaller B/W's didn't seem to be too tough.
I also mixed some reef rock with my liverock. Didn't take long before you couldn't tell the difference. Right now I have about 40 lbs of "dead" rock in my tank that is now starting to show life.
Also, have you figured out what kind of livestock you're going with

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Mikeman · 12-05-2001, 12:10 AM

can't believe I forgot the heater, duh

an angel
a pair of clowns
and
I think I'm going to go toward the invert route, if I don't get a wrasse of some sort......

12-02-2001, 04:36 PM	#1
Mikeman Governor Join Date: Jul 2000 Location: Watertown,SD,USA Posts: 1,502	What do I need for fo tank? This is what I already have 35g tank stand aquaclear filter(so I can run carbon) lightstrip What I need 50lbs of playsand 40lbs of rock(mixed live and dead) skimmer(what kind, bakpack) clean up crew what else?

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12-03-2001, 11:39 PM	#2
Iron Crab Council Join Date: Mar 2000 Location: N.W. Pennsylvania, USA Posts: 434	Looks like you have things in order. I know you know that you'll need a heater. I used the Bakpakr2 on my 55 for about three years and it did okay but thinking back I might have went bigger but it should do OK with a 35. It's rated for about 65 gals. I don't know anything about the Aquaclear filter. I have used a skilter and a couple whispers on a few of my tanks. Clean up crew- I went with turbo and cerith snails. Redlegs and Black/whites hermits. The smaller B/W's didn't seem to be too tough. I also mixed some reef rock with my liverock. Didn't take long before you couldn't tell the difference. Right now I have about 40 lbs of "dead" rock in my tank that is now starting to show life. Also, have you figured out what kind of livestock you're going with .

12-05-2001, 12:10 AM	#3
Mikeman Governor Join Date: Jul 2000 Location: Watertown,SD,USA Posts: 1,502	can't believe I forgot the heater, duh an angel a pair of clowns and I think I'm going to go toward the invert route, if I don't get a wrasse of some sort......

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