Kaiden's 20 long build

Hey guys I am setting up a 20 gallon long reef tank with a 10 gallon sump.
So I am basically just going to be transferring everything from my 12
gallon NC into the new tank. Then I am going to get some more fish and
corals and stuff to fill it in. This tank is going to be drilled.


Equipment List:
Nova Extreme T5HO 2x39 Watt 36"
Eheim Jager 100 watt heater
Rio 1100 (return pump)
Koralia Nano powerhead (like 250 gph I think)
Koralia Evolution 550
Seaclone 100 skimmer

Sump setup:
The water will come in and go through a little box where I am going to have some filter floss and Chemipure Elite, then into the first chamber with the skimmer and heater. Then there is a bubble trap and it will go into the second chamber where there will be some live rock, then the third chamber with the return pump. I don't want to do a refugium because what I have heard is that they can just accumulate tons of junk and cause problems. I am just going to have live rock and make sure it stays cleaned really well.

Fish:
2 Ocellaris Clownfish (already have)
2 green chromis
1Yellow Watchman Goby+Pistol Shrimp pair OR some other kind of goby don't know yet

Corals: (these are the corals I already have, I will be getting more later I just don't know what yet)
LOTS of different kinds of zoanthids (eagle eyes, bambams, mints, and some others I don't know the names of..)
Watermelon Mushrooms
Frogspawn
Hammer Coral
Flower leather
Blastos
Nuclear Green Candycane
Bluish greenish Candycane
Red and Blue Acan
Birdsnest (isn't doing too great but oh well..)
and I'm probably forgetting some, but you get the idea.

Me and my grandpa are building a custom stand out of alder because I don't like the cheap particle board ones. He built me one for my Nano Cube, and we are doing it the same style its just going to be a different shape.


Edited by Kaiden32 - June 01 2012 at 4:08pm

Oh also, the light on the nano cube in that pic is a BoostLED PAR30 Lamp, that isn't what the T5s look like haha. :)

Looking good! 

Kaiden32 wrote: Thanks. It just just taking forever haha.

Yeah Im working on the patience part of it. Most of the time I do pretty good but I mess up sometimes.

Thanks for the compliment! I think it looks pretty nice too it took a while though.

Ok so do you think I would be ok with 2 chromis 2 clownish and some kind of goby?

Yea that combination would be fine. I personally prefer less fish and more coral though, and if I do get fish I like them to be rare and less commonly seen in an aquarium. At the moment I really don't have the most "unique" fish but I'm hoping to get some more variety in the coming months.

I decided to ditch the overflow box and just drill the tank. I was just going to use an overflow box because I didn't trust myself to do it and I didn't know anywhere that would do it for me, but thanks to Ann_A I found out that I can get it done at ReefOn, for like $15. So that plus the price of the bulkhead is going to be around $20 I think which is WAY better than like $60 for the Eshopps Overflow Box. And I'm not going to have to worry about floods. SO..the question is, do I need to put an internal overflow box in the tank for the hole, or can I just put a strainer on it and leave it out in the open? Which would be better? This is new to me so sorry for all the questions..

Ok sweet just thought id check. Should I just put it up in the corner of the tank?

Would I need one that goes all the way from the bottom of the tank to the top or could I just drill the hole at the top and just make a small box for it that's like 4 inches square?  Like this..