Please comment on my proposed setup

[Asterix]

Hello, Please excuse the dollar signs! This was first written up as kind of a shopping list so I could see what needed to be purchased and what I already had... If I could have some opinions on this setup I would appreciate it!




Setup

$30.00 29 Gal Standard
$0.00 Standard Flourescent tube 30 inch
$0.00 1.5 inch Southdown bed
$30.00 1.5 inch Fiji Livesand bed
$20.00 30 Lbs Lace rock
$25.00 5 Lbs Fiji rubble to seed lace and sand
$0.00 DIY 10 Gal sump 500GPH, With DIY Spray bar return
$0.00 DIY Filter\Carbon
$0.00 DIY Protein Skimmer
$0.00 Heater 150 Watt



Live Stock

$54.00 1 O. Bimaculatus
$5.00 5 Turbo snails


Water Paremeters

Water Temp 79F.
Salinity 1.023 sg
pH 7.9-8.2


Would a Weekly 4 Gallon Water Changes done with discarded water from main reef tank be a bad idea? The water would be coming from an extremely understocked and well maintained tank, Comments please

[Mils]

Im just a beginner at keeping octo's but that looks good to me.

The only thing is that I think the salinity should be higher, around 36 ppt.

[cephalopoder]

Hi Sorry for the delay in getting back to you.
Looks good. You just have to rasire the salinity up to 1.025/36ppt and drop your temp to below 74 degrees. Bimacs do best between 60-70F They will live at up to 79 but the life span will be greatly reduced. They are from the pacific USA and like cooler water. They are not a tropical species.
You might want to invest in a good skimmer and have some way of running your water though carbon.