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Old 12/11/2007, 12:21 AM
brandon7491 brandon7491 is offline
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getting bored wanna start a 20gallon softie tank

like the title says im getting bored with my tank 29gallon sps tank because i cant add anything else to it =-[ so i have decided to make use of a 20gallon in my garage and convert it to a softie dominated tank with some clams =-). here is what i was thinking for specs and equiptment. PLEASE TELL ME YOUR SUGGESTIONS AND CONCERNS

40lbs of fiji pink live sand
as much liverock as i need so i can say it looks good
1) oceanic aquamedic 150watt mh with a 14k bulb
a hob filter modded as a fuge and with an bag filled with activated carbon.
2 tunze nano stream 6025's ( this is my main concern as to will this be too much flow? i am used to sps and the crazy flow but not so sure with softies even though i keep a huge toad stool in the sps tank along with a good sized capenella nd xenia.)
1 aqua c remora hob protien skimmer( dont even know if ill run one on a softie tank becasue i dont wanna take out the nutrients from it unlike an sps tank)

so what do u guys think so far? and also i do wanna keep clams with the softies so it looks more natural.

fish list would be
1 watchman goby with pistol shrimp
pair of clowns to host the colt coral or maybe even toadstool

inver list

5) astria snails
15 blue leg hermits
2 cleaner shrimp

corals

colt coral
toad stool
ora toad stool
fiji yellow leather
capenella
xenia
devils hand

clams

maxima
crocea
squmossa
maxmia tear drop

any suggestions or comments?
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Old 12/11/2007, 11:58 AM
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Old 12/11/2007, 01:32 PM
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I run an AquaC remora on my 30g Cube and my softies are all doing great. If you already have the skimmer i'd use it.

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1 aqua c remora hob protien skimmer( dont even know if ill run one on a softie tank becasue i dont wanna take out the nutrients from it unlike an sps tank)
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Old 12/11/2007, 01:48 PM
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ill consider using it. n e ways what do u think about the setup is the flow factor going to be too much for softies with the two tunze 6025's givving off each 600gph of flow?
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Old 12/11/2007, 05:45 PM
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comon guys please tell me about the flow on the 6025's if u think that they will be too much for softies
 


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