This is my set up right now and I have a 56watt output on 4 t5 bulbs/ 2actinic and 210k , a remora skimmer, a biowheel filter with chemipure plus and polyfilter filters, and 2 pumps 1koralia and 1 marineland.
Any suggestions to makebetter would be great. I am looking for a wavemaker, if there are any suggestions please let me know.
Its a 29g tank. The water circulation is great, i thought wave makers was needed in a tank, but if i don't need it's ok. I change my water about 2gallons every 4 to 5 days.
What other corals would you guys recommend, i will be upgrading or adding a 60+w CF as well in a month or when lol funds come in.
Wave makers are NOT needed, its a myth perpetuated to sell expensive wavemakers to destroy pumps that are not meant to turn off and on continuously :D You can get some neat effects with them, and they are far from being useless but not a necessity by any means, as long as you have good water flow then you'll be good to go.
I think you're on the right track as far as corals, lower light demanding corals are fine, zoanthids, mushrooms, etc. some LPS corals do rather well (colorwise) in a lower lit tank. But I really don't see a reason to update your lights for what you have, are your actinic bulbs purple or blue? (blues are often called actinic).. if they're the purple ones maybe swapping out to blue for more light energy while still giving some fluorescence to the corals, or all 10k if you don't really care too much the fluorescence. If it were me though any upgrade in lighting would be a 70W metal halide (or 150w if you want really high light demanding corals), I wouldn't even bother with CF bulbs, you could squeeze a little pendant over there and probably keep a couple of your T5 bulbs on top of that, but you'll have to keep up with water top offs as you will evaporate much quicker.
I wanted to get an anemone for the tank and That is why I wanted to maybe up my lighting. They are blue bulbs. Thank you on the info about the wave makers.
There are many people who keep anemones under t5's with no problem, me for 1
As long as your bulbs aren't going out you should be fine from what I'm seen and been told. a small 150w mh wouldn't hurt though
Tuberider (Jeremy) may still have a good deal on a new ballast and a reflector.
So you have 2 actinic and 2 20K? If so I would replace 2 bulbs to 10K. That should be enough to keep an anemone in that little tank.
I have 2 actinics and 2 10k,lmao I have to get an updated pic as well, just did a similar but different aquascape.
Are you sure you have T5 light? The tank looks like Jebo tank. They usually come with PC light.
yah the tank didnt come with any hood, its a glass tank from petco lol. i bought the coralife t5s.
Not to shabby, how big is that? 12g? 24g nano? I'm guessing nano due to the curve and size compared to the Koralia pump..
Personally I think that flame angel is probably not going to like that tank in a a bit (too cramped), but other than that, looks like you're doing alright, keeping the fish load low will only help keep your tank good. A wavemaker probably would be overkill, hard to tell from static pictures but just make sure things are moving with the flow and you should be great.
-Mike