Ok need some advice as to what to do on this I am now ready to quit nano tanking it all together with the exception of my 2 gallon tank .
Our 2nd mb7 has developed a leak ...... this is really begining to piss me off ...... I am looking at a 10 gallon tank but need to find appropriate lighting ..... metal hilide is NOT an option for us at this point ........ I have access to a 10 gallon tank but am hoping to use most all of what I have in the current 7gallon ie the sand the filter and the heater and the power heads basically I am looking to use all the current hardware with the exception of the lighting , current light is 72 watts power compact . What I need to know is what is a good brand of lighting to look in to ? I am hoping to upgrade to atleast 200 watts of lighting buget permitting , tho I may only be able to come up with around 100 watts , I am not sure wether or not that will be enough for the stuff in the tank , shrooms , some zoas, an anenome and he could be rehomed no problem , that is pretty much all that I have in the tank at this current time, as well as some green star polyps but they should be ok with the lower end of lighting ..... what gets me is that this is the 2nd tank to develop a leak this leak is bad I am loosing about a 1/2 gallon or more aday ..... Now for the hard ware will it be ok to use these
50 watt titanium heater
penguin filter 150 or 250 not sure which I believe this is the 150
power head 145 gallons per hour
I just went through this once before and now have to do it all over again I am hoping that I can mix the salt in the new 10 gallon then check the gravity (be patient here I dont have a bin for mixing that much at once)once that is good add the new sand and old add some live rock allow to cycle I may be able to come up with some salt water that is made called nutri seawater ......however I am sure that there is some sort of cycling time with the bottled water right? I am hoping to get a small container with multipule filters on to hold the corals and the fish , and push the new tank through a cycle is this even possible? What are the opinions of this can this be done with minimal stress or is the signal for me to get out of the nano tank with the exception of the 2 gallon ? I wish that I could say that I would go with the 30 cube but that aint a happening . Or should I bow my head and admit defeat?
Our 2nd mb7 has developed a leak ...... this is really begining to piss me off ...... I am looking at a 10 gallon tank but need to find appropriate lighting ..... metal hilide is NOT an option for us at this point ........ I have access to a 10 gallon tank but am hoping to use most all of what I have in the current 7gallon ie the sand the filter and the heater and the power heads basically I am looking to use all the current hardware with the exception of the lighting , current light is 72 watts power compact . What I need to know is what is a good brand of lighting to look in to ? I am hoping to upgrade to atleast 200 watts of lighting buget permitting , tho I may only be able to come up with around 100 watts , I am not sure wether or not that will be enough for the stuff in the tank , shrooms , some zoas, an anenome and he could be rehomed no problem , that is pretty much all that I have in the tank at this current time, as well as some green star polyps but they should be ok with the lower end of lighting ..... what gets me is that this is the 2nd tank to develop a leak this leak is bad I am loosing about a 1/2 gallon or more aday ..... Now for the hard ware will it be ok to use these
50 watt titanium heater
penguin filter 150 or 250 not sure which I believe this is the 150
power head 145 gallons per hour
I just went through this once before and now have to do it all over again I am hoping that I can mix the salt in the new 10 gallon then check the gravity (be patient here I dont have a bin for mixing that much at once)once that is good add the new sand and old add some live rock allow to cycle I may be able to come up with some salt water that is made called nutri seawater ......however I am sure that there is some sort of cycling time with the bottled water right? I am hoping to get a small container with multipule filters on to hold the corals and the fish , and push the new tank through a cycle is this even possible? What are the opinions of this can this be done with minimal stress or is the signal for me to get out of the nano tank with the exception of the 2 gallon ? I wish that I could say that I would go with the 30 cube but that aint a happening . Or should I bow my head and admit defeat?