Tuesday, April 10, 2012

Fish for the new 65 Gal Reef Aquarium

Hi everyone, I'm back with another question which can take a very long time to answer, but your opinion and response is highly appreciated.
As you may already know I am about to start my new aquarium, and am in the 'Fish Research' phase, everywhere I read I find a phrase, "pick your most prized fish and build your aquarium around that one." Well I don't have a prized fish, I like the Dwarf Lionfish, Blue Tank, Flame Angel, Clownfish, among other ones.
So I went on this website just looking around and made a list of fish that attracted my attention, and was wondering if anyone had any input, as to which one should be my prized fish, or maybe which ones would go great together, etc.
I am trying to build a nice Reef Aquarium, but would like some nice lookers in there as well, again thank you very much for your time.

Flame Angelfish - Potter's Angelfish - Coral Beauty Angelfish - Striped Blenny - Midas Blenny - Harptail Blenny - Kaudern's Cardinal Black & White Chromis - Agile Chromis - Acares Midget Reef Chromis - Black Axil Chromis Paletail Chromis - Black & White Ocellaris Clownfish - Ocellaris Clownfish - Yellowtail Dascyllus - Neon Damselfish - Tuxedo Damselfish - Firefish, Helfrichi - Firefish, Purple Zebra Barred Darfish - Indigo Dottyback - Blue Eye Royal Dottyback - Neon Dottyback - Orchid Dottyback - Springeri Dottyback - Red Elongated Dottyback - Splendid Dottyback Striped Dottyback - Sunrise Dottyback - Green Mandarin - Red Mandarin - Spotted Mandarin Scooter Blenny - Pacific Redstripe Hogfish Yellow Candy Hogfish - Jawfish, Blue Dot Jawfish, Yellowhead - Papuan Toby Puffer - Blue Tang - Powder Blue Tang - Cleaner Common Wrasse - Exquisite Fairy Wrasse - Red Velvet Fairy Wrasse - Orange-Back Fairy Wrasse Longfin Fairy Wrasse - Whip Fin Fairy Wrasse Hooded Fairy Wrasse - Leopard Wrasse Carpenter's Flasher Wrasse - Blue Star Leopard Wrasse - Tanaka's Pygmy Wrasse - Mystery Wrasse

If you were to CLICK on any of the fish it would take you to a picture of them.

Monday, April 2, 2012

Here is my finished project.
Painted and all, just need to start the water process. YES!!!!
Can't wait.


Friday, March 30, 2012

Tank Update

Hi everyone, here are my new pictures.
I just took the Aquarium Stand apart and painted it.  Wanted to try something out with the blue, we'll see how it turns out.
Hope you guys enjoy it.




Monday, March 26, 2012

Lighting Option for Reef Aquarium

Hi everyone I'm back!
I'm back with another lighting question, here I have 4 more choices of LEDs and T5s.
Again I have a 36"L x 24"H x 18"W Tank (Planning on making it a Reef Aquarium).
So, in this thread I would like to do things differently, instead of having you pick one, I would like you to pick the top three and if possible reasons as to why, I'm trying to get everyone's opinion on all of them, but let's face it I don't want to spend a grand or so.  Again thank you all!

1. (2) Aquarium Coral Reef Tank LED 120W $157.89 each

Lumens: 5500LM(all)
Lifespan: 50,000 hours
Blue: 30*3W LED
White: 25*3W LED
Lighting Area: 78m/3m (840ftsquare/10ft)
Wide Beam Angle: 120 degree
Thermostatically controlled fans to keep LED light cool
CE & ROHS approved

2. (2) TaoTronics 120W Aquarium Coral Reef Tank White, Blue LED Gro Light-White $150.94 each

Lumens: 5500LM(all)
Lifespan: 50,000 hours
Blue: 25*3W LED
White: 30*3W LED
Lighting Area: 78msquare/3m (840ftsquare/10ft)
Wide Beam Angle: 120 degree
Thermostatically controlled fans to keep LED light cool
CE & ROHS approved

3. (1 or 2?) AquaticLife 36" T5 HO 4 Lamp Fixture w/Lunar Lights (w/Free Set of Replacement Bulbs) $339.99 each

Combines 420/460nm Actinic lamps w/700+ nm (10K daylight) lamp, a 460/620 Purple lamp and 4 Lunar lights.
Digital Timer Controller (three channel; Actinic, Daylight and Lunar)
One Fan

4. (1 or 2?) AquaticLife 36" T5 HO 6 Lamp Fixture w/Lunar Lights (w/Free Set of Replacement Bulbs) $469.99 each

Combines 420/460nm Actinic lamps, 700+ nm (10K daylight) lamps and four 1W Lunar Lights.
Digital Timer Controller (three channel; Actinic, Daylight and Lunar)
Cooling Fan

5. (1 or 2?) AquaticLife 36" Fixture, 1x150W HDI Metal Halide & 2x39W T5 $522.49 each

Directional 150 Watt High Intensity Discharge 700+ nm metal Halide lamp (10K), two 420/460 nm actinic T5 HO lamps, a built in timer and adjustable LED lunar lights
Timer controls HID Lamps, T5 HO Fluorescent Lamps and Lunar LED's independently
Four 1 Watt LED Lunar Light w/a housing that pivot 40 degrees, allowing the LED lunar lights to be directed over specific areas of the aquarium
Includes adjustable width Aquarium Frame Mounts and Suspension Hardware for multiple lighting options
Internal electronic ballasts designed to cool without fans for quiet operation
Special aluminum housing used to dissipate heat away from fixture