Saltwater Starter 1st week

This is a 10 gallon S/W tank.

It has:

10 lbs Live Sand
7.5 lbs Base Rock
2.5 lbs Live Rock
3/4" DIY Overflow
1 Blue Legged Hermit Crab ( had to have a little life in the tank)
REEEEEALLY small snails from Live Rock


Sump:
20 Gallon Sterilite tub
12 Poly Mesh Pot Scrubbers ( BIO- Media)
1 50 watt Submersible Heater
Maxi-jet 1200 Return Pump
Internal UV Sterilizer w/power head (not working at this time).

Category:

Pets & Animals

Tags:

• Saltwater
• fish
• tank

[Wavemaker24]

nice job, 3/4 way through doing my first s/w tank, had it running for 3 weeks, just need a return pump for sump, was wondering what flow rate ur return pump was, im unsure which one to get

thanx, one again good job

[Colingus30]

The Maxi-Jet 1200 is rated at 295 gph, but I'm not sure of the exact number im getting to the tank. The distance from pump to top of tank is 4ft. If i had to guess i would say about 150 - 160 gph.

[1mkwiet]

wow fantastic, looks great, good sump system.

Only thing that I can think of that may help avoid problems like I had is to make a snail guard for that overflow. I just took a PVC end cap and drilled a lot of little holes in it....works great, flow still the same, no lost snails :)

Can't wait to watch it develop. Good work.

[Colingus30]

thank you and i plan on a snail gaurd as soon as i get a chance. LFS is hold a couple clowns for me as soon as the nitrite drops to 0ppm

[Wavemaker24]

thanks for the info, might consider getting one, or maybe more powerful one, i want it a high output so i dont need extra powerheads for water movement in display tank.

thanx again