54 gallon corner saltwater reef tank

54 gallon corner reef tank
Aqueon Proflex model 1 sump with 11" coralife fixture with w 6700 degK bulbs
Deep Blue 24" T5 4 bulbs 96W & Coralife 24" T5 2 bulbs 48W
Turbotwist UV sterilizer with a 137gph providing flow (from 14 gallon Biocube)
Eshopps Hang-on protein skimmer PSK-100H

Fish: Flame angel, 2 clown fish, yellow watchman goby, pistol shrimp, 3 skunk cleaner shrimp, 3 Blue/Green chromis, Purple dottyback (Pseudochromis porphyreus), algae blenny, 3 cleaner CLAMS (i called them crabs), emerald crab, and various snails and hermit crabs\

Corals: Frogspawn, bright green zoanthus, galaxia, xenia, and the unknown soft coral??

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• aquarium
• 54
• gallon
• corner
• tank
• refugium
• sump
• reef
• saltwater
• eshopps
• protein
• skimmer
• coral

[TheIndyreefman]

should i buy the skimmer? How did you break it in

[runimuk22]

@TheIndyreefman I wouldn't by the hang on skimmer again. I would opt for an In Sump skimmer even if it mean getting a lesser quality skimmer. The skimmer I have works fine and skims very well but is very noisy since it's outside the enclosed cabinet.

[runimuk22]

@TheIndyreefman to break the skimmer in.. i had to clog the air vents on the lid with Q-tips and put something heavy to keep the lid down (like a glass of water) since amount of bubbles while breaking it in will push the top off. I fitted a new tube to the overflow port to a 5 gallon bucket and let the skimmer run. essentially doing about 2-4 gallon water change thru the skimmer. (took about 1 hour to break in)

[uploaderdude1]

that unknown coral is called anthilia coral I got mine for free and I think u got yours for free or u got it cheap or something?

[runimuk22]

@uploaderdude1 I got if on a frag of zoos. It spread through my tank like a wild fire and right now took the rock it was on out of my tank to kill it b/c it was getting out of control. Not sure how to kill it b/c i scrapped most of it off the rock once before and didn't get it all b/c of the nook and crannies and it grew back. So trying to kill it b/c i liked the rock it ended up taking over.

[uploaderdude1]

@runimuk22 oh ok but can u tell me what is the best lighting fixture u use to grow corals my power compacts are not strong enough do u think power compacts are not strong to grow corals???

[runimuk22]

@uploaderdude1 depends on how deep you tank is. My using only the wattage from my 24" T5 fixture my corals were growing slow at the bottom of my tank, but i just moved them on the rocks closer to the light source. They are now growing almost twice as fast as they were on the bottom of my tank.

[Springs24]

Nice...

[runimuk22]

@holyshitballsss thanks!

[runimuk22]

@Slothmother I don't know... I put a few extra in there so they wouldn't kill each other or kill any snails to get a new bigger shell, but I guess I never really bothered to take out the old ones if a hermit or snail happens to die. I have about 30-35 hermit crabs in there.

[Slothmother]

why so many empty hermit crab shells??