Live Rock/Sand Recommendations for 110 Gallon

[Fred Fisher]

Hello Everybody!!

This is my first post so be please be gentle. Right now I have a 50
Gallon aquarium with 2 clowns, 1 yellow eye tang, 1 powder brown tang,
1 blue tang, 2 chromis, and a cleaner shrimp all living in harmony. I
have about 15-20 pounds of live rock and about a 2-2.5 inch sand bed
and about 15 pounds of base rock. It is a very simple setup as you can
tell and it is fish only, actually it was my first ever SW setup. Also
I have a Amiracle wet/dry filter (filters up to 150 gallons) and a
seaclone skimmer. I just bought an RO/DI for this upgrade as well. I
have had this well over a year and a half. I wanted to upgrade to a
bigger aquarium within the next few weeks to a 120-140 gallon. I
wanted to give my fish more real estate and wanted to start putting
corals in.

My questions are: 1. How much live rock (in pounds) should I put in
total being an aquarium of about 110-120 gallons? Is there a formula
of #'s per Galoon? 2. How deep should my sand bed be? 3. Should I
bother with base rock? 4. I tend to upgrade the skimmer also so any
suggestions on that will be helpful.

I will be upgrading to Halide as well. Any comments on these questions
or anything I miss will be greatly appreciated. I want to do this
right the first time. So I wanted to ask the more experienced people
here. Thank you all!!

[Fred Fisher]

(Fred Fisher) wrote in message >...
> Hello Everybody!!
>
> This is my first post so be please be gentle. Right now I have a 50
> Gallon aquarium with 2 clowns, 1 yellow eye tang, 1 powder brown tang,
> 1 blue tang, 2 chromis, and a cleaner shrimp all living in harmony. I
> have about 15-20 pounds of live rock and about a 2-2.5 inch sand bed
> and about 15 pounds of base rock. It is a very simple setup as you can
> tell and it is fish only, actually it was my first ever SW setup. Also
> I have a Amiracle wet/dry filter (filters up to 150 gallons) and a
> seaclone skimmer. I just bought an RO/DI for this upgrade as well. I
> have had this well over a year and a half. I wanted to upgrade to a
> bigger aquarium within the next few weeks to a 120-140 gallon. I
> wanted to give my fish more real estate and wanted to start putting
> corals in.
>
> My questions are: 1. How much live rock (in pounds) should I put in
> total being an aquarium of about 110-120 gallons? Is there a formula
> of #'s per Galoon? 2. How deep should my sand bed be? 3. Should I
> bother with base rock? 4. I tend to upgrade the skimmer also so any
> suggestions on that will be helpful.
>
> I will be upgrading to Halide as well. Any comments on these questions
> or anything I miss will be greatly appreciated. I want to do this
> right the first time. So I wanted to ask the more experienced people
> here. Thank you all!!

There is a correction...It's 110-120 gallons not 120-140....sorry bout that.

[Marc Levenson]

Looks like you never got a reply Fred.

When purchasing LR for a reef tank, the rule is 1 to 1.5lbs per gallon. The sand bed can be what you want it to
be, but if you are wanting a Deep Sand Bed to denitrify your system, 4" - 6" is the correct depth for a DSB.

Base rock can be used to offset some of the cost of LR, but it will take several months for the LR to seed the
Base Rock. Figure 6 to 12 months.

Skimmers - Euroreef is the best, ASM is their knock-off clone, and I prefer Aqua C protein skimmers.

Marc


Fred Fisher wrote:

> (Fred Fisher) wrote in message >...
> > Hello Everybody!!
> >
> > This is my first post so be please be gentle. Right now I have a 50
> > Gallon aquarium with 2 clowns, 1 yellow eye tang, 1 powder brown tang,
> > 1 blue tang, 2 chromis, and a cleaner shrimp all living in harmony. I
> > have about 15-20 pounds of live rock and about a 2-2.5 inch sand bed
> > and about 15 pounds of base rock. It is a very simple setup as you can
> > tell and it is fish only, actually it was my first ever SW setup. Also
> > I have a Amiracle wet/dry filter (filters up to 150 gallons) and a
> > seaclone skimmer. I just bought an RO/DI for this upgrade as well. I
> > have had this well over a year and a half. I wanted to upgrade to a
> > bigger aquarium within the next few weeks to a 120-140 gallon. I
> > wanted to give my fish more real estate and wanted to start putting
> > corals in.
> >
> > My questions are: 1. How much live rock (in pounds) should I put in
> > total being an aquarium of about 110-120 gallons? Is there a formula
> > of #'s per Galoon? 2. How deep should my sand bed be? 3. Should I
> > bother with base rock? 4. I tend to upgrade the skimmer also so any
> > suggestions on that will be helpful.
> >
> > I will be upgrading to Halide as well. Any comments on these questions
> > or anything I miss will be greatly appreciated. I want to do this
> > right the first time. So I wanted to ask the more experienced people
> > here. Thank you all!!
>
> There is a correction...It's 110-120 gallons not 120-140....sorry bout that.

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[Fred Fisher]

Marc Levenson > wrote in message >...
> Looks like you never got a reply Fred.
>
> When purchasing LR for a reef tank, the rule is 1 to 1.5lbs per gallon. The sand bed can be what you want it to
> be, but if you are wanting a Deep Sand Bed to denitrify your system, 4" - 6" is the correct depth for a DSB.
>
> Base rock can be used to offset some of the cost of LR, but it will take several months for the LR to seed the
> Base Rock. Figure 6 to 12 months.
>
> Skimmers - Euroreef is the best, ASM is their knock-off clone, and I prefer Aqua C protein skimmers.
>
> Marc
>
>
> Fred Fisher wrote:
>
> > (Fred Fisher) wrote in message >...
> > > Hello Everybody!!
> > >
> > > This is my first post so be please be gentle. Right now I have a 50
> > > Gallon aquarium with 2 clowns, 1 yellow eye tang, 1 powder brown tang,
> > > 1 blue tang, 2 chromis, and a cleaner shrimp all living in harmony. I
> > > have about 15-20 pounds of live rock and about a 2-2.5 inch sand bed
> > > and about 15 pounds of base rock. It is a very simple setup as you can
> > > tell and it is fish only, actually it was my first ever SW setup. Also
> > > I have a Amiracle wet/dry filter (filters up to 150 gallons) and a
> > > seaclone skimmer. I just bought an RO/DI for this upgrade as well. I
> > > have had this well over a year and a half. I wanted to upgrade to a
> > > bigger aquarium within the next few weeks to a 120-140 gallon. I
> > > wanted to give my fish more real estate and wanted to start putting
> > > corals in.
> > >
> > > My questions are: 1. How much live rock (in pounds) should I put in
> > > total being an aquarium of about 110-120 gallons? Is there a formula
> > > of #'s per Galoon? 2. How deep should my sand bed be? 3. Should I
> > > bother with base rock? 4. I tend to upgrade the skimmer also so any
> > > suggestions on that will be helpful.
> > >
> > > I will be upgrading to Halide as well. Any comments on these questions
> > > or anything I miss will be greatly appreciated. I want to do this
> > > right the first time. So I wanted to ask the more experienced people
> > > here. Thank you all!!
> >
> > There is a correction...It's 110-120 gallons not 120-140....sorry bout that.


Thanks Marc, I appreciate the response.

[Benjamin]

How does one figure EuroReef is the best skimmer again?
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"Fred Fisher" > wrote in message
om...
> Marc Levenson > wrote in message
>...
> > Looks like you never got a reply Fred.
> >
> > When purchasing LR for a reef tank, the rule is 1 to 1.5lbs per gallon.
The sand bed can be what you want it to
> > be, but if you are wanting a Deep Sand Bed to denitrify your system,
4" - 6" is the correct depth for a DSB.
> >
> > Base rock can be used to offset some of the cost of LR, but it will take
several months for the LR to seed the
> > Base Rock. Figure 6 to 12 months.
> >
> > Skimmers - Euroreef is the best, ASM is their knock-off clone, and I
prefer Aqua C protein skimmers.
> >
> > Marc
> >
> >
> > Fred Fisher wrote:
> >
> > > (Fred Fisher) wrote in message
>...
> > > > Hello Everybody!!
> > > >
> > > > This is my first post so be please be gentle. Right now I have a 50
> > > > Gallon aquarium with 2 clowns, 1 yellow eye tang, 1 powder brown
tang,
> > > > 1 blue tang, 2 chromis, and a cleaner shrimp all living in harmony.
I
> > > > have about 15-20 pounds of live rock and about a 2-2.5 inch sand bed
> > > > and about 15 pounds of base rock. It is a very simple setup as you
can
> > > > tell and it is fish only, actually it was my first ever SW setup.
Also
> > > > I have a Amiracle wet/dry filter (filters up to 150 gallons) and a
> > > > seaclone skimmer. I just bought an RO/DI for this upgrade as well. I
> > > > have had this well over a year and a half. I wanted to upgrade to a
> > > > bigger aquarium within the next few weeks to a 120-140 gallon. I
> > > > wanted to give my fish more real estate and wanted to start putting
> > > > corals in.
> > > >
> > > > My questions are: 1. How much live rock (in pounds) should I put in
> > > > total being an aquarium of about 110-120 gallons? Is there a formula
> > > > of #'s per Galoon? 2. How deep should my sand bed be? 3. Should I
> > > > bother with base rock? 4. I tend to upgrade the skimmer also so any
> > > > suggestions on that will be helpful.
> > > >
> > > > I will be upgrading to Halide as well. Any comments on these
questions
> > > > or anything I miss will be greatly appreciated. I want to do this
> > > > right the first time. So I wanted to ask the more experienced people
> > > > here. Thank you all!!
> > >
> > > There is a correction...It's 110-120 gallons not 120-140....sorry bout
that.
>
>
> Thanks Marc, I appreciate the response.

[Marc Levenson]

Well built, easy to adjust, provides excellent production of skimmate compared
to other skimmers due to its design.

Marc


Benjamin wrote:

> How does one figure EuroReef is the best skimmer again?
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>
> My Web Site: http://showcase.netins.net/web/reefpage/
>

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[Benjamin]

Well then, they just must be "the best"... or opinion. ;-) I do like
them though and consider them among the top few. Nice looking Rose BTA btw.

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"Marc Levenson" > wrote in message
...
> Well built, easy to adjust, provides excellent production of skimmate
compared
> to other skimmers due to its design.
>
> Marc
>
>
> Benjamin wrote:
>
> > How does one figure EuroReef is the best skimmer again?
> > --
> > --
> >
> > My Web Site: http://showcase.netins.net/web/reefpage/
> >
>
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> Personal Page: http://www.sparklingfloorservice.com/oanda/index.html
> Business Page: http://www.sparklingfloorservice.com
> Marine Hobbyist: http://www.melevsreef.com
>
>