Andrews 6x2.5x2.5 FOWLR (updated)

[Andy.B]

Introduction:
Hi Everyone my names Andrew and i love angelfish, they are my favourite species of fish on the reef.
System Objectives: To showcase healthy angelfish
System Type: fish only with live rock
Display System:
system is 6ft x 2.5 x 2.5 (round 2000l with sump)
Strike up Date: Date system started
ummmm maybe january 06,
Display Tank: Display tank specifications.
6ft x 2.5 x 2.5
Display Lighting: Lighting specifications.
1 ATI Sunpower
]Stand:[/b] Stand specifications.
made from 90 x 45 pine
Hood: Hood specification
hoods made from timber aswell in 2 parts so it can hinge up and open handy for when reaching bottom of tank when my arms just cant reach
Sump: the sump is 4ft x 2 x 2
Refugium: ummmmmm (one day when i go bigger)
Refugium Lighting: N/A

Support systems:
my wallet
System Water: Natural salt water or artificial salt water
Natural salt water
Display Water circulation:

2 x tunze 6105's

Return Pump: Pondmaster 8000L/ph

Skimmer: reef octopus

Evaporation Top Up:Manual but changing to ato soon (hopefully)


Salinity / Specific Gravity: 1.023


Andy

[Andy.B]

still trying to sort out pics sorry guys

[pebbles]

Hi Andy,

To add the photos, have you signed up to photobucket or similar?

This should help:

viewtopic.php?p=312264#p312264

Another alternative:

viewtopic.php?f=55&t=218667

Just ask if you're still stuck.

good luck.

[Andy.B]

and as a bit of an update these are the only fish i have left after quarintining them for whitespot not happy
i bought a spotted sweetlip about 2 months ago that i didnt quarintine out of the 'shell be right' because i didnt want to run a 3rd tank,
in introducing the sweetlip i had to shut down my temperate 4 foot with critters ive caught such as a cuttlefish, scats and mono's (mum and dad weren't happy)
and invest in another 3 foot tank to quarinine all the fish out of the display. this process cost the lives of my yellow-bar maroon clown, the emperor angel, asfur angel and the sweetlips. And as what everybody says its times like these that make you wanna get out of the hobby. but its all good! still got the 3 amigos that are pictured.
Thanks for reading everyone
ill post some full tank and sump photos later. (thanks for the help angie for the pics)

Andy

[rolph]

is that a knife wound in that first fish?

[Andy.B]

is that a knife wound in that first fish?

his tail is split from when i accidentally aquascaped on him a few years back

also he can get scratched up from burrying at night and broken pipi shells.

but nothing too serious theyre a tough fish.

Andy

[Depths of blue]

Where's the FTS!?

[Andy.B]

Hi Laura,


Its overduue for a spring clean
Dreading cleaning the sump..

And i thought id show some pics of them eating the other day in natural light without the fluro's on.


its the edge of the vlamingis eye its not cloudy i swear... hes goofy when he eats pipis

I love the Blue Devils big eyes to bits!!

And just incase you guys thought i might be kidding here are my late angels that passed from WS


There was never any aggression between them just a grunt here and there from the emperor when the asfur went for his pipi
And the cuttle that was in my 4ft temperate he passed when i went away for a week and the salinity went through the roof,
Here he is eating a snapping shrimp, dad loved the prawns and shrimp in the tank and day by day he's wondering hmmmm why are there now 9 prawns not 10 and so on
but it was the most interesting animal hard to find in the day when it was burried and all you could see was the eyes.


Thanks for reading everyone
Andy

[Andy.B]

Just an update to show a to do list that id like to achieve this year hopefully sooner rather than later,

# I would like to replace the 3 powerheads with 1 or 2 but unaware of what kind (open to suggestions) due to the fact that it doesnt need
to be too fancy in terms of controllers or wave making.

# FINALLY invest in an ro/di unit and auto top off so i can top up the tank with a reliable water source.

# Join MASS

# And get another angel! once all of the above is completed the tank will be a bit more reliable and id love to get another pomacanthus angel. But i have
a question for you guys, and that is do you think my tank is overstocked at the moment? considering the full size of the clown coris, vlamingi and blue devil? ?
(hopefully im going fine for the police )

Any advice or feedback would be appreciated as pumps,plumbing and ro/di isn't my specialty

Hope everyone had a great xmas and new year and all the best for 20legs

Andy

[callummc1]

Got that spring cleaning done yet?