54 gallon perc tank

dunl · #1 09-15-2005, 12:29 AM

I want to do up 54 gallon bowfront tank as a percula tank, with a 15 gllon sump.

Just looking for suggestion, as this will be my first saltwater tank.

Joe Reefer · #2 09-15-2005, 01:06 AM

Read and do as much research as possible before any purchases are made.

dunl · #3 09-15-2005, 02:10 AM

Not a beginner here, just in saltwater. Guess I should have mentioned that.

I've been reading for months, looking for member's suggestions now, as I am all ready to start the tank cycling. Looking to hash out the suggestions over the next month or so while I cycle it... Basically, I'm looking for different types of suggestions for a FOWLR setup.

After experience with that, I might look at corals, but that will probably be at least six months down the road...

Dunl

Ruth · #4 09-15-2005, 03:14 AM

My suggestion to you would be to try and imagine where you want to be in a year or two and buy equipment that is suited for that kind of tank. I know that I have more pieces of equipment from skimmers to pumps to lights that I thought would suit my needs and were a "good deal" just laying around. Spend the money up front because it will save you money down the road. The 3 that I would highly recommend that you go for overkill (at least it will seem that way right now) are skimmer, lights and flow.

dunl · #5 09-15-2005, 03:52 AM

Done.

Now I'm looking for suggestions on setups for a 54 gallon bowfront percula tank.

Thanks,
Dunl

Richer · #6 09-15-2005, 04:13 AM

When I had my 30g half cube (24"x24"x12") running, I always wanted to convert it into a clown tank... a big anemone, and a small group of 3-4 percs.

Of course, with your tank, you'd probably want to have your LR and fish in there for a few months just to have things stabilized before you can even think of putting an anemone in there.

-Rich

dunl · #7 09-15-2005, 04:17 AM

Yeah, I was thinking that I could wait a while on an anemone.

I'm looking for ideas on landscaping (high, low, spread out???), tankmates, cleaner crew, etc. Just interested in what others have done.....

vertex · #8 09-15-2005, 05:29 AM

I'd aquascape things how you want for now and don't intend to keep it that way. Once you add the anenome(s) it will find a place it likes and your best bet is to re-aquascape around its general position. Mine seems to always go to the sot I didn't want it to, so I let it settle, then rearrange everything how I liked it. It stays in the same spot now. Every now and then it might take a cruise around the tank (every couple of months) but always goes back to the same spot.

If you don't have a lot of rock, the anenome is probably more like to stay on ajoining rock, so if you have a place you want it, you may not want other rocks nearlyby for it to move to. It will circle the one you put it on and hopefully settle in. (hopefully I said).

hope that helps.

dunl · #9 09-15-2005, 03:09 PM

Thanks. That helps for getting the anemone settled. I do plan to have pretty heavy rockwork in there.

Any other suggestions out there?

OCDP · #10 09-15-2005, 04:23 PM

What exactly do you mean by perc tank? I am not sure if it has been covered (becuase I am too lazy to read the thread

) But just so you know, you can only house two percula clownfish in one tank. That being one male, one female.

If you have more questions, shoot... if you already knew this then you're good to go !