My 55 gallon setup

This is my first salt water tank it is a 55 gallon dt, with a 20 gallon sump with fuge, 60 pounds of sand total, and around 50 pounds of dry rock.

 

nice lookin start skurious. how long has it been setup?

 

Maybe a few hours

 

wow , still a ways to go. how much live rock? what type of lights? do you have a skimmer? what are your plans , fish only , corals?

 

I dont have much live rock yet maybe just a couple small rocks to seed from, as for lights ive got just standard 15w lights for now, no skimmer yet. Im still deciding on a skimmer, as for lights i think im going with a 4 bulb t-5 fixture. I want to do corals and fish but it will be a while before i get anything in the tank.

 

Nice tank. Its a lot nicer in person thats for sure

 

Here is a pic after the tank cleared up.

 

Looks awesome. One quick question. Have you tested your overflow/return for power failure safety? By the looks of how much water is in your sump/fuge it looks like it will overflow onto the floor.

 

yes i have, i have tested this by turning off the return pump and have had zero problems so far, i actually run the sump a bit lower than what is seen in that picture just to be on the safe side.

 

tanks looking good Skurious

is it going to be FOWLR or are you going to reef it up?

Steve