my new 55 gal!

So just bought another tank today (couldnt pass it up for the price)

Mechanicly it is

*55 long
*HOB coralife skimmer
*HOB filter of some kind
*2, old skool power heads
*2,55w actinic blue evening lights
*2,10,000k 65w coralife
*coralife light (power suply????) i have no idea, but it looks spendy lol.
*Super nice black stank and hood

Livestock.

*65LBS LR
*100LBS LS
*15 head of frog spawn
*50 or better different color shrooms
*some crazy soft coral idk what it is (ill get some pics up)
*tiny coral beauty
*zebra damsel (gunna go to the LFS)

Got it for $500.

Cleaned the sand up (but when i set the tank up it still got pretty stired up) aquascaped it very nice.

1 broke a bulb in the transport :-(.

But i want to take the damsel back, put my BTA in it, with my perc clowns, and my goby.

(4 fish total)

Is this tank big enough for a smaller blue hippo tang?
tank is 50" Long.


a few pictures coming soon.

 

its not big enough to keep any tang indefinately but if you have your heart set on it you could probably keep him a few years, just be aware that he might get violent in a smaller tank

congrats on the purchase sounds like a great deal!

 

Check out those aipatasia!
They will be taken care of in the morning.

 

Well i dont want to get a tang inless it will be comfortable..
I will just have to step my tank up once again.. but i can wait

Know what kind of coral that grean carpet stuff is??

 

i don't! but there's some great stuff in there! you definatley scored! get a 6' tank next time and you can use the 55 for a sump. woo!

 

haha ok!!
i wish i was rich.

 

Nice deal you got!

 

honestly i think you can keep a small tang in your 55 gallon, many people have mixed opinions. for example, blue tangs get to 12+" but HONESTLY how often do you see them at that size? it takes a while to grow with a 55 gallon aquarium anyways, just make sure to give them a lot of swimming room, maybe if only 25% of the tank is aquascaped and then you can bring it back once it outgrows your tank, amazing deal, happy reefing

 

ok im back to 50/50 now. I would love a hippo tang.
Lets see what others have to say about it.
Thanks for the input!!
I couldnt pass it up.

 

looks nice Great deal...

Those are some pretty shrooms.