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I am new here. I have had reef tanks for about 6 yrs. I took a break from it and now I am right back at it. My newest tank is a 65 show tank. I have a 60 acrillic puffer tank and an empty 55gallon will just a comon salt water crab. I use this tank for my salt mixture tank. works great lol. it have a fluval caniter on it 6 power heads a heater. and a lil rock. always nice for new fish to watch them too. I also have a 30 gallon sick tank. it also has a canister filter . heater, protien skimmer , power head , and back hang one filter,. I am in the process of building a 25 gallon acrillic lego stand and hood. fiiltration on that tank is a fluval canister hang on protien skimmer, inline heater, small power head, all my tanks have hang on protien skimmers. to each thier own. on my 65 show I use hang on filters for water flo, i have and oceanic filter on that tank. on my swim tank I use a huge canister filter, inline heater, UV satitizer, hang on protien skimmer,. for cooling they are in a room that has 4 window ac units.

 

Cool! Do you plan on having corals, other inverts etc.? How about lighting?

 

on my 65 gallon show I am using pc lighting and moon lights. I have a 5 bumble bee snails. 5 blue and 5 red legged hermit crabs. a sea cuecumber, a sea eurchant, a rock emonie, a carpet emonie, scooter blenny, lawn mower blenny, 2 sand sifting star fish, 2 orange star fish, 1 tomatoe clown, one false clown, one velvet damsel and a feather duster. live sand, live rock.and on my puffer tank I am using pc lighting.live sand even thou I have a uv sanitizer. and a little live rock. on my empty tank its just florecent lighting and on my quarantine tank its florecent.

 

Sounds good. Do you have a dsb(deep sand bed)? Your Sand Sifting Star requires a deep sand bed of atleast 4" to forage for food as most of their life is spent in your sand bed. Without a deep bed, survival will look bleek, due to starvation. Also do you have a fine sand bed or course? Fine sand(sugar) is ideal for them. Best of luck to you and your new set-up. Any questions, feel free to post on 3reef-someone will be able to help ya!!!!!!!!

 

its 3 inches and its a mixed sand bed mostly fine sand. I got a cpr back pack today. it works awsome!!!