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Hello everyone! Happy Thanksgiving Day!
I am new on here and I would like some direction. I am in the process of doing much research before setting up the actual tank for an octo. Having been in reef-keeping for over 20 years, I know the value of research.
What I need to know is if I will have enough room in my tank and what kind of octo you all recommend. Here are the specs: The tank is a 50 gallon corner tank. It is the perfect tank for an octo because it is very tall, but it is not drilled, and because of its odd shape I would not be able to place any kind of sump or fuge under it. The best I could do is a CPR hang-on-back fuge or an AC 110. I also have a HOT canister filter that I would put on there with carbon and such. As far as lighting goes, I have 4 T5's that I could retro into the canopy or I could also add 4 PC. I plan on also getting a hang-on protein skimmer (I've had good reults with a Remora).
Now that you know the specs, here are my plans. This would be an octo tank and nothing else. I plan on placing a few large pieces of live rock, as well as large empty clam shells for the octo to hide in, and live sand.
Are my plans reasonable? Is there anything you guys would change? Lastly, what kind of octo could I keep? Obviously size is a concern as I would not want something that would not be comfortable in this tank. I was thinking about a pair of Gulf Dwarf Octos and found some guy off Tampa (close to me) that sells them as "mated pairs".
Any help would be much appreciated. Please don't direct me to the archives and the previous reserach done because I am already perusing all of those posts. Every tank/situation is different and I think we can all benefit from people's personal opinions, which is what I seek in this thread.
Thanks much!
Aly
I am new on here and I would like some direction. I am in the process of doing much research before setting up the actual tank for an octo. Having been in reef-keeping for over 20 years, I know the value of research.
What I need to know is if I will have enough room in my tank and what kind of octo you all recommend. Here are the specs: The tank is a 50 gallon corner tank. It is the perfect tank for an octo because it is very tall, but it is not drilled, and because of its odd shape I would not be able to place any kind of sump or fuge under it. The best I could do is a CPR hang-on-back fuge or an AC 110. I also have a HOT canister filter that I would put on there with carbon and such. As far as lighting goes, I have 4 T5's that I could retro into the canopy or I could also add 4 PC. I plan on also getting a hang-on protein skimmer (I've had good reults with a Remora).
Now that you know the specs, here are my plans. This would be an octo tank and nothing else. I plan on placing a few large pieces of live rock, as well as large empty clam shells for the octo to hide in, and live sand.
Are my plans reasonable? Is there anything you guys would change? Lastly, what kind of octo could I keep? Obviously size is a concern as I would not want something that would not be comfortable in this tank. I was thinking about a pair of Gulf Dwarf Octos and found some guy off Tampa (close to me) that sells them as "mated pairs".
Any help would be much appreciated. Please don't direct me to the archives and the previous reserach done because I am already perusing all of those posts. Every tank/situation is different and I think we can all benefit from people's personal opinions, which is what I seek in this thread.
Thanks much!
Aly