30 Gallons Peninsula

[klvnnunez]

Hi all,

I am currently cycling a 30 gallon peninsula which eventually will be hosting mostly softies and LPS corals. I started the tank with Dr. Tim fishless cycling but it unfortunately crashed due to high ammonia. As of today, I have done a 50% water change and have re-started to process. You can say I'm in day one. The current paratmers are as follow:

Salinity: 1.026
Temp: 79
pH: 8
Ammonia: 4
Nitrite: 0
Nitrate: 0

Equipment:
Tank: 31.5" x 13.8" x 15.7 (Drilled, one overflow and one return).
Stand
Skimmer: Bubble Magus Curve 3 Extreme
Heater: Schego 150W (Titanium)
Heater Controller: Inkbird ITC 308S
Return pump: Jecod Jebao DCP 2500
Powerhead 1 (Main): Jecod Jebao DMP 40
Powerhead 2: Jecod Jebao DMP 10
Glass Cleaner: Flipper Mini
Sump: 10 Gallons
Light: None yet (I will open a thread on the lighting forum)*
20 LB of Marco Rocks
1" Sand bed crushed corals

 

[SaltySqueeble]

This is legit. Nice!

 

[klvnnunez]

Here's what the tank looks like with it running. The Jebao DMP 40 pump is a beast and dead silent. I'm super happy with the purchase.

These corals I have in mind for the tank when time comes:

Euphyllia [tiger torch]
Ricordea Mushrooms
Lobophyllia
Montipora Plate (red or grafted)
Favia [raimbow]
Trumpets (purple or neon green)
Pulsating Xenias (pink or blue)
Zoas (hopefully a mini garden)
Acanthophyllia [Acan]
Tube Worm [red coco]

Now I will need to figure out placement for them in the aquascape. I know for sure the Favia, Acans, and the Ricordea will be in the sandbed in fron of the tank. Looking at my aquascape, any thoughts on placement? What should I put on the right side next to the powerhead? That area will be getting blasted. I have the powerhead at 50% at the moment and its creating a ton of movement. I will also be doing a movement test down the line (before adding corals) to make sure I don't have any dead spots in the tank. Worst comes to worst. I have a Jebao DMP 10 I can put on the opposite side (left) and hit the back area of the tank if need be.

I forgot to mention, I'm having a bit of overflow noise as its just one pipe. I have added an airline at the top to silence it (it helped), but I still hear a bit of the water rushing. I tried to back pressure the overflow pipe with some success, but had to pull back becuase I was paranoid that the tank would overflow. The noise is not that bad, but I would like to completely silence it. Unfortunately, I cannot drill the tank any more, so one pipe will have to do. It was impossible for me to find an appropiate overflow box in Europe that could house an emergency pipe as well, so one pipe was the best I could do. I'm not worry about the pipe getting clogged as its 1" and it has a slated weird where a snail or fish won't fit through.

I've been fiddling with the return pump and the overflow valve to try and quite it. I have since order a gate valve for a more precision tuning, should be in this week and will change it.

**Lights are coming soon** I don't need them just yet.