Rescape plus new inmates

I am setting up my first SW aquarium so I decided to get my 600l community tank organised today, here are some pics
Yesterday:


Today:

 

Your tank and fish look awesome @EnvironmentalBro.
You have a big pleco in there,how long is he?

 

looking good man

 

looks great

 

Stunning looking tank!

 

Awesome,out of interest whats the thing on the upper left side of the tank.

I saw it in a few SW tanks at PetStop.

 

Thanks for the comments everyone

@nicolaas The biggest Pleco is over 40cm! Its very cool but it does produce a large amount of waste...

@DCWarHound I think you are referring to the Powerhead? It generates current in the tank in order to reduce the amount of dead space (behind rocks etc) and to help filtration.

 

Very nice!

 

lol thats plecos for u mine is half the size and most of the waste in the tank is his!

 

Thanks MHD!

@rednox Yeah its rather unfortunate because they are ridiculously good at keeping algae off the class! I now have 4 Ancistrus in that tank so lets hope they do the job

 

Thanks,so if i direct one of these to areas where poop is gathering then it will blow them away?(hopefully in the filters direction)

 

Yeah it keeps it it from settling and decomposing to a large degree, reduces the amount of times you need to do gravel vacs... Especially important with larger fish like plecos and cichlids. You have to be careful though as some species are sensitive to high current so choose wisely.

 

Cool,i have Oscars so you can imagine how my tank looks after a week with many dead spots.Redoing tank at the end of the month with some eartheaters,corries and some undecided fish.

 

Sounds good, if you place your rockwork strategically you can almost completely eliminate dead space with a powerhead or 2 and they are not that expensive Are you running a sump?

 

Unfortunately not,bought the tank with the cabinet and it has 4 small cabinets.

400L

Running 1200lph Canister,1000lph Via Aqua filter and a 1000lph boyu pump that pumps the water up into the canopy.Still have to figure out how the canopy filter works.

 

All good, I dont have a sump on my community aquarium but I do have an Ehiem 2250 cannister which does a great job, still need to gravel back with big fish though...