20 long questions

[NashobaTek]

IDK

 

[NoahLikesFish]

I’m googling nobody seems to do it

 

[NashobaTek]

I’m googling nobody seems to do it

There may be a reason no one does it.

 

[fishlover1478]

have you watched any of the bulkreef supply videos?

 

[NoahLikesFish]

have you watched any of the bulkreef supply videos?

I watched a aquascaping one and 1 other

 

[NoahLikesFish]

I think I watched others too I forgot their names I’ve been watching lots of youtube

 

[fishlover1478]

I watched a aquascaping one and 1 other

watch the five minute guide, brs 160, 16 years of reefing, ulm, brs wwc hybrid. I know that is a ton of videos, I was watching reefing videos for 2 yrs before I started truly considering a reef(I had a tank and other stuff but I never got anything done)

 

[NoahLikesFish]

friend’s 20 long

 

[Brit’s Fish]

Wood is not something I would put in any of my tanks - especially not wood I picked up on the beach. Not saying you can’t put it in your tank, it just sounds really risky to me. And I agree, there is likely a good reason that no one does it.

 

[Brit’s Fish]

friend’s 20 long

So you have a friend with the exact type of tank you want to set up... have you asked them anything? Seems like they’d have a lot of valuable info for you.

 

[Tamberav]

Only wood I would use is the wood you can buy for aquariums and I mean the thin hard branch type you showed in a photo earlier.

Remember your tank is only 20g so it won’t be able to dilute or handle certain woods like a 100g.

 

[NoahLikesFish]

So you have a friend with the exact type of tank you want to set up... have you asked them anything? Seems like they’d have a lot of valuable info for you.

I did, they said macros like dirty water and I don’t need crazy lights or filtration. I am gonna do mine with much more corals though.

 

[NoahLikesFish]

Could sterilized twigs work? Ik they make brackish/salt botanicals at tannin aquatics

 

[NashobaTek]

I did, they said macros like dirty water and I don’t need crazy lights or filtration. I am gonna do mine with much more corals though.

What is the specific gravity of his water? Just asking because his fish are brackish water fish.
Is it 1.025 or??
Pretty cool tank

 

[NoahLikesFish]

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[Tamberav]

I would not use twigs you find outside.

 

[NoahLikesFish]

What is the specific gravity of his water? Just asking because his fish are brackish water fish.
Is it 1.025 or??

1.25

 

[NoahLikesFish]

I would not use twigs you find outside.

Oh ok. Could I use wild mangrove out of water and mabye a palm frond or some oysters and stuff? I want to have a realistic blended scape. I want it to look good but realistic I am not going to do like a 1 foot sand bed and mud but I am going to do it to a point where it’s imperfect perfection

 

[NoahLikesFish]

Sailfin mollies are naturally brackish fish actually. I would do wild sailfins if I got mollies. I really like the general Caribbean biotope and with all the fish/coral/macros I like I might be able to make a very close biotope!

 

[NoahLikesFish]

Also, if it’s legal, can I get wild mangrove seeds because idk where to source them that isn’t ridiculously expensive