My 29 gallon Beginner reef
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WesMeeks
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I have a coralife superskimmer 65, 250W HQI sunpod, oceanic 250gph wavemaker, about 30lbs LR and 25lbs LS, recently lost all fish, so just corals for now ( hammer, xenia, mushrooms, several zoas, green star polyps, button polyps, anthelia, and some kenya tree corals).
Electrobes
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Holy shnikes that's a lotta light for a 29G tank! How long has the tank been up?
pumarjr
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it looks like you need to test that water! it looks like your going thru your cycle, and your tank looks very unhappy. it's overstocked in it's new age. if it's not a newly started tank then you still need to test your parameters.
KrautBurner
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This is what I have so far... What do you think?
looks really cloudy
and the corals look a bit ****** off.
more pics would be great,
maybe when the corals are opened up
if it were mine,
I'd consider a small Anemone and a pair of clowns
maybe a cleaner shrimp
that's what I'm shooting for if I pick up a biocube for my son's room
be advised,
many people say that anemones are not for beginners
and need lots of space.
if they decide to move around your tank (and often do) they can sting the **** out of your corals
Wesley42079
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250w MH is a lot of light. I was using a Sunpod 150w 14k Phoenix and my favias, chalices and any other lps directly under the light was getting bleached.
In July, I switched to a Current Nova Extreme Pro T5 6x18 and my corals are doing so much better. In fact, my chalices (pink *******, Tyree bubble gum monster, emerald mummy eye and oregon mummy eye is coloring back up.
In July, I switched to a Current Nova Extreme Pro T5 6x18 and my corals are doing so much better. In fact, my chalices (pink *******, Tyree bubble gum monster, emerald mummy eye and oregon mummy eye is coloring back up.
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Looking good bro! Thanks for sharing!
WesMeeks
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Update on my tank. Been through a lot lately. Upgraded to a 55 gallon tank and just recently decided to go back to my 29 gallon, as I could not afford to purchase enough livestock to make the 55 look decent. Trying to located a 45 or 60 gallon cube to go to, but no luck so far. Here is what it looks like now.
Ok fair enough. So what are your plans for this tank?
The 29g dimensions don't allow for much room to play with but I would try messing around with the aquascaping and see if you can get some interesting shapes.
The 29g dimensions don't allow for much room to play with but I would try messing around with the aquascaping and see if you can get some interesting shapes.
