shiney. nono
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Here is my tank it is20 gallons and have had it up around 4 months and the sand is argonite I feed them twice a week and am looking for live plants . What ever rocks they are on are the ones I keep
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WalkerLovesTheOcean
I love acans
Welcome to Reef2reef.
I am confused. Are you asking a question? I counted at least 9 fish. All in a 20g? What are the fish in there? That's way overstocked.
I am confused. Are you asking a question? I counted at least 9 fish. All in a 20g? What are the fish in there? That's way overstocked.
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WalkerLovesTheOcean
I love acans
Could be... but I am not too sure about it. The clownfish doesn't look real (OP, is it real?), so then they would have no fish in the tank.
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WalkerLovesTheOcean
I love acans
Yeah. KrisReef is probably right about the fishing. I don't recognize those fish either.
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SueAubu
There's always room on the sand!
@shiny.nono has another post asking why her (anemone) had a white ball near it's oral cavity. (The question was "why is this doing that?) OP said they didn't know what was in the tank, just that they fed it 2x a week. Now I know it was an anemone and it was digesting.
@shiney. nono welcome to R2R!! To answer your first question. Plants don't live in salt water, unless they're algae. You're not going to be able to "plant" your aquarium to look like your plastic ones. You can get some very pretty macro algaes that can hang out in there.
What are you feeding the anemones? Those little fish/minnows are the perfect size for their lunch. Don't be surprised if they start to dwindle. That being said, you'll also have to feed those urchin. I have no idea what they eat besides detritus from the bottom.
Your other post asking about what your nem was doing with the white ball, that was his digestion. Was that picture taken before or after these pics?
It's a cool idea you have there, but if you did get these things from the ocean locally, you'll have to mimic the same environment.
@shiney. nono welcome to R2R!! To answer your first question. Plants don't live in salt water, unless they're algae. You're not going to be able to "plant" your aquarium to look like your plastic ones. You can get some very pretty macro algaes that can hang out in there.
What are you feeding the anemones? Those little fish/minnows are the perfect size for their lunch. Don't be surprised if they start to dwindle. That being said, you'll also have to feed those urchin. I have no idea what they eat besides detritus from the bottom.
Your other post asking about what your nem was doing with the white ball, that was his digestion. Was that picture taken before or after these pics?
It's a cool idea you have there, but if you did get these things from the ocean locally, you'll have to mimic the same environment.
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Formulator
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Sooooo many thoughts. I’m going to be nice and just suggest you absolutely do not put anything else into that tank and go spend at least a few hours researching “how to keep a reef tank” on google. From what I can see, there are some extremely basic things you have not grasped in setting up this tank. This hobby is not just freshwater with salt.
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randomfishdude
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This is interesting. Don't know what something is and just feeds it twice a week. Not meaning to be rude but. I probobly wouldn't go around feeding an alien blob.
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Formulator
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OK…
Overstocked with fish
Rocks chosen by what creatures are on them with no regard for porosity or suitability for biofilter
Plastic bath toy in tank
Anemone in the sand bed
HOB filter probably with stock media
Air stone
No powerhead flow
Perhaps I’m also making assumptions based on the text of the post and another thread by same OP. I just didn’t get the impression there was much research prior to going fishing in the local tide pools. I could be wrong. I hope I am.
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FUNGI
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Not gonna start a long reply, but:
That tank, for what the OP most likely wanted, looks ok to me.
Nothing wrong with HOB filters, (which BTW is the cause for the bubbles you assume as air stone), and he has a small power head/pump. The anemone in the sand bed is ok as some prefer living in sand....and the rock work for what they need to do. As an anemone tank, this is perfectly fine.
Just trying to be nice.....
That tank, for what the OP most likely wanted, looks ok to me.
Nothing wrong with HOB filters, (which BTW is the cause for the bubbles you assume as air stone), and he has a small power head/pump. The anemone in the sand bed is ok as some prefer living in sand....and the rock work for what they need to do. As an anemone tank, this is perfectly fine.
Just trying to be nice.....
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shiney. nono
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I have a flow coming should be here tomorrow and I am trying to find out everything I can to keep my tank happy and the bubbles are from a diver I have that blows bubbles out his butt . I looked up what they like to eat small fish and meaty foods and I have the algae for the urchins and red kelp and thank you to everyone
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Formulator
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Nope apparently we were both wrong. The bubbles are artificial flatulence, duh
:@shiney. nono, jokes aside I’m glad you have a powerhead coming for flow. It may be a good idea to put some live rubble in the bucket of that filter and search these forums for information on the use of hang-on back (HOB) filters for reef aquariums. As I mentioned, it is not common, but people do it successfully and I think most are using a combination of media in the bucket that may be slightly different than whatever came with your filter.
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