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sfin52
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This is your tank. I agree with above. Don’t buy on impulse it leads to headaches and a lighter wallet. Have a plan and stick to it.
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Welcome to the family!!!
So.... I am going to finally get to test my water today (supplies came in the mail)! Since I missed out on any readings from the first 5 days I plan on picking up dr Tim’s bacteria and ammonia on the way home from work in case I get readings of zero and need to see if a cycle is actually happening at all. Once I can confirm that the ammonia is being taken up and processed in the proper fashion and that my water parameters are right, I plan on adding a clean up crew consisting of nassarius snails, hermits, etc. I’m just curious if anyone has any suggestions on how many of each kind for a 32 biocube with about 30 lbs of rock? Basically I need help creating a list of species I want for my crew and all need to be reef safe as I plan to add corals as soon as it’s safe to do so.
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Welcome to R2R
Also, here’s my list so far of fish I might like:
2 Clownfish (I like the uniquely colored ones)
1 Fire shrimp
1 blenny (so many different ones I can’t decide which I like)
1 firefish
1 goby (orange spotted looks cool or a yellow watchman... Catalina looks awesome too)
Also, I’ve heard about pistol shrimp and gobies having a relationship and pairing so that might be cool. Would I need to choose between the fire shrimp and the pistol?
Any thoughts on the list (exclusions or additions welcome as well)! Thanks guys for all the loooove!
2 Clownfish (I like the uniquely colored ones)
1 Fire shrimp
1 blenny (so many different ones I can’t decide which I like)
1 firefish
1 goby (orange spotted looks cool or a yellow watchman... Catalina looks awesome too)
Also, I’ve heard about pistol shrimp and gobies having a relationship and pairing so that might be cool. Would I need to choose between the fire shrimp and the pistol?
Any thoughts on the list (exclusions or additions welcome as well)! Thanks guys for all the loooove!
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NY_Caveman
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I would start small, say 2-3 each, then monitor them and add more as needed. I would wait until the initial cycle is complete. With a new tank there may not be much for them to eat, so watch closely.
sfin52
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For your clean up crew until your tank matures you may need to supplement food.
Looks like a good list. I have a watchman and a yellow clown goby. They are awesome fish. Looking at getting a green clown goby in the not so distant future.
Looks like a good list. I have a watchman and a yellow clown goby. They are awesome fish. Looking at getting a green clown goby in the not so distant future.
Day 5 -
- tested water:
Ph: 7.4 -8 (would like a bit more certainty here)
Ammonia: 0
Nitrite: 0
Nitrate: 0
-added bottle of instant ocean
- added small amount of fish food
My plan is to test the water in the morning to see how the system reacts.
- tested water:
Ph: 7.4 -8 (would like a bit more certainty here)
Ammonia: 0
Nitrite: 0
Nitrate: 0
-added bottle of instant ocean
- added small amount of fish food
My plan is to test the water in the morning to see how the system reacts.
Welcome to R2R!
Day 6
After testing the water last night I also added some birthday gifts to the tank:
Intank media basket (filter floss, chemipure elite, purigen)
Eshopps nano protein skimmer
My only issue is that the skimmer is overflowing with foam. I let it run all last night and woke up to this:
My plan is to let it keep running and hope it’s a “break-in period”.
Any thoughts on this skimmer or ways to combat this issue of wayyyy too much foam?
Also, after adding the bacteria and a bit of fish food I will be testing the water again when I get home from work to see if I can observe cycling...
Thanks!
After testing the water last night I also added some birthday gifts to the tank:
Intank media basket (filter floss, chemipure elite, purigen)
Eshopps nano protein skimmer
My only issue is that the skimmer is overflowing with foam. I let it run all last night and woke up to this:
My plan is to let it keep running and hope it’s a “break-in period”.
Any thoughts on this skimmer or ways to combat this issue of wayyyy too much foam?
Also, after adding the bacteria and a bit of fish food I will be testing the water again when I get home from work to see if I can observe cycling...
Thanks!
