gabe_j Posted March 31, 2010 Share Posted March 31, 2010 This is my first SW tank so we'll see how it goes i've done a fair amount of reading up here. enough to start off my tank anyways. total flow with pump and filter is 280gph. Equipment ADA 60F 24x12x7 13 Lbs of cured figi tukani lr Vortech MP10es tetra heater small HOB BRS Media Reactor Lighting Coralife 2x24 T5HO ATI aquablue + Geisseman Actinic + Livestock 1black occilaris 2 emerald crab 1 banded serpent star 1 astrea 1 turbo 3 blue leg hermit 1 cerith snail too many corals to list right now. bu't i'll get around to it when i'm bored enough. Link to comment
reeftankguy Posted March 31, 2010 Share Posted March 31, 2010 Your tank is cycling and you have livestock in there???? You obviously didnt really do a fair amount of reading here... or there Link to comment
gabe_j Posted March 31, 2010 Author Share Posted March 31, 2010 and that's how fast i've been know to shove my foot in my mouth.. feeling like a dumb a##... Link to comment
Withers Posted March 31, 2010 Share Posted March 31, 2010 Meh, it's cured rock. Worst case scenario is that you might lose the shrimp, I doubt anything else will die if the rock doesn't have a lot of die-off. I like that aquascape! Link to comment
gabe_j Posted March 31, 2010 Author Share Posted March 31, 2010 thanks i made it a point to get the lr cured from the lfs down the street from my house and i used premixed ro/di water. the lr stayed in the water on the way home and didn't spend anytime out of water or dry, basiclly bucket to tank. thanks, vic the folks at the store were really cool she let me go through all her lr before deciding on what i wanted for my tank seeing as how it sits so low. Link to comment
Withers Posted March 31, 2010 Share Posted March 31, 2010 I definitely wouldn't add anything else though. I just wanted to throw that out there. Link to comment
gabe_j Posted March 31, 2010 Author Share Posted March 31, 2010 ha yea i figured as much but thanks.. Link to comment
Billdemart Posted March 31, 2010 Share Posted March 31, 2010 Yeah that shouldn't be too big of a deal. Just test your water a lot for Ammonia, Nitrite/Nitrates. Link to comment
pyrocreep Posted March 31, 2010 Share Posted March 31, 2010 Also if you want to be a bit more careful you could do pretty frequent water changes. I wouldn't do it on a normal cycle (there's a bit of an argument both ways here), but with stock in the tank you can improve the chances of them living. Link to comment
gabe_j Posted March 31, 2010 Author Share Posted March 31, 2010 you think say a 10% change should be good? i'm only holding 8.75 gallons. oh yeah and the rock doesn't look like theres much die off, theres what seems to be purple stuff growing everywhere. i'm fairly sure its coralline Link to comment
fiction101 Posted March 31, 2010 Share Posted March 31, 2010 I usually do a lot of water changes while cycling. At least to a 20 percent change. Link to comment
gabe_j Posted April 1, 2010 Author Share Posted April 1, 2010 ok well i did a water change 4.2 liters (just over a gallon) i checked my water again ph is up 8.2 temp 78 nh3 0.5 no2 0.5 no3 5.0 alk 1.7 sal 1.025 and everything seems to be doing fine the shrimp is all over that rock picking up tid bits to snack on i'm not sure if i should give him a pellet of food to munch before i leave town i'm leaving tonight i'll be back sunday around noon. i think they should be good.... think. Link to comment
Withers Posted April 1, 2010 Share Posted April 1, 2010 Yeah I think you'll be alright. Link to comment
gabe_j Posted April 1, 2010 Author Share Posted April 1, 2010 now its just a matter of PLANNING my corals and such. also is it common for lfs to order fish and things you want specificly? (spelling sucks sorry) the one by my place is willing to do it i didn't know if it that was common in the hobby. i'm considering 2 true perculas 1 black, 1 orange. Link to comment
gabe_j Posted April 6, 2010 Author Share Posted April 6, 2010 and in looking things up myself i found it much to hard to find/costly for a black true perc. so i may just stick with a clown fish and mabe a smaller goby that will chill with my shrimp Link to comment
Withers Posted April 6, 2010 Share Posted April 6, 2010 LFS' order off a list from their distributors, so yeah, it's not uncommon to ask them to find something for you. They'll usually require you to pick it up immediately though. Link to comment
gabe_j Posted April 7, 2010 Author Share Posted April 7, 2010 oh ok. another thing i got what looks to be a diatom "bloom" but it was just a few spots in a couple of clusters this morning and now its fading i thought it was supposed to last more than a day. oh well. Link to comment
masami93 Posted April 7, 2010 Share Posted April 7, 2010 I really like your aquascape! so far, seems liek you've done a good job, can't wait till this matures haha. GL! Link to comment
gabe_j Posted April 7, 2010 Author Share Posted April 7, 2010 I really like your aquascape!so far, seems liek you've done a good job, can't wait till this matures haha. GL! thanks i just got lucky they had really nice pieces that added up to about the wieght i wanted lol. and i can't wait either i don't want to introduce too much to fast you know. oh by the way i tested my water the other day and i so did my lfs and its good to go! everythings leveled out and trates are at 15. yess oh and fiction, that water chage helped i'm doing another one this weekend just to make sure everything stays good. Link to comment
gabe_j Posted April 8, 2010 Author Share Posted April 8, 2010 got a true perc, and an astrea, the cleaner and other snails died off fyi. but i got them at petco (i know stuipd.) but they weren't acting right, so i check out a cleaner at rainforest pets and he was acting completely different that mine was, so is that an idviduality issue or water quality thing? the perc is loving it he swims up the current then glides down to the edge of the tank and then rushes back up the flow and does it over and over and over, its pretty funny to watch and he's eating like a champ. and so is that astrea cruising all over that tank. just thought i'd update. Link to comment
gabe_j Posted April 11, 2010 Author Share Posted April 11, 2010 update 3 zoa frags, 1 ric, 1gsp, and i believe 1 candy cane. pics coming soon Link to comment
gabe_j Posted April 29, 2010 Author Share Posted April 29, 2010 they took to eachothe instantly, no fighting just chilling. Link to comment
gabe_j Posted May 13, 2010 Author Share Posted May 13, 2010 lets see i've got some more livestock, 2 or 3 new zoas, 1 paly, 1 scroll, 1 sexy shrimp, and 1 pederson that pederson is hiding some where i'll have to hunt him out later, to take a picture. Link to comment
gabe_j Posted May 19, 2010 Author Share Posted May 19, 2010 after a mishap with my tank. filter floss clogging up in 3 days thus dumping half my water outta the tank for an undetermined amount of time. and me thinking i had a tank leak. i've had to redo my tank set up. well not so much redo more, more like rearrange. i've had to add 3.5 lbs of new established LR, i got rid of the sand bed, which dropped my 'trates to. they used to stay around 5-10 no matter what i did, less feeding less often more frequent water changes at a higher volume. i'm pretty fond of the new look i know it was a extreme change but i had to replace 100% of the water due to an amonia spike that i'm assuming came from the exposed rock haveing some die off. its been a battle of big daily water changes, dosing biozyme, to help with benifical bacteria re-establishment, and this friday being the 1 week mark since the incident, i've only lost a scarlet hermit.( which now that i think of it was more likely killed by my dwarf blue leg, that i'm taking back to the lfs for credit) i'm pretty sure i'll get flamed for my actions but i didn't know what else to do. however doing a 100% waterchange which i don't recomend anyone ever do, all my water params are 0's across the board. cal is up to 500, and ph is stable. all in all i consider the out come a win even though i probably didn't do everything right. Link to comment
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