D1G1T Posted May 26, 2011 Share Posted May 26, 2011 Biocube 29 Specs: Display: 29 Gallon Biocube Lighting: Stock PCs Rock: Fiji Live Rock Substrate: Natures Ocean Bio-Activ Live Aragonite Natural Filtration: inTank media basket....Chemi-Pure Elite, Poly Filter floss and Puragen (Coming Soon) Circulation: Biocube 29 stock pump Heater: Via Aqua 100w Parameters: Temp: Daily Temp 80° F - 82° F Ammonia: 0 Nitrite: 0 Nitrate: 0 pH: 8.2 Maintenance: Every other day: Feed, Clean Skimmer Weekly: Clean Glass, Change Filter Floss Bi-Weekly: 10% Water Change & Testing Monthly: Clean Pumps Bi-Monthly: Change Chemi-P / Purigen Yearly: 40% Water Change SilenX Fan Mod I will update as times goes on, thoughts and comments welcome. Link to comment
D1G1T Posted May 30, 2011 Author Share Posted May 30, 2011 UPDATE: 05-30-11 (Memorial Day) So a small update with some pics. Check'em out and let me know what you guys think. Does it look healthy? This is my main concern; or any potential problems? *Zebra Nerite Snail* Had this snail in my freshwater tank, found it in the filter when cleaning, threw it in the saltwater tank and it is more active then ever. Thanks to Yves and Hravanii ! Link to comment
jfarabaugh Posted May 31, 2011 Share Posted May 31, 2011 how long has the tank been running? please tell me a while before you added the clowns? "Had this snail in my freshwater tank, found it in the filter when cleaning, threw it in the saltwater tank and it is more active then ever. Just don't know the species." Really? your joking right? Link to comment
Yves Posted May 31, 2011 Share Posted May 31, 2011 Looks like a nerite snail...hard to tell from the angle but nerites are found in fresh, brackish, and salt water...looking good so far. Link to comment
D1G1T Posted May 31, 2011 Author Share Posted May 31, 2011 Tanks been up for three weeks. Tested for the past two weeks, all parameters are perfect. I'm doing a 10% water change tomorrow and adding a little bio spira. Also going to start supplementing calcium and iodine to get the tank ready for my first LPS or softy (looking at getting red brain coral) in two weeks. The clowns are doing great, they explored the tank together and have found their spot by the back left side of the tank. They love to swim in the current, sort of like a drag race, side by side (I'll get a video up). The hermits are all over the place, non-stop feeding. I'm not joking about the snail, I love that it's doing better in this tank! I will start cleaning algae off of glass in a week or two. Tunze 9002 in the mail and my chiller is working flawlessly. So far so good. Link to comment
Zoafreak Posted May 31, 2011 Share Posted May 31, 2011 LMAO about the snail... i can't believe you really did that, lol. Is this your 1st SW tank? and the tank looks like it is coming along quite well Link to comment
D1G1T Posted May 31, 2011 Author Share Posted May 31, 2011 LMAO about the snail... i can't believe you really did that, lol.Is this your 1st SW tank? and the tank looks like it is coming along quite well Yeah this is my first SW tank. I LOVE MY SNAIL! My LFS has a blue hippo tang in their 34G Red Sea Nano and I'm really digging the idea of having Nemo and Dori in the tank. I've noticed though that the hippo tang is very aggressive towards the yellow tang and oddly enough the Goby and damsel that hang out at the bottom of the tank. Are Blue Hippos naturally aggressive? Link to comment
cwiegele Posted May 31, 2011 Share Posted May 31, 2011 Any kind of Tang in a BC29 is a bad idea. Link to comment
D1G1T Posted May 31, 2011 Author Share Posted May 31, 2011 Any kind of Tang in a BC29 is a bad idea. So you've read? or you've had them and they've died? The tangs I'm speaking of have always been in the same tank. Full of anemone and live rock. Link to comment
BowieReefer84 Posted May 31, 2011 Share Posted May 31, 2011 So you've read? or you've had them and they've died? The tangs I'm speaking of have always been in the same tank. Full of anemone and live rock. If you want an algae eater get a lawnmower blenny. Hippo tangs (all tangs) need large tanks. A 29gal biocube isn't even close to what you need. Even as a juvi they won't have enough swimming room. They will end up with ich or something and stop eating, and die. Trust me. Did you start with liverock or dry baserock? You should add another powerhead in the tank. Also, I see you are talking about dosing iodine and calc. You do NOT need to dose iodine in that tank ever. Keep up with water changes every couple weeks and you will be fine. If you dose Calc you also need to dose Alk in the same proportion to keep your levels balanced. However, with a 2 week old tank you likely do not have the demand to warrant any supplementation. There looks to be not much corraline, and you have no corals... Also, purigen and chemipure last MUCH longer than 2 weeks... Take it nice and slow. Link to comment
Rcplain123 Posted May 31, 2011 Share Posted May 31, 2011 Good call on the StevieT racks. I suggest getting a Koralia in the tank as well. I also think that weekly water changes would be beneficial. Tank looks good so far though. Link to comment
D1G1T Posted May 31, 2011 Author Share Posted May 31, 2011 If you want an algae eater get a lawnmower blenny. Hippo tangs (all tangs) need large tanks. A 29gal biocube isn't even close to what you need. Even as a juvi they won't have enough swimming room. They will end up with ich or something and stop eating, and die. Trust me. Did you start with liverock or dry baserock? You should add another powerhead in the tank. Also, I see you are talking about dosing iodine and calc. You do NOT need to dose iodine in that tank ever. Keep up with water changes every couple weeks and you will be fine. If you dose Calc you also need to dose Alk in the same proportion to keep your levels balanced. However, with a 2 week old tank you likely do not have the demand to warrant any supplementation. There looks to be not much corraline, and you have no corals... Also, purigen and chemipure last MUCH longer than 2 weeks... Take it nice and slow. I started with live rock and live sand I bought a Hydor Koralia (240 GPH) and when I put it in the tank the clowns stopped swimming around and only stayed in the back where I'm assuming the current wasn't as strong. Anyway I took that out and they seem much happier. I still have it, but I think I might return it. I mix Seachem Reef Plus and Ick Attack with my Brine Shrimp feeding mixture along with some garlic. This has trace minerals and coral sups. I plan on changing out my Chemi-P and Purigen every 3 months. There is actually a decent amount of corraline on the far right rock, the hermits tore into it and has been spreading around the tank ever since. I'm starting to see it on the large middle rock as well on the back of the far left rock. I will take your advice and keep it nice and slow. I had to get the clowns to show the wife that all the money was worth it Link to comment
HVani Posted May 31, 2011 Share Posted May 31, 2011 Had this snail in my freshwater tank, found it in the filter when cleaning, threw it in the saltwater tank and it is more active then ever. Just don't know the species. It's a zebra nerite snail I have them in my freshwater tanks as well. Link to comment
Rcplain123 Posted May 31, 2011 Share Posted May 31, 2011 I started with live rock and live sand I bought a Hydor Koralia (240 GPH) and when I put it in the tank the clowns stopped swimming around and only stayed in the back where I'm assuming the current wasn't as strong. Anyway I took that out and they seem much happier. I still have it, but I think I might return it. I mix Seachem Reef Plus and Ick Attack with my Brine Shrimp feeding mixture along with some garlic. This has trace minerals and coral sups. I plan on changing out my Chemi-P and Purigen every 3 months. There is actually a decent amount of corraline on the far right rock, the hermits tore into it and has been spreading around the tank ever since. I'm starting to see it on the large middle rock as well on the back of the far left rock. I will take your advice and keep it nice and slow. I had to get the clowns to show the wife that all the money was worth it Why are adding Reef Plus if you don't have any corals? No point right? Link to comment
D1G1T Posted May 31, 2011 Author Share Posted May 31, 2011 Why are adding Reef Plus if you don't have any corals? No point right? Yea, makes sense. I'm kinda just following a recipe from my LFS. I can nix the Reef Plus til I get some coral, unless its not going to harm the tank. Link to comment
Rcplain123 Posted May 31, 2011 Share Posted May 31, 2011 Yea, makes since. I'm kinda just following a recipe from my LFS. I can nix the Reef Plus til I get some coral, unless its not going to harm the tank. Extra nutrients aren't good. The corals you'll be getting at first (zoos and rics) don't need Reef Plus either. I don't think you need to worry about it until you get some LPS/SPS. Link to comment
D1G1T Posted June 1, 2011 Author Share Posted June 1, 2011 Extra nutrients aren't good. The corals you'll be getting at first (zoos and rics) don't need Reef Plus either. I don't think you need to worry about it until you get some LPS/SPS. So while reading more on supplementing Coral Plus, I found that it is important for accelerated coralline algae growth. If I supplement Coral Plus, Carbon and keep my calcium levels above 400mg/L my coralline algae should grow much more rapid. I think I will continue on my path. Thanks for the advice though I wouldn't have learned what I did without your questions. Why do you say the first coral I will get is a zoo or ric? I've spoke with many and nobody has said this. Is it what you started with? By the way I love your tank (the first pic in your thread). Link to comment
Zoafreak Posted June 3, 2011 Share Posted June 3, 2011 Zoanthids and rics are really easy to keep. Also you can try Green Star polyps or something like a kenya tree. they are super asy too. As for powerheads. the Koralia's are really nice. i have a 240 and 425 on my oceanic 29g biocube. they make good circulation in my tank. One last note. since it is your first SW tank and you don't know everythng. i highly advise doing reasearch on anything you put in your tank before you do it. you got lucky with the zebra nerite and it's ability to be able to live in salt and fresh water environments. Link to comment
D1G1T Posted August 10, 2011 Author Share Posted August 10, 2011 Update: 08-09-11 So far things are going good. I haven't had any water spikes / issues. I do a bi-weekly water change of 10 gallons. It seems to keep everything where it needs to be. The clowns I had are now gone (not dead), they got ick. I treated the tank for two weeks with "Ich Attack" and the white spots were all gone, so I traded them in for store credit and got my 10 gallons of saltwater and a koralia 425. A couple weeks later I got a cleaner shrimp, 2 peppermint shrimp and more herms. Then let the tank sit for 7 weeks with no fish to rid the sand of ick. I recently got a six line wrasse, royal gramma and mandarin dragonet (sand & rocks at night are crawling with copapods). I also got a blueberry sea fan and a great deal on a Zoa rock. I need some help: I saw this on Monday and it has gotten much bigger. What the heck is it? At first I thought it was this: http://www.seaslugforum.net/factsheet.cfm?base=triteleg , but it doesn't look like a slug in any way. I have many sponges growing on the back of the main rock to the left. I thought it might be something on that level. Thanks in advance Link to comment
Zoafreak Posted August 11, 2011 Share Posted August 11, 2011 Ooooo nice zoanthid rock, Eagle eyes and green crosettes it looks like. you are probably maxed out on fish. especially with your Royal gramma. It will harass any new fish you introduce to your tank. that thing doesnt look too bad. looks like a sponge, you can just pitch it if you are nervous about it. also i would buy more copepods for your mandarin. they are actually very hard to keep in small tanks. you really need a very large to to naturally have enough pods for it to eat without supplement. unless that is that you got yours to eat frozen food. speaking of frozen food, i would not use brine shrimp but mysis shrimp because it has more nutrition. PEmysis is what i use. Link to comment
D1G1T Posted August 13, 2011 Author Share Posted August 13, 2011 Ooooo nice zoanthid rock, Eagle eyes and green crosettes it looks like. you are probably maxed out on fish. especially with your Royal gramma. It will harass any new fish you introduce to your tank. that thing doesnt look too bad. looks like a sponge, you can just pitch it if you are nervous about it. also i would buy more copepods for your mandarin. they are actually very hard to keep in small tanks. you really need a very large to to naturally have enough pods for it to eat without supplement. unless that is that you got yours to eat frozen food. speaking of frozen food, i would not use brine shrimp but mysis shrimp because it has more nutrition. PEmysis is what i use. Yea I got that rock for $12.99. I think I do need to supplement some copepods, I haven't seen any after this past week. I've heard that mysis is better from a lot of people. I'm finishing up my last couple cubes of the brine and switching over. I've got my LFS finding me a mated pair of Gold Stripe Maroon Clowns and they are going to take my Gramma and Mandarin. I can't let go of the Wrasse, he's way too interesting to watch. Link to comment
D1G1T Posted August 13, 2011 Author Share Posted August 13, 2011 thats some nice rock! Thanks. I was actually going to change up the tank today. I really need to clean the back wall and the back chambers. Link to comment
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