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Jorge091293

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So I started another biocube 29 gallon is up and ready had one false percula clown fish but went to back chamber of tank and died over nigth sorry little guy I was wondering I have two snails in it

I whant a sand cleaner fish that will clean my sand bed is turning brown and thinking of getting pair of false percula clowns does anyone know a good sand cleaning fish and how big does the false get thanks

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False Percula Clownfish reach an average adult size of 3-4 inches, a pair would be fine in your size of tank. There are many Sandsifting Gobies that would stir up the substrate for you and be a nice addition to your system. The best way to reduce the amount of nuisance algae in your system would be to have adequate flow, not overfeed, complete frequent water changes and keep an eye on water parameters.

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2 clowns are fine in the 29g.

 

Sand sifting goby are good but I'd wait until the tank is more established as there isn't enough food for it in new tank.

 

The best way to reduce or control algae is reducing controllimg nutrient levels.

 

Weekly waterchanges: vacuum sand, turkey bast rocks, clean chambers every 2 weeks.

Low bioload, low feedings

Changing filter floss 2 times a week

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It sounds normal fr the sand to get a brown layer in a new tank. I would keep up with regular maintenance and it should level out. Feeding too much I think contributes to the bio load as well and new tanks can't cope as well as more established systems. 

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