29 BioCube stocking

[CD_Scapes]

I might be getting an early christmas present...a 29 BioCube with heater, stand, pump, skimmer (might not use), and wavemaker for $10 from a local hobbyist. The catch is I have to deep clean it, which is well worth it. The plan was probably lots of gorgs and macroalgae as well as 10 lbs of KP Aquatics live rock, with all that said I am trying to decide if I want to stick to blennies and gobies or branch out to more free-swimming fish. What I had in mine were:

Green banded/Rusty/Neon goby pair (only one of the species)

Pygmy filefish pair or royal gramma

blenny species

[Clown79]

That's a great deal! Well worth the cleaning. Soaking it in vinegar water for few days will really help cut down on cleaning work.

 

You can do free swimming fish if that's what you wanna do. You don't have to stick with gobies in a 29g.

 

In my 25g I have: midas blenny, 2 clowns, and a bangaii. 

[CD_Scapes]

43 minutes ago, Clown79 said:

That's a great deal! Well worth the cleaning. Soaking it in vinegar water for few days will really help cut down on cleaning work.

 

You can do free swimming fish if that's what you wanna do. You don't have to stick with gobies in a 29g.

 

In my 25g I have: midas blenny, 2 clowns, and a bangaii. 

Awesome! Yeah, I was thinking of either soaking in vinegar or just spraying the glass in vinegar and using lots of razor blades. I guess the fish will also depend on the style of tank I’m doing. I really want the tank to mainly be gorgonians so maybe some cardinals or a basslet would be the way to go.

[Clown79]

When I transferred and was selling my 15g, I filled it with vinegar and water. It Sat 24hrs, things cane off super easy with a razor.

[CD_Scapes]

1 hour ago, Clown79 said:

When I transferred and was selling my 15g, I filled it with vinegar and water. It Sat 24hrs, things cane off super easy with a razor.

Was it like a 10% vinegar solution? I bet I could look it up online  but was curious which way you went about doing it

[Clown79]

14 minutes ago, Northwoodsreefer said:

Was it like a 10% vinegar solution? I bet I could look it up online  but was curious which way you went about doing it

I just used regular white vinegar, added it to the water and let sit 

[CD_Scapes]

7 hours ago, Clown79 said:

I just used regular white vinegar, added it to the water and let sit 

Fish plan would be rusty goby pair, caribbean blenny and pygmy filefish pair...would that be too many? I figured it would be fine as they are all smaller fish

[Tamberav]

14 hours ago, Northwoodsreefer said:

Fish plan would be rusty goby pair, caribbean blenny and pygmy filefish pair...would that be too many? I figured it would be fine as they are all smaller fish

Should be fine... great choices too!

[CD_Scapes]

1 minute ago, Tamberav said:

Should be fine... great choices too!

So 5 fish would be good, I know I probabbly should not but could I push it to 7 with a pair of sharknose gobies?

[Tamberav]

17 minutes ago, Northwoodsreefer said:

So 5 fish would be good, I know I probabbly should not but could I push it to 7 with a pair of sharknose gobies?

Probably since all the fish are pretty small max size and most seem easy to feed.

[CD_Scapes]

18 minutes ago, Tamberav said:

Probably since all the fish are pretty small max size and most seem easy to feed.

Awesome, I can't wait for this tank