BHRay Posted January 18, 2003 Share Posted January 18, 2003 Well, it's about day ten for my first SW 10g and this is what I got NH3 = 0 NO2 = 0 NO3 = 0-5 hard to read, but I think it's zero ph = 8.4 KH = 9 Salinity = 1.022 Temp = 78 10lbs of LR (in there since day 2) 10lb sand 5lb. aragonite Maxijet MP400 Just got a POwersweep 212 today I haven't got my lighting together yet, so I just have a 24" 20W laying on the glass top. But I plan to get at least 3.5W/g in future so I can have something besides JF. Can I put something in now? Some clean up crewmembers? A fish or 2? I like the look of the Banjji (sp?) cardinals. I saw some in a lfs show tank that had young. Any ideas? Link to comment
BHRay Posted January 18, 2003 Author Share Posted January 18, 2003 BTW - this is a skimmerless system - planning 10% water changes/week. Also, bad math - it's actually day 13 today. Link to comment
Rocket_155 Posted January 18, 2003 Share Posted January 18, 2003 i would raise the SG abit more, like to 1.024 Link to comment
el pez Posted January 18, 2003 Share Posted January 18, 2003 sounds good! your ready. just add slowly and keep everyone happy. and 2 cardinals will be a little big for a 10 IMO. they get a lot bigger than you think. ive seen one that was 4 inches. but ussually they get to around 3 in my experience. and i recomend leaving your SG a bit on the low side. because these small tanks are affected A LOT by evaporation when compared to a big tank Link to comment
BHRay Posted January 18, 2003 Author Share Posted January 18, 2003 Well, if the cardinals are too big, does anyone have any other suggestions or fish that they have? I will go research the fish that nano-reef suggest. What are good clean up crews too? How slow, is going slow? For instance, the articles here give snails and crabs per gallon, but should I start with less to avoid an NH3 spike? Newbie here. Link to comment
el pez Posted January 18, 2003 Share Posted January 18, 2003 slow as in one step at a time. one fish at a time. your fine as long as you dont fully stock the tank all at once. as far as a clean up crew in a 10 gallon. i used to use 1 turbo snail and 3 hermits and they did a fine job. but in my 7 im planning on using 2 hermits, 2 or 3 baha cerinth snails, 2 margarita snails. just had good luck with these guys. you dont need a TON of hermits and snails. sure it might take them a while to clean up algae, but at least they wont starve. and i would keep a low fish load in that tank. maybe 1 clown or maybe a clown and a damsel. Link to comment
SaltyDawg Posted January 18, 2003 Share Posted January 18, 2003 My SG is set at 1.026 is this to high then? Link to comment
el pez Posted January 18, 2003 Share Posted January 18, 2003 not if you keep it constant at that and your animals are used to it. but you have to watch evaporation very closely. if a nano loses a half a gallon of evaporation...it affects the tank a buncha times more than if a half a gallon evaporates from a 55. i would lower the salinity of the water you add with the next water change. just make it gradual. but it is in no way the end of the world if you leave it how it is. Link to comment
LiQuiD Posted January 18, 2003 Share Posted January 18, 2003 Thats great for invert's but your fish may not be so happy. Link to comment
ross76053 Posted January 18, 2003 Share Posted January 18, 2003 Right - more difficult for fish to respirate with a higher SG, which is why many FOWLR owners keep SG at 1.022-23. Link to comment
BHRay Posted January 19, 2003 Author Share Posted January 19, 2003 Well, I put a firefish, a banded coral shrimp, and 3 small snails in today. Lfs was not sure about the snails but said they might be margarita. All I know is that they came crawling out of the sand when he threw some mysis shrimp in the tank. We'll see how it goes. THe firefish is hiding under the LR. I saw him out once. THe shrimp has taken up a position on a suction cup of the PH. The snails are cruising the tank. Wish me luck. Thanks for all the help. Link to comment
ross76053 Posted January 19, 2003 Share Posted January 19, 2003 Your snails sound like Conches - either "Fighting" or "Queen" variety. Hope you have Queen Conches - they stay much smaller. Conches will bury themselves in your sandbed, and when the "smell" food, come to the top to look for it. I just got a Fighting Conch a couple of days ago (at the suggestion of another member here), and he's hilarious to watch. Edit: Had it backwards...the "Fighting" variety stays smaller longer. Link to comment
Satchmo Posted January 19, 2003 Share Posted January 19, 2003 Either conch or nassarius. Search the web for each name and you'll find pics to ID what you have. Link to comment
Satchmo Posted January 19, 2003 Share Posted January 19, 2003 Ross, maybe I've got it backwards, but I thought the queens grew quicker and larger than the fighters. Link to comment
BHRay Posted January 19, 2003 Author Share Posted January 19, 2003 After searching around, I'm thinking that they are nassarius. THey are smoother than the conch pictures I found, and they have that "one tentacle larger than the other" thing going on. The shell looks like a margarita but the underside is all one piece, whereas that margarita has the part that brings mobility and then a separate surface for eating (see the link) http://www.fishindex.com/phpphotos//86//45/2526 Also, learned a good lesson today. When we were netting the firefish yestreday, I couldn't beleive how fast it was! Well, this morning I took my wife in to see the new fish and threw a couple bs in to see if it would eat. It ate one of them. Anyway, I walked away and left the lid open. You guessed it, I found it sunning itself on the carpet. Stiffer than a mackerel. Link to comment
Tracker Posted January 19, 2003 Share Posted January 19, 2003 I hate it when that happens! Link to comment
BHRay Posted January 20, 2003 Author Share Posted January 20, 2003 Yeah, me too. I feel for the fish. Thx Link to comment
ross76053 Posted January 20, 2003 Share Posted January 20, 2003 Oops...yup...Queens grow faster....was thinking one thing and typed another.... Link to comment
MacnReef Posted January 20, 2003 Share Posted January 20, 2003 It sounds good to me, I would keep your SG there or a little higher, and get an automatic top-off from http://www.californiareefs.com/forsale.htm I have one and it is the best investment I made for my nano! Link to comment
Recommended Posts
Archived
This topic is now archived and is closed to further replies.