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My lawnmower happily munches on anything I put in the tank which is just as well as I have very little for him to eat in there otherwise. He does occasionally scrape some of the glass buildup but it is more of a snack as the tank is well fed. It should do fine in yours both my lawnmower and bicolor are both pigs :-)
Tank is pretty much ready, just got to mod the resun powerhead and then wait for the cash to get them. Got a small red starfish the other week and a couple of cheap corals, on the lookout now for a small yellow polyped leather and I might try some zoas again. pretty sure it was crabs that polished off all mine when I had them last year.
darn crabs. i bought a couple of acro corals from a bargain bin and put them in my tank. they were on the verge of death when i bought them as they were only $5 each. most of it has already bleached but im praying the birdsnest coral pulls through. probably should have placed it on the bottom of the tank and moved it up gradually to aclimate it to the light. i totally forgot about the lighting conditions in the tank and supposedly thats what makes them bleach so quick :( need to get test kits for calcium and alkalinity and see if they're getting enough in the tank
my chalice, hammer and torch coral are all doing very well. i also got a zoa frag which was attached to a monti frag of some sort and that's doing well too. maybe they were too far gone. oh wells lets just wait and see what happens. ill be buying some sps frags from @chimaera soon. hopefully they dont bleach and die on me too :P
just a bit of an update on the tank. a few days ago my clown decided to go carpet surfing (or floorboard surfing in this case) sucks but oh well, the risks you take with a hoodless tank. there seems to be no improvement on the bargain bin sps corals i got. the birds nest hasnt gone completely white after two weeks so it seems to be surviving. fingers crossed it pulls through. i changed the scape around to make the tank look more roomier as the rock work made it look slightly crowded. i got rid of some corals and got some new ones to replace them. my hammer garden is coming along nicely. still searching for a gold torch that always seems to elude me -.-
re-assessing what stock i want in the tank. thinking of getting a pair of clowns this time in the hope that they host my hammers. what are your guys thoughts on having 5 fish in a 2 ft system? was only ever planning on getting 4 but does one more make that much difference? (compatibility, size and territorial issues have already been taken into account)
re-assessing what stock i want in the tank. thinking of getting a pair of clowns this time in the hope that they host my hammers. what are your guys thoughts on having 5 fish in a 2 ft system? was only ever planning on getting 4 but does one more make that much difference? (compatibility, size and territorial issues have already been taken into account)
What other fish do you have now, @daniel borja ?
i have a yellow coral goby, a yellow tail damsel and a flame angel (kind of an impulse buy after the occy died. but it was on special, was small, active and healthy and ate everything you put in the tank) dont want any gobies as most need some sort of micro fauna in the tank to thrive, and given my tank size, i dont think i can supprt an ecosystem full of micro fauna. was planning on getting an orchid dotty back but there would be a lack of hiding spots for it. cant have any type of wrasse due to them being prolific jumpers and same applies for fire fish. so that leaves me with either a single banggai cardinal or a pair of occys.
your thoughts would be greatly appreciated :)
your thoughts would be greatly appreciated :)
Hi Daniel,
Regarding your fish quantity and recommendations, I have had a look through your tj. Well done btw. Giving the size of the tank and what you have in the tank at the moment, IMO i believe you are at full capacity. Anyone can put more fish in a tank but is it the right thing to do is what you should ask yourself.
If you do go down the path of putting more fish in there it would mean more maintenance eg water changes and regular testing. But even this cannot fix the stress on of a fish in a crowded tank.
Also adding anymore fish i would do a thorough check of all your water perimeters and making sure your tank can support new additions.
What do you test for currently and what are your results?
Also how often do you perform water changes?
Regarding your fish quantity and recommendations, I have had a look through your tj. Well done btw. Giving the size of the tank and what you have in the tank at the moment, IMO i believe you are at full capacity. Anyone can put more fish in a tank but is it the right thing to do is what you should ask yourself.
If you do go down the path of putting more fish in there it would mean more maintenance eg water changes and regular testing. But even this cannot fix the stress on of a fish in a crowded tank.
Also adding anymore fish i would do a thorough check of all your water perimeters and making sure your tank can support new additions.
What do you test for currently and what are your results?
Also how often do you perform water changes?
thanks for the feedback and positive comments @OSCAR85 :)
i check for nitrates, alk and salinity in my tank. am getting cal, mg and phos test kits next week (more so for sps corals that i want to get in the future) my nitrates read 0 and same with ammonia and nitrite (got thos tested yesterday at LFS) and i perform weekly water changes of 15% and top up evaporated water every second day to keep salinity to 1.025. currently investing in an tunze osmolator
i check for nitrates, alk and salinity in my tank. am getting cal, mg and phos test kits next week (more so for sps corals that i want to get in the future) my nitrates read 0 and same with ammonia and nitrite (got thos tested yesterday at LFS) and i perform weekly water changes of 15% and top up evaporated water every second day to keep salinity to 1.025. currently investing in an tunze osmolator
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