Rcchanlder
Reefing newb
I decided to put my tank showcase up. I just got the first fish in and some hermit crabs.
Rcchanlder's 29 gal Build
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BigH55
I'm that guy
Im assuming the pictures didnt load correctly?
Rcchanlder
Reefing newb
yeah i think so. i need to resize it i guess
Rcchanlder
Reefing newb
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In Memoriam
Not a bad start.
Where are you getting your tank stuff at there in Cookeville?
Where are you getting your tank stuff at there in Cookeville?
Rcchanlder
Reefing newb
This place called exotic tropics. Its really good. A bit over priced. but the quarentine all their fish before they sell them and everything is really healthy. There's a PetCo up here too but i don't trust their water. Its always green.
Rcchanlder
Reefing newb
I just picked up a small Percula Clown and 3 hermit crabs today, along with some more live rock to counter the bioload.
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Sounds good.
I'll have to check that store out the next time I'm up there.
Cookevilles not far up 111 from where my parents live.
I'll have to check that store out the next time I'm up there.
Cookevilles not far up 111 from where my parents live.
Rcchanlder
Reefing newb
o sweet. i go to Tech. i love it up here
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There used to be a swimming hole back toward Spencer where those girls from Tech would go hang out, and I DO mean HANGOUT:D Of course that was 20 years ago.Cookeville is a nice place.Just big enough to find what your looking for,but small enough to get away when you need too.
Rcchanlder
Reefing newb
ill have to check into that one.
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It was an old strip pit they called Wahoo Beach.Crystal clear water,there was a bluff you jumpped off of that was right at 30ft high.The water was around 45ft deep around the edges but dropped off over 300ft straight down about 2 feet from the bank.
Rcchanlder
Reefing newb
so far ive added three hermit crabs and a clown fish. One of my hermit crabs just shed his exoskeleton after having it for a week. I've had several people tell me to remove my undergravel filter, but im not sure if that would be more trouble than its worth
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In Memoriam
Go ahead and pull that undergravel filter.It'll be easier to do it now than when you got all the aquascaping done and a tank full of corals.
It'll eventually cause you to have extremely high nitrates that will be fatal to corals and inverts and highly stressfull to your fish.
It'll eventually cause you to have extremely high nitrates that will be fatal to corals and inverts and highly stressfull to your fish.
Rcchanlder
Reefing newb
ok. i pulled it out. but my tank is super cloudy. i hope my clown fish will be ok
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In Memoriam
He'll be fine.It's a lot easier on him now than it would be 2 months down the road.
Pulling it now shouldnt cause any major problems.# months from now,it'd probably release all kinds os crud that could crash the whole tank killing everything in it.
Pulling it now shouldnt cause any major problems.# months from now,it'd probably release all kinds os crud that could crash the whole tank killing everything in it.
Rcchanlder
Reefing newb
Thanks to all you guys. It took a number of you to convince me that i would be better off taking it out, but i think this deff overrides my LFS. Any one want an Undergravel Filter.... lol
Rcchanlder
Reefing newb
Any suggestions for a filter upgrade? i dont think that my carbon filter will be enough
Bifferwine
I am a girl
You could get a small HOB protein skimmer. With 1 to 2 lbs of live rock per gallon and a protein skimmer, you should be all set for filtration. But a 29 gallon tank is pretty much the borderline between "don't need a skimmer" and "must have a skimmer". With a tank that size, you can usually do regular water changes to keep the water parameters in line, and not need a skimmer.
