10g Build

[megatsea]

Firefish...he's cool and a nice choice he is out and about from his hole and eating food and not skittish as I feared.....I can see how he can jump ...he is lightning fast.
All my critters are happy and eating this morning. I lucked out.
But now for my 10 gallon.....gobies or clowns?...or just 2 shrimp....

 

[Jarred1]

clowns are cool

 

[FishNutty]

clowns are cool

+1. Nemo is loads of fun and loves to come say hi, lol!

I had a pair of clowns in my 30 gallon for 6 years. They were great to watch....

Well, my birthday was this week, and my 2 boys just walked in an hour ago....they wanted to surprise me & put in my 20 gallon reef tank a firefish, few hermits and a brittle starfish... I am coping the best I can as I know they meant well....but I fear a disaster come morning without acclimation... ...the tank has been fishless for 9 months....water from the LFS bags did not go into the tank at least...
I found the star a bit too cozy with my cucumber up on the side glass within minutes- looked as if it was clinging to it....will the star try to eat it?
Now I am very anxious....have no clue where the firefish went...but he was pretty.
I really don't want the star .....had one for 6 years(12 inches stretched) but it wasn't a brittle....but he grew with the tank...this one seems matured.
Any ideas? The tank might be compromised if the brittle dies...

^had a nightmare like that once....only it was my dad and little sister....they went nuts in the 2.5 gallon fw...i was not happy:sad2:

 

[megatsea]

Yes, at Christmas they came home and put 2 damsels in my 30g with my clowns...
the damsels lasted a month...now I know why....

 

[cherubfish pair]

FishNutty, you have a funny avatar.

 

[evolution0420]

yea i got the lights to night and all i can say is that they are way brighter than my 130 watt coral life power compact fixture on my 30.

im going to be posting pics shortly!!!!

They look nice! I am going to get them and sell my coralife compact. Thank you for posting the pics, you sold me on it! lol

 

[cmac23]

looks good, but you shouldnt get a firefish, unless you plan on putting a screen on top because they like to jump. also, i would get rid of the bio-wheel, just my opinion. i would also recommend get a small gfci plug strip, there about $11. also what do you have in that cup?

 

[Jarred1]

 

[Jarred1]

Corals look like they are doing good

2 days ago the heater on the tank got stuck on and heated the tank up to about 88 degrees. had to go out and get a new heater now the tank is at 76-78 degrees. could the change in temp like that cause the cyano to break out like that?

oh and the up coming weekend im going to a frag swap would i be able to put corals in the tank with no ill effects?

 

[FishNutty]

FishNutty, you have a funny avatar.

haha, thanks!

oh and the up coming weekend im going to a frag swap would i be able to put corals in the tank with no ill effects?

my understanding is as long as your params are fine you can add corals whenever and as many as you want until you run out of room[be sure to leave grow room, lol!]. still a bit of a newbie, so i might be wrong, though

 

[got2envy]

jarred what sand did u use? i see some blue gravel mixed in.
This could be the cause of the cyano on the sand.

 

[Jarred1]

the sand is from a little beach my dad knows of that not many people go to, i have had it in a bucket for about 2 months before i used it, the gravel is from the tank being an old freshwater tank and i couldnt get that last little bit out.

 

[Jarred1]

Picture day!

 

[a-T-m]

What exactly are you doing for filtration? Are you using the penguin 150 as a refugium and going skimmerless?

I've got a spare 10 gallon that i'm going to use to house a pair of petco picasso i got the other day, and i wanted to get some ideas before i started my build. I've already decided to grab the same light you bought, hope you don't mind!

 

[Jarred1]

im using a penguin 150 biowheel and penguin biowheel 100 now, no refugium. im not running a skimmer because im only going to be keeping mostly mushrooms and a few lps, i do 1g water changes 2x per week i need to bump it up because i had a few snails die on me and didnt know i was suppose to take them out and now i got cyanobacteria.

thanks

 

[a-T-m]

How do the penguins work in a SW tank, i thought they were FW filters. Are you running carbon or a media with them?

 

[Jarred1]

they work fine, i run carbon with them. they work fine for both salt and freshwater tanks

 

[a-T-m]

They're a lot cheaper than an HOB skimmer. I think i'll try one out with the AC500 refugium i was going to make and do frequent water changes. Thanks!

 

[Jarred1]

no problem

 

[megatsea]

Jarred,
Have the firefish in my 20 gallon-no way can I catch him..... but now have 2 peps in the 10gal, new branching frogspawn(love it) , ric, and transplanted gsp, sinularia, and mushrooms. I only have the whisper filter for now and a Koralia....My filter turns light brown within 3 days. I keep rinsing when I am not running carbon filters.....are you seeing the same in yours?
I am good on parameters and water changes but still pull junk out on the sponge....


with the bio wheel, how is the flow output? If I bought the AC50, I can trim down the flow....or go with the bio wheel....(no wheels of course)