55 gallon

Steph11787

New member
Well, my Finding Nemo tank is almost complete! Patrick bought some fish today!! I have a Clown, a Blue Tang, a Puffer, and a Royal Gramma. We also have a Dwarf Lion now too, Patrick had to have it. I will post pictures when we put them in the tank! I am soo excited! Thanks Fewells!!!!!!!
 
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And yes, there are a stack of DVDs on each side of the stand to keep the dog from going back behind the stand and drinking out of the sump.

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Commercial:

Free to Good Home, Dwarf Hamster w/ cage and everything needed to get started. Free becuase Fiance is extremely allergic. Must be able to pick up in Springfield area.

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how are your water param's? did you cycle your tank or just put the rock in for a few days then put the fish in?
 
Everything is high... I thought it was cycled cause we used the water, rock and sand from my 30 gallon tank, and everything was perfect when we tested a few days ago...
 
OK, I did a 50% water change and the puffer is becoming more active again. How much should I feed the fish in a day? Just a little bit of mysis once a day for a while? Should I just start doing 10% changes once a week now?

Also, since the 55 gallon is really to small for a blue tang and the puffer we decided to buy a 125 Gallon with built in dual side overflows from Mr. Fewell. The 55 will become a reef tank. The 125 won't be setup until after Jan. though when we move somewhere else. I am nervous about having a 125 on the second story..
 
I am a little worried about the 125 gallon on my second story apartment.. But as others have said, what about people with water beds? They hold a lot more water than 125 gallons. So, I think it should be ok.
 
I had a 150gal oceanic on the 2nd floor of Kelly Greens when I lived there. Do you have a skimmer on that tank? It would help in the long run.
 
Did you have your tank up against a load bearing wall? I don't know where or what this magic wall is, but I wish to find it in my apartment to put my tank there, any help?

I have a protein skimmer in the sump and its foaming pretty good. What should I do about water changes though? 10% everyday I hear some people say, don't know if that is right for my problem, or am I basically screwed and my fish are going to die?
 
I asked someone in construction what they thought and got this answer:

"dude, its an apartment. If it gets jacked up, move the tank. they won't know. go for it." :lolspin:

Not exactly the attitude I wish to take, but kinda funny.
 
Like I said before, that's a big bio load to throw on a tank. You should do 10gal a week or so once you get this thing figured out. Are you using RO water? If not you need to be. How long was the 30gal up and running? I went up from a 75gal to 180gal and only used about 40gal out of the 75, the rest was fresh rodi salt water and I had no problems. If the 30gal was cycled, the sand bed was good, and everything else was good, I'm not sure what happened other than the extreme bioload where you went from none to a lot. I would feed maybe every other day until you get everything else under control, and just enough so they eat it. They're not going to starve. You'll have to test the water daily until you get it under control. Test tomorrow, and if it's not better do a 25% change and see. Are you running carbon, bioballs, or any other media, or a canister filter?

As far as a load bearing wall, I put mine next to the door where I exited the apartment. You can also use the wall between the kitchen and livingroom/hallway if you have one. Now that's what worked for me. At the time, Kelly Greens was rather new. There are some shady places in Spingfield now. But a 125 w/live rock shouldn't weigh over 1500pounds I wouldn't think.
 
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