check my setup and offer suggestions please

[twizzlerman77]

i currently have a 29 gallon , with a penguin 200 bio wheel as my filter. i have a cpr h.o.b. skimmer with a rio 600 i believe it is. approximately 25 lbs of live rock of miscelanious varieties. i have a corallife 30" light fixture with 2 - 65 watt power compacts 1 actinic and 1 10k lights are on at 11am and off at 11pm. 10k's coming on 1 hour after and going off 1 hour before actinics. now for corals, i have shrooms a rose leather, green star pollyps pink star pollyps kenya tree, frogspawn, hammer coral, xenia, and anthelia, also a few zoas. as for fish i have a convict blennie about 6inches long, an orange stripped sleeper gobie about 4 to 5 inches, an oscilarious clownfish 3 inches, a flame angel 2 inches, and a scooter blennie 3 inches, a few snails maybe 3 or 4 2 of them being nasarius <--- probably spelled wrong. and 3 hermit crabs. i feed ocean nutrition prime reef flakes, and or spirulina enriched brine once a day. i do 25 to 30% water changes every other sunday. any suggestions?

 

[twizzlerman77]

also forgot to mention i have 1 maxi jet 900 to increase the water flow to my corals

 

[saltyshoe_nano]

got any pics?

 

[latazyo]

sounds pretty good to me....are you having problems or something?

probably towards the upper limit as far as fish stocking goes

keep an eye on the scooter

 

[twizzlerman77]

i need help posting pics

 

[breutus]

you can send them to me Breutus@gmail.com I'll post for you!

 

[latazyo]

upload to web, if you dont have your own space use a free site

copy and paste photo location

insert between

 

[twizzlerman77]

pics sent breutus

 

[breutus]

 

[breutus]

The pictures you sent were kinda small!

 

[twizzlerman77]

they were taken with my phone not too bad of quality for a phone other then the size

 

[twizzlerman77]

any more suggestions, anything at all im open to all opinions and would like to hear them thanks, bryan

 

[twizzlerman77]

^

 

[dela]

I had a 29 gallon tank. I drilled it and set up a 20 gallon refugium underneath. Grew lots macros and pods in the fuge. I'm sure the pods got chopped on the way up, but the fish did not seem to mind!

 

[twizzlerman77]

i would drill mine but i think i only have room for a 10 gallon under my stand (the opening in the back is small) plus i have never drilled a tank and am scared to break it, and lack the know how to do it anyways. im open to suggestions/help but lack the cash to do it

 

[dela]

I drill tanks with a diamond tipped grinding bit and a dremel. The bit costs less than $10. Basically you grab a bulk head, trace out your circle, then use of some sort "ring" (I cut a plastic cup) around the traced circle with a little water (don't want the bit to get hot). Then you just grind away. It takes about 5-10 minutes to do a hole. Add water as it dribbles out.. This only works for tanks with thin glass. And it does not work on tempered glass.

You know you have tempered glass, because when the bit first pokes thru the glass, it will explode! Will scare the crap out of you!

I'm 1 for 2 on 29 gallon tanks. Never had an issue on 5, 10, 20, or 30 gallon tanks.

Hope that helps.

Mark

 

[twizzlerman77]

honestly i wouldnt do it myself i would prefer to have someone who has the proper tools/experience under their belt to do it without messing it up, as i dont have the money to buy the proper tools and or another aquarium if i screw it up.

 

[twizzlerman77]

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