Pastey
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My wife has become frustrated with the haddoni in my 200 because "every fish I like, that stupid carpet eats". I try to keep her involved because the more excited I can make her about the tank, the more I can do without catching any crap.
Since I'm VERY reluctant to sell my green haddoni, I'm setting up a biotope/species tank just for it. The goal being a 3-4" sandbed, minimal rock and some macro with a nice pair of tank bred amphiprion clarkii.
My goal being something similar to:
Maybe a little bit of rock to attach anchoring type macro.
My initial macro will likely be caulerpa prolifera and I'll branch out from there. I am currently researching laterite and other substrate composition for planted macros as I would like to add some taller shoal grass down the road. Bit of a learning curve to that.
Equipment:
Initially, I'll be using my old JBJ 28. Since my "advanced" stock LED power supply bit the dust and I'd rather not reuse it, I chunked it. I pulled the rim for a cleaner rimless look and picked up a Maxspect nano. This isn't the permanent solution but it will be more than sufficient for the time being. I've still got all my return pumps, skimmer, media tray and an unopened bag of TE Reeflakes laying around so this can go up almost immediately.
I picked up a 24x24x17 (~40g)shallow square tank from a local yesterday that will be the final home. It came drilled in the bottom with a stand pipe drain so I'm probably going to add a corner overflow and change out the drain type. Friend of mine builds cabinets for a living so I've touched base with him about building a custom stand to match my bedroom furniture because that's where I want it to eventually go. It'll be a simple build with nothing overly fancy. Once I have a stand to do inner measurements, I'll start shopping for a sump.
No pictures of the (little) progress that has been made but I'll snap a few tonight once I move the tank in.
Since I'm VERY reluctant to sell my green haddoni, I'm setting up a biotope/species tank just for it. The goal being a 3-4" sandbed, minimal rock and some macro with a nice pair of tank bred amphiprion clarkii.
My goal being something similar to:
Maybe a little bit of rock to attach anchoring type macro.
My initial macro will likely be caulerpa prolifera and I'll branch out from there. I am currently researching laterite and other substrate composition for planted macros as I would like to add some taller shoal grass down the road. Bit of a learning curve to that.
Equipment:
Initially, I'll be using my old JBJ 28. Since my "advanced" stock LED power supply bit the dust and I'd rather not reuse it, I chunked it. I pulled the rim for a cleaner rimless look and picked up a Maxspect nano. This isn't the permanent solution but it will be more than sufficient for the time being. I've still got all my return pumps, skimmer, media tray and an unopened bag of TE Reeflakes laying around so this can go up almost immediately.
I picked up a 24x24x17 (~40g)shallow square tank from a local yesterday that will be the final home. It came drilled in the bottom with a stand pipe drain so I'm probably going to add a corner overflow and change out the drain type. Friend of mine builds cabinets for a living so I've touched base with him about building a custom stand to match my bedroom furniture because that's where I want it to eventually go. It'll be a simple build with nothing overly fancy. Once I have a stand to do inner measurements, I'll start shopping for a sump.
No pictures of the (little) progress that has been made but I'll snap a few tonight once I move the tank in.
