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[justfishenator]

AquaPod 24-gallon Aquarium

150W HQI Metal Halide System - Includes: Surface skimming filtration system, 1-14000?K HQI Metal Halide light, 6 blue and 6 white LED lights, cooling fan, mechanical sponge filter, 290 gph submersible pump with flat nozzle, and complete instructions.

could i keep any corals under this lighting system? I was thinking about stocking it with 9 fish and a couple of inverts like these.

Super Tongan Nassarius Snail (8)
Indonesian Turban Snail (8)
Marble Sea Star (1)
Scarlet Skunk Cleaner Shrimp (3)
Rose Anemone (1)

Allardi Clown (pair)
Flaming Prawn Goby (trio)
Helfrich's Firefish (pair)
Banner Cardinal (pair)

Will this work? I will do 4 gallon water changes daily.

 

[MrMexReefer]

9 fish may be too much for this tank unless you plan on doing a lot of water changes.....

 

[edwing206]

i think 4 gallon water changes is too much too often your livestock will never get used to the new water conditions

 

[justfishenator]

ok daily 1gal water changes? do you know if this tank has a cover for it? for some of my fish are jumpers.

 

[Clarkii3]

the aquapod is a decent tank, beware that it can scratch pretty easily, so be careful when using a magfloat. i would stick with 4 fish at most, i have 4 in mine and do 2g weekly wc/'s and it seems to be working very well(over 7 months). replace the pump with an Mj1200 and add another powerhead as well. does it come with a 150w Mh or the 70w?

 

[Illuminati]

Real Bad idea.

That cleanup crew would harvest your sandbed in no time and most of them would starve to death (I bet $20 the star would starve first).

Looks like you want to do some breeding. This is totally not the tank for you. If you want to just do some breeding get a 40 gallon breeder or a 55. Getting one of these tanks can actually be cheaper than a cube, you might not get the MH lighting you want, those can cost a bunch. What corals do you want to keep?

Plus DAILY 4 GALLON Water changes!!!
Did you calculate how much that will cost (Salt & RO water)?
You would NEVER make back the cost of the salt & water with the sale of these fish. Not to mention the need to get some rotifer cultures going for the fry.
Get a 40 or 55, that way the bioload isn't insane and you don't need to do daily water changes. You could also keep all fo your sandbed hopefuls.

A lot of those fish cost a pretty penny, it would be a shame to lose them due to stress/poor water quality/etc....

If you don't want to breed them then get 2 firefish, a (1) flaming prawn, a (1) cardinal and a (1) clown.

 

[justfishenator]

Yes i do want to give them a go for breeding, but don't mind if any or none of the fry survive. Ill have 2 10gal tanks just ready for if they breed then ill remove the fry or eggs into these tanks.

so should i split the clean up crew in half? and keep the star?

 

[BCreefmaker]

probbably return the star and get something else... if it is a sand sifter it wont live very long not matter how small the rest of your clean up crew is.

 

[norcal99]

As others have said, 9 fish will NOT work in a 24 gallon. I would do 4 fish max, or go with a larger setup. The fish won't appreciate water changes on a daily basis.

Answering your other question, a 150W halide should be sufficient to keep most corals, including a good variety of SPS.

 

[justfishenator]

ok then no star. But does anyone know where to get a wholesaler to send me 20? Because I might as well sell them some on, bringing over one is pointless. This way I can most likely get my tank set-up and including the inhabitants.
But is my bio load to heavy?

 

[RudyCDX1]

Frequent water changes would be best, even at 4gal you won't have an issue as long as you have equal parameters going back in as you took out; salinity, temp, and so on.

I did changes like this every 2 weeks on a simular system and it was a very healthy system with no negitive impact because of change volume.

 

[justfishenator]

with my lighting what type of corals can i keep? also would a anemone survive in my tank?

 

[norcal99]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=8444005#post8444005 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by justfishenator
...But is my bio load to heavy?

Yes.

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=8444005#post8444005 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by justfishenator
with my lighting what type of corals can i keep? also would a anemone survive in my tank?

You should be able to keep just about any softie, LPS, most SPS. But putting lighting requirements aside, you need to make sure that your water quality is in check. Great lighting with crappy water parameters will not be very conducive to coral survival.

You should have enough light to keep an anemome as well. Just don't neglect your water parameters. With such a heavy bioload, I HIGHLY recommend a very good protein skimmer to help with nitrate and waste transport.

 

[paradicio]

I've got an AP24, and 9 fish is way too much.

I've got 4 fish:

Purple Fire Fish
False Perc Clown
White Goby
Cardinal

And that is plenty, trust me... Frequent water changes aside the fish will be packed in with the amount of other livestock you are planning to keep.

I change 4 gallons of water weekly and am not having any problems yet. System seems pretty healthy.

 

[justfishenator]

What size tank would I need? 30? 40?