Burningbaal
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So I've got this 29g going and it's going well, though I'm taking it slow. I finally got a little goby who's been in there a couple times, but he seems to have a habit of going over the weir...any ideas? Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-J320AZ using Tapatalk
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Got an eheim jager 100w, should be here Friday. Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-J320AZ using Tapatalk
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Currently thinking cobalt neo-therm 100w. I will probably buy it tomorrow unless someone pipes up. Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-J320AZ using Tapatalk
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Wanting something reliable and well-sized. It doesn't have to be pretty, I've got it on the "sump". Can spend the money, but not gonna blow $200 on it, if you know what I mean Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-J320AZ using Tapatalk
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29g glass AIO, made from a standard Aqueon 29g. Apparently the heater went cold. Only had a 5-member CUC, so no major tragedies, but i want to get back on track ASAP. Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-J320AZ using Tapatalk
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I've only had GSP in a softie trek but thought it was low - threat, are you just worried about it spreading or a toxin or what? Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I747 using Tapatalk
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I'm doing well, thanks! I read about your pesky yellow tang; sad day! I'd estimate (visually) that the light is about 10K. A little bluer than I planned for my algae scrubber, but it's fine. The tank is covered in all sorts of blooms now, so I guess I can rest easy that there's plenty of bacteria for the nitrogen cycle I'll give it time with the 5-member CUC and algae scrubber before I start anything else, I appreciate the offer of a couple starters, tho! My livestock is planned as: Fish/motile: Purple firefish Flasher wrasse Goby (TBD) sexy shrimp Corals (not sure I can have them all????): acro Monti (encrusting & plating) Birdsnest Hammer (purple if I can) Fungia Acan Chalice if it's not too $$$ probably some GSP as a little lawn at some point Have any thoughts, Robert? Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I747 using Tapatalk
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Got the fuge (aka algae scrubber) light today. If I remember right, it's 9w, about $15 from Amazon (prime!). Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I747 using Tapatalk
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Love it all! How's you get those a to floats so close? Looks like they're only a few millimeters apart in height! I love what you're doing here, and that you're having success with a can filter, sure seems like with some regular maintenance, it's a good option for a nano. Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I747 using Tapatalk
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My API kits say zero nitrates and zero phosphates. Either the kits are too old to show anything or all the nutrients are in the algae now... Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I747 using Tapatalk
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Looks like there was some nutrients I'm this old system still add the algae and diatoms came up in the past few days. Got a coraline-covered rock, 3 trochus snails and 2 blue-leg hermits at The Fish Store on Lake City Way in Seattle today. Beautiful store with lots of salt, fresh, planted and even a brackish system or two. Snails got right to it And the hermits Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I747 using Tapatalk
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K, does anyone have experience with a purple firefish and something else in a nano? Thinking royal gramma or goby or hawk? Blenny? Flasher? Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I747 using Tapatalk
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At home, we do lots of home renovations. Planning a yard project that will likely include a seasonal creek, small pond and gazebo/fire pit over the pond. By day, I develop and maintain code and equipment for laboratory automation in the biotech industry. Basically, I make robots do the biology for us. I says think about switching to full time software dev, but do far, I'm pretty happy Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I747 using Tapatalk
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I was always under the impression that firefish are schoolers and my wife and I love how the people ones look, so I was going to have 3 in my new 29 build with a skunk cleaner, but now I'm reading that they will be aggressive to each other unless mated. What's the deal? Maybe I should have just 1? So then what else could go in the 29? Perhaps a flasher wrasse, royal gramma or ... ? Reef safe is a must, hard corals, 1 shrimp and a couple snails/hermits. Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I747 using Tapatalk
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Small other asset to dimming is light acclamation, but you're white tank dims as part of acclamation, so most people would rather acclimate with careful placement than dimming Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I747 using Tapatalk
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Current thinking: Corals: - High: monti, acro, something encrusting - Lower: Hammer/Frog, acan, maybe chalice? Motile: - Trochus, maybe nass vibex - 2-5 hermits - 1 shrimp? sexy? skunk cleaner? Fish: - 3 purple firefish or royal gramma...can't decide (open to suggestions) - goby? - I like the idea of a pair of clowns, but they feel so cliche... - not sure I'm settled here Kim: That eel looks amazing, but it looks like they are $$$$$$$$
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So we all know about simple timers to turn on a fan (or whatever) for 10 minutes (or 20 or 45 or whatever). but to feed my new nano, I'll want to turn OFF the return pump for several minutes and have it automatically turn back on. of course an Apex would take care of this, but I don't have $250 I'm looking to get rid of, so I'm thinking there must be an easy way to make a simple turn-back-on timer. anyone tried?
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Trying to add pic again Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I747 using Tapatalk
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I drew up the dump area in case anyone is curious. Pretty, simple really. Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I747 using Tapatalk
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scratch that... looking for a Jebao pp-4
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I got some pictures after most of the first settled from my 'scaping this AM first three should show the peninsula effect, then another of the back. Side 1: Front end: Side 2: And top view of the back, you can see the grid for growing GHA and then the return area has JBJ ATO, heater and hydor pico 70:
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Thanks for the feedback. I had a pair if CFL lamps on the fuge chamber of a 55g sump/fuge before, but since this space is only about 5" square footprint and relatively deep, I've been thinking I want light all the way down. Basically, I'm gonna have a cylinder of plastic cross-stitch material looking the inside of that chamber and want to encourage the GHA to cover it. Then I can pull it out, scrub the GHA off and replace it. The hope is that it's a clean and natural easy to export waste nutrients. I remember reading a tutorial with a similar setup and they really liked it, so I was gonna a try. Anyways, I think anything other than a submersible light wouldn't light the tall and skinny fuge well enough. Sound logical? Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I747 using Tapatalk
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Thanks, Kim! Maybe I'll let a hammer in, then any thoughts on motile livestock? I want to keep the bioload small so I don't have much waste to remove (no skimmer as of now and hoping to keep a variety of stony corals). I'm thinking just a couple snails, mostly trochus or similar, maybe a hermit or two to creep the sand and rock, but then what? goby? cleaner shrimp? sexy shrimp? clowns? firefish? bear in mind, I'm shooting for a good 50x flow. Also, I got the rockwork in place today with some TLF epoxy, I'll post pics soon. And if anyone can spare about 10lbs of LR (tiny pieces is great), I'd love to take it off your hands. Maybe with some sand and/or bottle of water to help spike my microbes a bit (mostly dry rock as of now).
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Thanks Miles! I've made a decision or two. I'll be buying the Jebao pp-4 to replace the koralia 700 and I'm pretty excited for it. I realize it's "just" the knockoff of the mp10, but I can't justify the cost of Ecotech, and at <$60 on Amazon, I just can't pass up the Jebao since it's barely more money than the koralia 700. If you've got a better idea for a 29g nano that's < $100, let me know soon, I'll be getting a few pounds of LR rubble to supplement my mostly-dead tank soon, once it is settled for several weeks, I'll get the pp-8 and a frag I'll be targetting SPS and acans, maybe a hammer/torch/frogspawn, but I'm nervous of sweepers stinging the sps...thoughts? Thinking I'll get something like this submersible light to light the 'fuge' (which is just for growing/exporting green hair algae on a crosstiching grid), have any better idea? I've got almost the whole depth of the 29g, about 5" square that I'll be growing the GHA in.
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Looking to replace a broken 700gph koralia circulation for a 29g tank, would gladly take couple smaller pumps as long as I can get the same total and not take up too much space in my nano. $20 or less hopefully. I live near Seattle and could pay flat rate shipping if necessary as long as it's less than my total Amazon cost (free shipping with Prime) Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I747 using Tapatalk
