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So I have a 29g African cichlid tank that I'm going to turn into a FOWLR tank because I have these two beautiful peacock cichlids that fight and jump a lot. The tank is in my bedroom and this has caused me to lose many an hour of sleep. It's time for these guys to go.

So I'm just looking for some suggestions for this. Some good cool fish, filtration.. That kind of stuff. I've only ever done reef tanks and I'm fairly new to that as well so any info offered up would be great.

I may not have any more room than you do. I did mine in the bathtub so any mess could be washed down the drain. Kind of a pain to do but worth it in the end. The biggest problem would be that you need a large tote or something to soak the rocks in for several weeks. (At the time I had an old 55g tank sitting here that I used)

I like the bath tub idea. I don't however, have anything to soak them in. Perhaps I'll try to talk my brother into doing a batch at his house. He hates practically all the rock in his 29g reef. I'm trying to get him to check out the boards here as he knows less then I do about this stuff.(laugh)

I'll take a closer look and see if there are any more suggestions however I can address the rock right now. For rock you can save a lot by making your own and while you can tell which stuff is DIY when you look close at first glance it looks like any other live rock. The only catch is that it takes anywhere from 6 weeks to 6 months to make it. (I started putting mine in the tank one rock at a time each week after 6 weeks) The cost to get a batch started can be as low as around $25 using regular play sand. For another $20 or so you can use white sand instead which is a bit better. This will make 80 to 100 lbs. worth. and you will have extra cement left over. Run a search for DIY live rock and check out some of the articles on it. If you want to give it a shot and want to use white calcium carbonate sand let me know. (I can give you a great deal on it)

well I've look a little bit into the DIY rock and it seems like a great idea and I figure that after algae growth it will nearly look just like real LR. I'm just not so sure I'd be able to work with the cement in my apartment .... ?

I've got a 360 elite and Just bought fable 3... and I just got the red ring of death! Nooo I haven't even played the game yet :(

that's lame. I've had 2 red ring. however on the second time Microsoft accidentally sent me 2 by mistake. I gave it to my brother for Christmas heh. my (other) brother said that Fable 3 has been very glitchy for him.

Sweet! I love that Clam' date=' and thats a really nice BIG frogspawn, really cool:eek:....Love the Zoanthids too... Oh yeah...Welcome to the Forum![/quote']

 

thank you. it is big.. and that's only like 2/3rds of it. my friend gave it to me because it out grew his tank. I love the clam I've had it for probably like 6 months now and enjoy watching the (slow) new growth. I really want to add a lot more Rock but a little low on funds right now. DOH!

I'd love some suggestions if anyone feels like offering any.

 

I guess I owe my boss an apology it wasn't him who posted the messages I edited out it was a co-worker (flame)

I left this signed on at work and my boss started posting for me ... disregard last two posts

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Fable 3 came out a few days ago. I heard it was pretty cool. I'm waiting for fallout to get patched a bit before I pick it up after hearing of many bugs.

Can't off the top of my head really remember my specs but here's some important ones

Processor AMD Phenom 9850 Quad-Core Processor, 2500 Mhz,

RAM 4.00 G B

Video card ATI Radeon HD 4800 Series

ok no problem. like I said I'm not even sure I want to sell it though, I would have for a reasonable offer to make my tank nicer heh.

oh and a AquaC Nano Remora Protein Skimmer. with 900 maxi jet pump

it is and always will be a work in progress heh

well there's nothing special really about it.

flow is hydor koralias: 1,2 and a nano

48 Inch 4x54 Watt AquaticLife T5 HO Light Fixture W/ 4 Lunar LEDs

3g HoB CPR refugium

2 eheim classic 2213s filtration

I'd like to add a sump but living on the third floor of an apartment building I'm concerned enough about weight as it is... and I'd need to alter my stand.

1 hippo tang

1 yellow tang

1 christmas wrasse

1yellow tail damsel (he was the one whom cycled the tank and just kept him)

2 periculas

1 coral beauty

1 watchmen goby who has a pistol roommate

1 sally lightfoot crab

1 emerald crab

1 thorny pink cucumber

1 maxima clam

some zoas, torches, xenia, kenya tree, ricordias,

snails and hermits

too many pictures?

you would think so... however here we are. I'm like 99% certain looks the same and price seems right. DOH! it's a good light just didn't have very good coverage on my 55g

I believe I have a http://www.marinedepot.com/24_inch_Giesemann_Basic_HQI_1_x_150W_Light_Fixture_Black_24_Inch_Double_Ended_Metal_Halide_Fixtures_without_Moon_Lights-Giesemann_Aquarium_Lighting_Systems-GL1311-FILTFIMHMMMDNMM3-vi.html in my closet (I had a friend pick it out but I've fairly certain this is the one) that I haven't decided to keep or now but for the right offer I suppose my mind could be made up for me. it's a few months old. feel free to pm with an offer if interested.

welcome to the board. I'm fairly new myself

I'm a big metal fan as well as gaming fan. I do PC gaming and PS3' date=' currently i'm spending most of my gaming on Dragon Age: Origins this game rocks! I built my PC for the sole purpose of playing Diablo 3 when it comes out. I used to WoW but haven't in awhile, i might jump back into it with the new expansion though.[/quote']

 

I pretty much put my pc together for Diablo3 and starcraft 2 .. funny thing is I still don't have SC2 also, dragon age was awesome! I still need to play the expansion but I wasn't to happy with the end I picked... I got everything in the game to go the way I wanted but the end. /sigh

I used to play WoW. but I do also play pc games. I'm currently playing the witcher and just downloaded metro 2033 off steam

my gamertag is bacemaster I don play MW and MW 2 though currently my brother is borrowing my copy of MW2 because his son ruined his copy, and my psn in pretabace ...I think my ps3 doesn't see to much game time right now. I've been playing pc games lately feel free to add me on either. I'd be curious if there are any other "retro" gamers out there (nes, snes, sega genesis ... that kind of stuff)

I've heard of people putting pictures of clowns hosting on your tank (here I think and other boards) to help them learn the behavior. Seems silly to me however I'm giving it a try with my torches. I plan on getting an anemone in a few months but it couldn't hurt to try right?

so I'm new around here and curious who here shares similar interests as I. Any one here into gaming? I've been a gamer sense I was little starting with the NES. I currently own most consoles that have been released till now and have hundreds of games. also on a side note I used to play in metal bands as a bass player (S/N bace .. get it heh) anyone in here into metal or play guitar or other instruments? I play a few other things as well.

it's cool I'm not heart broken or anything. When I actually have some corals to frag I'll try to 'share the love' myself.

heh I forgot to check this. still kinda learning my way around the forums it's cool I won though DOH!

well the 29g tank was up close to a year when I tried it. the 55 was put together with all the sand, rock, filters and water. it has been running now for probably a month or two (I think... forgot when I did it but it's growing some coralline algae on the back wall) the light on the 29 was a 150w halide. the light on the 55 is a '48 Inch 4x54 Watt AquaticLife T5 HO Light Fixture W/ 4 Lunar LEDs' which I believe should be ok for a nem. I will check out those sites when I get some time. as I've said I've sworn off of them for a while. I felt horrible when I lost my last one. plus it wasn't free...(sad)

so when I had my reef in a 30g tank I had a BTA the seemed to do fairly well... until it found it's way into a power head (sad) now is there any advise that I could get on how to have this not happen? this event made me switch to my 55 as my reef (was African cichlids. now in the 30) and also sworn off of anemones until I get some ideas on how to keep them alive. (wife)