COME TO THE DARKSIDE!

[J. H.]

beautiful tank! I really want saltwater, I love the idea of a reef although i still like the FW fish better, but I ran the numbers:
Set up my empty 90 for SW - $2000+ 300w
Convert my 55 to SW - $1200+ and everyone in the house mad at me for leaving the tank empty for more than a month. 200w
Set up my empty 10 for SW - $250+ 40w
Build a 12' tank for rift lake cichlids in the basement and move my bedroom down there - $300 - $700+ 40w (using window for light and running all filtration & circulationoff a 3200gph powerhead)
The raw numbers is all that's keeping me in FW! (and breeding fish...)

 

[tigerjace]

It is expensive. I wouldn't of been able to do it either but I sold all my freshwater stuff and fish and got a good chunk back. So i just recycled the money and it was able to help me pay for half. I thought it would pay for the whole thing but it was a miscalculation on my part and by then i was already committed. lol. And I'm not even done. Fun part about saltwater is that you're able to grow corals and frag and sell to make some money back...another plus to the hobby.

 

[Yuki Rihwa]

I still have my 40B (48 gallons) SW running for awhile without fish nor coral LOL
I dose ammonia daily to keep my BB colony healthy, I'm thinking to get a pair of Green Mandarin Dragonet or a dwarf Lion fish...I can't decide yet so I'll continue dosing ammonia hehehe

 

[tigerjace]

I still have my 40B (48 gallons) SW running for awhile without fish nor coral LOL
I dose ammonia daily to keep my BB colony healthy, I'm thinking to get a pair of Green Mandarin Dragonet or a dwarf Lion fish...I can't decide yet so I'll continue dosing ammonia hehehe

If you have live rock in your tank or sand and your tank has fully gone through the cycle process, I don't see the need to keep on dosing Ammonia. Ammonia is not intended to add constantly, only for the initial kick start of the cycle. If you feel the need to feed your BB then just throw in a sprinkle of fish food here and there. Freshwater fish food would even work. Or go grab some hermits, snails, etc.

Mandarin and lionfish are completely opposite sides of spectrum. If you plan on keeping small fish, shrimps, etc. Lionfish will pretty much eat anything that will fit in its mouth. Mandarin's can be tricky...they prefer live food such as copopods and amphipods, which usually develops naturally in a stable mature reef tank. Success in keeping a mandarin in a new tank is slim.

You already have it running, might as well throw something in it...lol. Good Luck whatever you decide to do.

 

[Yuki Rihwa]

I don't see the need to keep on dosing Ammonia. Mandarin and lionfish are completely opposite sides of spectrum.

*I dosing Ammonia to keep my BB alive, if you think BB will still alive without food after the tank cycled....I'm speechless! (it's a newbie move to throw in a fish or shrimp into the tank to keep it cycle)
**I knew Madarin and Lion fish is different world. I didn't say I'm gonna mix them together
***See my Avatar? I'm not a newbie in this saltwater world when I'm maintaining a 10x4x4 foots saltwater predator tank, I don't need luck for this hobby

 

[fishfanatic80]

*I dosing Ammonia to keep my BB alive, if you think BB will still alive without food after the tank cycled....I'm speechless! (it's a newbie move to throw in a fish or shrimp into the tank to keep it cycle)
**I knew Madarin and Lion fish is different world. I didn't say I'm gonna mix them together
***See my Avatar? I'm not a newbie in this saltwater world when I'm maintaining a 10x4x4 foots saltwater predator tank, I don't need luck for this hobby

Everybody can use a little luck in the hobby experienced or not. Are you going reef or just fowlr? A mandarin shouldn't be the first fish you add to a newly established tank since as already stated they need pods to strive although reports of them eating ova are becoming more frequent. If your going mandarin I don't see the harm in adding other fish in first. Also why are you waiting to start the tank and dosing ammonia? Neither fish are hard to come by. Also the post above yours he added that you should throw in some food to continue to feed the bb so he knows without any food the bb will die

 

[tigerjace]

Everybody can use a little luck in the hobby experienced or not. Are you going reef or just fowlr? A mandarin shouldn't be the first fish you add to a newly established tank since as already stated they need pods to strive although reports of them eating ova are becoming more frequent. If your going mandarin I don't see the harm in adding other fish in first. Also why are you waiting to start the tank and dosing ammonia? Neither fish are hard to come by. Also the post above yours he added that you should throw in some food to continue to feed the bb so he knows without any food the bb will die

Thank you.

 

[tlindsey]

Mandarin and Seahorses Reef only imo had both and like stated needs coepods and other tiny creatures from live rock . Seahorses and Mandarin Gobies can not compete with fast eating tankmates.

 

[vincentwugwg]

I added about 20 big groupers before adding 600 lbs of live rock to my new tote filter.. the water is getting cloudy.. what do i do? hahaha I am always adding fish without properly cycling my tanks.

 

[Chub_by]

I added about 20 big groupers before adding 600 lbs of live rock to my new tote filter.. the water is getting cloudy.. what do i do? hahaha I am always adding fish without properly cycling my tanks.

The other day I wanted to ask on one of your posts why you hadn't gone SW yet.. guess that question has been answered! show us some pics man