my new marine tank

[kenya27]

Hi thought I'd try a marine tank, seems to be going fine. cycled the tank for a week. and was told that if you have enough live rock (1 lb per gallon) that it instantly cycles.... ok..... so I put it to the test and my clown fish has been alive and seems to be pretty happy over the past 48 hrs... 29 gallon tank, marine land 400 filter with two biological inserts in the secondary slots, instant ocean seaclone protein skimmer 20 lbs of live rock. 90 gallon heater, live argonite crushed coral substrate. and coral life sand... any comments or suggestions lemme know thanks!!!! enjoy!

 

[kenya27]

 

[TheRealAndyCook]

live rock ≠ instant cycle.

However if your clown doesn't die in a month I guess its alright.

 

[Cliff519]

Looks like you used live cured rock. You can get lucky sometimes and only experiance a small die-off with just a mini spike in ammoina which only lasts a few days.

If you add you fish very slowly, you should be fine

Are you testing your water parameters ?

 

[FLESHY]

live rock ≠ instant cycle.

However if your clown doesn't die in a month I guess its alright.

Agreed TheRealAndyCook.

You may eventually choose to upgrade your filtration.

Can I ask why you used two different kinds of sand?

Looks like you used live cured rock. You can get lucky sometimes and only experiance a small die-off with just a mini spike in ammoina which only lasts a few days.

If you add you fish very slowly, you should be fine

Are you testing your water parameters ?

Agreed. That being said....the rock doesnt look to have much on it for being "cured". Then again the lighting over LR holding tanks could almost always be better.

This being said, clowns are tough little bastards, especially now that most of them are aquacultured. Pretty hard to kill one.

 

[kingkarter]

why'd this get moved here?

 

[kingkarter]

w8 now im confused this is in here but it got moved the the loung and is still here?

 

[kenya27]

yeah clown's still alive, I do weekly water changes so hopefully its not too stressful and yes adding fish slowly is always key, I have to wait for bacteria to catch up to the clown. maybe i'll wait longer to add more fish. maybe until i need a clean up crew. but i did hear form three other reliable sources that live rock that is cultured with coraline algae and many bugs... i saw them... will cycle the tank.

 

[01yellowr]

I would add a lid to keep the clown in. I have lost two of them. I now use a glass lid.

 

[Gprime]

I would add a lid to keep the clown in. I have lost two of them. I now use a glass lid.

I've found depending on your lightning t5 or stronger will trap in a lot of heat. also doesnt light reflect/refract or w/e when it goes through glass? wouldn't you be loosing PAR/spectrum etc.... i could be wrong but w/e asking doesnt hurt =P