refug or eheim
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i never had a problem with algae in my 90 didnt have any problems till it crashed im gonna stock it with a manderin fish cause i love them and miss mine a few hermit crabs and shrimp thats all it will be mostly corals havent decided on them yet o yea a star fish too i gotta figure out what species and all but i need $$$$$$ money first
I would advise on not getting a Mandarin until your tank is at least a year old. Mandarin's are very hard to keep mainly because they are quite picky eaters. They are beautiful fish, but I can't understand why they're even sold since the majority of them do not survive in our fish tanks. They feed off copepods and other pods that live on the live rock. An established tank (at least a year+) can provide these pods.
A refugium would be a great idea if you decide to make it a reef tank. A refugium can provide the necessary breeding grounds for pods and, along with caluerpa, can help minimize nitrate levels.
A refugium would be a great idea if you decide to make it a reef tank. A refugium can provide the necessary breeding grounds for pods and, along with caluerpa, can help minimize nitrate levels.
ive kept them before i know how hard they are to keep i finally got one to live longer than 6 months when my tank crashed
Just use live rock for your filter. I've set up dozens of tanks by just getting live rock and smelling it. if it smells like salt water it's pretty much cycled. It's probably not the most scientific way to test if live rock is done cycling or not. but it's been really reliable for me.
Refugiums are pretty nice and I've ran a couple, however, they do require maintenence and they take time to start working. The anerobic bacteria take time to grow and start breaking down the nitrates in your tank. And only certain specias of macroalgae work well for refuciums. If you want simple I suggest just live rock until you get a hang of the reef hobby then start toying with other cool things. However NEVER use a wet dry filter for a reef tank. This produces way too many nitrates due to the aerobic bacteria in such abundance.
Also, I've kept mandarins and scooter blenny's and psychadelics and for some reason they take to brine shrimp. Though they were introduced into well established tanks. I had one baby psych that i got at a whopping inch long and in no time flat he was 3 inches long. the sucker grew like xenia.
Refugiums are pretty nice and I've ran a couple, however, they do require maintenence and they take time to start working. The anerobic bacteria take time to grow and start breaking down the nitrates in your tank. And only certain specias of macroalgae work well for refuciums. If you want simple I suggest just live rock until you get a hang of the reef hobby then start toying with other cool things. However NEVER use a wet dry filter for a reef tank. This produces way too many nitrates due to the aerobic bacteria in such abundance.
Also, I've kept mandarins and scooter blenny's and psychadelics and for some reason they take to brine shrimp. Though they were introduced into well established tanks. I had one baby psych that i got at a whopping inch long and in no time flat he was 3 inches long. the sucker grew like xenia.
just need to get the rest of the stuff lights etc.... and ill be on my way back into the salt water world
