Its a beautiful tank, but, not cheap. it cost around $615 with a stand, hydrometer, heater, net, sand (60 pounds of live sand) and tempurature measurer. not cheap, but after that i had to take it to the next level, i filled the tank and dumped the sand in and it was cloudy as heck, it took a few days for it to settle down. then i went to the store and got some live rock (20.5 pounds) and a mag-float glass cleaner. how much? $170 bucks. yikes! then i had to buy some fish so i got 3 damselfish and 2 shrimp (coral banded and peppermint shrimp) 3 nassarius snails 3 blue legged dwarf hermits and a sally light foot crab. after this i got rid of the damselfish ( the human way, i returned them to the store) and got 4 blue and green chromis and 2 clownfish. Beautiful, after this as of now i just got a new coral! its a great first tank and i hope to get another 20 gal. tank soon that i can plumb up to it! its a lot of work but great fun!
sweet, im assuming someone asked you to post up what goodies youve horded cause there wasn't a question or statement in that post?
Is it set as a nano, whats your total system volume?
Id say you about maxing the bio on a your size tank without remote add-ons, is that what you meant by starting up another 20?
Its a beautiful tank, but, not cheap. it cost around $615 with a stand, hydrometer, heater, net, sand (60 pounds of live sand) and tempurature measurer. not cheap, but after that i had to take it to the next level, i filled the tank and dumped the sand in and it was cloudy as heck, it took a few days for it to settle down. then i went to the store and got some live rock (20.5 pounds) and a mag-float glass cleaner. how much? $170 bucks. yikes! then i had to buy some fish so i got 3 damselfish and 2 shrimp (coral banded and peppermint shrimp) 3 nassarius snails 3 blue legged dwarf hermits and a sally light foot crab. after this i got rid of the damselfish ( the human way, i returned them to the store) and got 4 blue and green chromis and 2 clownfish. Beautiful, after this as of now i just got a new coral! its a great first tank and i hope to get another 20 gal. tank soon that i can plumb up to it! its a lot of work but great fun!
I just bought one with a stand also. I paid about $450 at Natural Life in Sunnyvale, I see you live in Redwood City.....where did you buy yours?
oh and for veriann, i am going to try and set up a 20 gallon sump/display/frag tank. if you have any plumbing, fragging, or general setup tips they would be much apprieciated. i plant to hook it up to the 29 g. via a pump and overflow box then split the 20 g. in half using a net or anything u might suggest. one side will be coral fragging and one side will be either snail breeding or just normal display tank.
I love the biocube 29!! Right now I just have 17lbs. of Live sand and I have placed live rock in the 2nd compartment with a few Bio balls. Tonight I'm going to start picking up some Fiji Live Rock from my local pet store. My kids can't wait for the tank to cycle so they can put some fish in it I have a Nano skimmer in the
2nd compartment also, it fits perfectly without having to make any mods.
What is the name of the Shimmer that fits perfectly???? I have a BioCube 29 and am looking for a skimmer too. I heard of Tunze but you need to Dremel it out a bit I would perfer to keep it clean. Does the skimmer work well??
1 Pygmy (Cherub) Dwarf Angel - Minimum tank size 10 gallons
2 True Percula Clown Fish - Minimum tank size 30 gallons
1 Royal Gramma - Minimum tank size 10 gallons
1 Catalina Goby -Minimum tank size 20 gallons *
1 Mandarin Goby (actually a dragonette) - Minimum 20 gallons **
1 Flame Angel - Minimum tank size 20 gallons
All said and done, the minimum tank sizes should be adjusted when you have high fish loads... this is a HIGH fish load for a smallish tank.
* Catalina's DO NOT like reef temperatures like the clowns, gramma etc. They are a "temperate" species and prefer temps no higher than the mid 70's F
** Although MOST retailers will say 20 gallons, that would be for a fish that has been PROVEN to eat prepared foods. Sadly, most dragonettes do NOT eat frozen food (immediately anyways) and therefore need large, well established systems with plenty of live rock (and possibly macro) to house/breed the various planktonic life that will sustain them.
I didn't have that many fish in my 75G I do have 6 in my 26 bowfront, but they are some of the slowest fish in the world (seahorses, in fact, are) and I have the system sumped with a 75 Gallon system (note: sump is disconnected right now due to a project).
also, im no expert, but isnt it true that coral banded shrimp cannot be put in with any other type of shrimp due to their extremely aggressive nature?
I also have a 29gal biocube and i only plan to have 4 fish MAYBE, and they are all the smallest fish that i could find. No angels (even "dwarfs") only 2 clowns, a royal gramma, and either a neon goby or yellow watchman goby.
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