My JBJ 28g Nano Cube

[Bifferwine]

Yes, it's very possible. Maybe time to add your first fish?

 

[bjohanson1234]

IME, heaters tend to be under rated. You are close to the upper limit. Might need a new heater.

As for the cycle, throw some fish food in there and let it rot. If you dont see an ammonia or nitrite spike, I would say its safe to add a fish. Just go slowly.

 

[rdahlke1105]

Aww, no fair. :lol: I want my cycle to be over too. J/K

 

[BL1]

IME, heaters tend to be under rated. You are close to the upper limit. Might need a new heater.

+1 I'm using a 200w marineland heater in mine.

 

[Rellikdloc]

IME, As for the cycle, throw some fish food in there and let it rot. If you dont see an ammonia or nitrite spike, I would say its safe to add a fish. Just go slowly.

yea i threw in some food awhile ago and got nothing.

Yes, it's very possible. Maybe time to add your first fish?

YAY!! not to be mean but ima go buy a 5$ blue damsel and see how he does.

 

[Bifferwine]

Buy a fish that you really want. People often change their minds about those cheap damsels a few months down the road. ;)

 

[Rellikdloc]

well i want to be on the safe side and make sure he will survive in there. If he does

then eventually i will transport him to this 10g tank i have when i get that set up.

 

[bjohanson1234]

If you are thinking about clowns, you could get one of them. They are hardy just like a damnsel... they are related to them. And you wont have to worry about moving it.

 

[Rellikdloc]

Whats a good frozen fish food?

 

[Bifferwine]

Rod's Food is a good all-in-one food. I use a variety of about half a dozen different foods -- krill, fortified brine, mysis, marine cuisine, emerald entree, plankton, daphnia, oyster eggs and roe.

 

[Rellikdloc]

My water seems to be a little cloudy..? i did a 15% water change yesturday

 

[Ogaawd]

check the glass could be just an algae haze maybe?

 

[Rellikdloc]

nope i cleaned the glass too yeaturday and filters, the water was a little cloudy b4 the water change too

 

[bjohanson1234]

When did you fill the tank?

Sometimes it takes a new tank several days to a week for all the fine paticles to settle out.

 

[rdahlke1105]

You know I've been thinking about this for some time. What if you would siphon the water out of the back first and then the display to make up the water change and then use the siphon to put it back in instead of just pouring? If you hit the rocks with the siphon hose I would think it would reduce the sand kick up.

 

[BL1]

You know I've been thinking about this for some time. What if you would siphon the water out of the back first and then the display to make up the water change and then use the siphon to put it back in instead of just pouring? If you hit the rocks with the siphon hose I would think it would reduce the sand kick up.

That's why I use a small pump for that reason. If you get a small maxi-jet pump and use it to mix your saltwater for water changes, then you just put tubing on to the output and you can use that same pump to empty/fill your tank up and reduce the amount of crap you stir up.

 

[Rellikdloc]

well the tank was already a little cloudy so i decided to do the water change and clean the filters to see if that would help clear it up, but it just stayed the same

 

[Rellikdloc]

soo any other ideas?

 

[rdahlke1105]

Try a different salt mix?

 

[Rellikdloc]

Ive been gettin my salt water from my LFS