Vinny's First 29g Journey

[Bifferwine]

You should try to raise it to 1.025 or 1.026. But where you have it now is not bad at all.

 

[Vincenzo]

Alright just making sure because i saw 1.025 was recommended so didn't know if i needed to rise it up just a bit! but thanks for the help

 

[Bifferwine]

Inverts tend to do better at a salinity of 1.025 or 1.026. But 1.023 is still within 'normal' range.

 

[Vincenzo]

I put the live rock in last night and i looked at my thermometer in the morning and it was at 73 degrees because i forgot to turn my heater on, is that bad?? because i tested for ammonia and nitrite this morning and they were both at 0 so did i kill everything??

 

[Bifferwine]

No, that's fine. Turn the heater on next time! ;)

 

[Vincenzo]

lol i turned it off cause i was moving it and forgot to turn it back on :mrgreen: and should i see a spike in ammonia or nitrites anytime in the near future?

 

[Vincenzo]

So heres an update and 2 pictures!
So ive gotten an ammonia spike and hopefully the tank will be done cycling by next week so i can add fish in.. :)

Little growth for my first week on the algae scrubber!

The tank

 

[Smitty]

It's looking good bro...what are you thinking of putting in there?

 

[Vincenzo]

Well I want to start out with a blue reef chromis or 2 and then getting a clown, coral beauty angelfish, or a longnose hawkfish. I want to have 3 or less fish in the tank.

 

[Vincenzo]

I tested the water today and Ammonia= 0 Nitrites=0 Nitrates= 5-10 ppm

Am i ready to add in fish do you think??

 

[reeffreak]

Yes

So what's going to be the first fish?

 

[Vincenzo]

:bounce: I'm going to get a Blue Reef Chromis first :sfish:

 

[Bifferwine]

Water looks good to me!

 

[Vincenzo]

Okay so I went to the LFS and looked at all the fish and decided to get the Green Chromis fish instead, tomorrow Im going to go get 2 of them, then i decided on buying a baby Coral Beauty fish in the near future after i get the other two guys acclimated to the new home!

Here is a new pic of the tank, im seeing the base rock have growth on it, kind of turning a light brownish color!

Piece of base rock next to the live rock which seeded my tank.

 

[Dakwan]

diggin' the aquascape... how did you secure the rocks together?

 

[Vincenzo]

I just used zip ties, they all fit together real nicely though. And does anyone have a suggestion on how long i should wait to put any corals in my tank, I just want to start out with a zoa garden first.

 

[Bifferwine]

You can add hardy corals (like zoas) as long as your tank is done cycling. I think hardy corals are easier to keep than fish!

 

[Vincenzo]

haha thats what i was thinking, just wanted to check with the experts before i jumped in though! :mrgreen:

 

[Vincenzo]

And also, I wanted to know if this sounds like enough for a CUC,

3 astrea turbo snails
1 banded coral shrimp
2 dwarf blue leg hermits
2 mexican turbo snails
1 peppermint shrimp

 

[Bifferwine]

Hard to say. There is no set formula for CUCs -- tanks with little algae need less, tanks with more algae need more.

I would pass on the CBS, though. They have been known to go after fish.