20 long reef build
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I think you will like the BH1000 better, simply because the pump is not going to be in the display tank. These pumps are not small.
Internal skimmer out of the question?
Internal skimmer out of the question?
I didn't want an internal Skimmer because I think it will take up to much room. Looking at the measurements the pump doest seam to big and will be smaller than an internal skimmer
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the BH1000 it is. i have my first pod out break, pretty cool to watch shrimp and my jawfish go all day eating them off the walls
prams- ph-8.0, kh-10-11, ammonia-0 No2-0 NO3-0 Calcium-360.
i want a fire fish, but im not sure how well the royal gramma will do with it. also i cant get the mccoskers flasher ($89.99) over here, and though i have spent more on fish, not for a small tank, just not worth in IMO. back to looking for stocking list
prams- ph-8.0, kh-10-11, ammonia-0 No2-0 NO3-0 Calcium-360.
i want a fire fish, but im not sure how well the royal gramma will do with it. also i cant get the mccoskers flasher ($89.99) over here, and though i have spent more on fish, not for a small tank, just not worth in IMO. back to looking for stocking list
Wow, that is high for a McCoskers! Yes, the firefish will be fine with the gramma. Have 1 of each myself.
Congrats on the skimmer.
Congrats on the skimmer.
McCoskers are VERY jumpy fish. A sealed top is required for them, speaking from experience. They are beautiful fish, but a tad expensive ($45 is the normal price around me) and just too 'skiddish' of a fish for my taste. Walk anywhere near the tank and you scare it to jumping out.
Randall's gobys are extremely hard gobies to keep alive, there are many other easier options. Yellow, pink spot, blue spot, diamond (for cleaning sand), fusi, just to name a few.
Royal Gramma is a great fish. Firefish on the other hand, let's just say I have tried well over a dozen in my life, never once had one live past 30 days (I know others have much better luck than me). I have had much better luck with zebra or scissor tail dartfish compared to red or purple firefish.
Fire shrimp, forget about it. They don't clean anything really, just decorative, but the problem is you hardly ever see them. They live inside/behind rocks and are very rarely in view. And as you found out, peppermints can be harmful to some LPS corals, mainly favias and acans.
I would not recommend big LPS corals on the top rock, they tear easily with flow and from the looks of your tank there is a lot of flow at the top. A plating or branching montipora would be the best use of space/light. Leathers go in the sand and don't care for much light... or a ton of light.. they can take anything, but they grow big so I would start them off at the bottom and in a couple years they will still be growing out of the tank. I think the best leather is still the neon green toadstool, with a fiji yellow being second.
Personally, if it were my tank, new, and in your position of still learning, I would 1. be patient, you still have a ways to go until the tank is really cycled and stable.. not cycled as in no ammonia, cycled as in no diatoms in the sand (bacteria is built up enough to keep it clean along with maintenance). Once it is cycled and stable I would add montiporas to the top, maybe a spongodes, sunset, and a purple cap to give some variety and color. Middle of the tank I would place LPS corals like duncans, frogspawns, candycanes, blastos, etc.. and at the bottom I would place leathers, mushrooms, zoas, acans, and chalices. Just giving you a general idea of types of corals and placement.
Randall's gobys are extremely hard gobies to keep alive, there are many other easier options. Yellow, pink spot, blue spot, diamond (for cleaning sand), fusi, just to name a few.
Royal Gramma is a great fish. Firefish on the other hand, let's just say I have tried well over a dozen in my life, never once had one live past 30 days (I know others have much better luck than me). I have had much better luck with zebra or scissor tail dartfish compared to red or purple firefish.
Fire shrimp, forget about it. They don't clean anything really, just decorative, but the problem is you hardly ever see them. They live inside/behind rocks and are very rarely in view. And as you found out, peppermints can be harmful to some LPS corals, mainly favias and acans.
I would not recommend big LPS corals on the top rock, they tear easily with flow and from the looks of your tank there is a lot of flow at the top. A plating or branching montipora would be the best use of space/light. Leathers go in the sand and don't care for much light... or a ton of light.. they can take anything, but they grow big so I would start them off at the bottom and in a couple years they will still be growing out of the tank. I think the best leather is still the neon green toadstool, with a fiji yellow being second.
Personally, if it were my tank, new, and in your position of still learning, I would 1. be patient, you still have a ways to go until the tank is really cycled and stable.. not cycled as in no ammonia, cycled as in no diatoms in the sand (bacteria is built up enough to keep it clean along with maintenance). Once it is cycled and stable I would add montiporas to the top, maybe a spongodes, sunset, and a purple cap to give some variety and color. Middle of the tank I would place LPS corals like duncans, frogspawns, candycanes, blastos, etc.. and at the bottom I would place leathers, mushrooms, zoas, acans, and chalices. Just giving you a general idea of types of corals and placement.
well in 30 day i will tell you if the dart fish is still alive, my mushis are at the bottom and seam to be happy (fully open) all my other corals are doing great, um i dont have ammonia or no2 or no3, i did have it at first but im past that part of the cycle, i do have some diatoms, but i would say thats more of the fact that im using tap water, soon i will have a RO/DI system from specrapure. my plan for hammer and candy coral is in the middle, in med flow, and i wanted leather or monitis at the top. thank you for the info. i will keep this going so people can see my reef. me/you we are all still learning. new things come up everyday.
thank you every one for the help, ill keep this thread going if you keep helping
Ben
thank you every one for the help, ill keep this thread going if you keep helping
Ben
Sounds good. I don't think your koralia's will be enough to damage the flesh on an LPS. As long as the coral can tank the light, it should do fine up top in your tank.
I have never heard of a randall's being hard to keep, interesting. I know several people that have them and my LFS likes them so much, they have one in all of their show tanks. I've had my firefish for a year and it is fat and happy. Completely agree that McCoskers are jumpy so for that price, I would probably avoid them. Crazy the differences in prices. McCoskers here are $25 to $30.
I have never heard of a randall's being hard to keep, interesting. I know several people that have them and my LFS likes them so much, they have one in all of their show tanks. I've had my firefish for a year and it is fat and happy. Completely agree that McCoskers are jumpy so for that price, I would probably avoid them. Crazy the differences in prices. McCoskers here are $25 to $30.
yea, i think the issue is my lfs is the only quality one for a 70 mile radius, so they have a hold on the market. fire fish is doing great, he has been sharing a hole with my jawfish at night weird huh. GSP have been hiding for the past 3 days, i might try to move them to a better location. other than that everything is well, i started my count down the xmas on that day i will be running RO/DI and have my new protein skimmer, then i can really start reefing. im starting to plan out my upgrade to a 30 long, with a sump, i want to use a 20 tall for the sump. the end game is a few years down the road and that is a full upgrade to a 120 long reef.
