My 29G FOWLR Pics and Phases
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LOL.. really? Funny thing is that is my very first tank I bought in 1994 at Wal-Mart. It has gone from FW, Brackish, FO, FOWLR, Reef, and now back to FOWLR and still holds water.
As you can see it is pretty simple, Koralia 2/3, 25lb live rock, sand, 150w heater, Rena Smartfilter HOB filter + surface skimmer attachment (live rock rubble in bottom of filter), and a CurrentUSA Sundial light on it. 4 fish and some palys I took out of my reef is all thats in there. I do kind of want to just make it into a 2 clown/anemone tank with nothing else in there eventually, but I am in no rush.
As you can see it is pretty simple, Koralia 2/3, 25lb live rock, sand, 150w heater, Rena Smartfilter HOB filter + surface skimmer attachment (live rock rubble in bottom of filter), and a CurrentUSA Sundial light on it. 4 fish and some palys I took out of my reef is all thats in there. I do kind of want to just make it into a 2 clown/anemone tank with nothing else in there eventually, but I am in no rush.
Since My last update I have 2 other things in my tank. I got a small Dottyback Psudocromis which was at sale at my LFS for only $8 so I picked it up and also got a coral banded shrimp. They are both doing well right now and everything is going great in the tank. I'm hoping the psudocromis won't get agressive at all since it hasn't so far but I know they are known to be agressive esspecially when they get larger.
Not really fully sure on the details of your sand ,, but im wondering alot about it. took me a bit to find any details but im thinking thats not argonite of any sort, and may be contributing to your diatoms. you are also losing some properties of argonite sand which are good for reef aquaria.
Unfortunately there are a few issues with the sand going on as can be seen. I'm hoping cutting back on light and a few more frequent water changes with time can solve this issue-- I'm not sure too much more of what to do. -- I do need a 2nd powerhead though-- I'm just happy that all my fish seem really happy and they are all eating.
I don't know exactly what that means but I do plan on adding some corals, not very high lighting intensity required ones though. I already have some polyps and plan on adding some more down the road!
I think you meant to ask that towards AC2020x, he has the bi-color. I don't have any experience with them other than feeding them at a LFS a few times myself so I really can't offer much insite into them.
Unfortunately, mine passed away a few days ago. I really have no idea why. While it was alive I absolutly loved it. I fed it algae, formula 1 and 2 -- prime reef, some brine and mysis shrimp and it also loved the flake food that I have. -- He ate pretty much all of these except the formula 2 he never liked. He was always really active and everything was going fine for at least 4 weeks and he was eating and doing excellent, until out of no where he stopped swimming as much. I got home from school and he was just sitting under the rocks. I fed the tank and he ate a very small ammount. I figured I'd see how he was in the morning the next day and he was dead. -- I really have no clue what it was and one day he was perfectly healthy and the next day he died! It's sad and I have no idea what it was, - but while he was alive he seemed perfectly healthy and happy and was easy to take care of.
