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samn691 · 11-01-2007, 12:19 PM

Hello everyone!
I found this website yesterday, signed up and decided I would start a thread on my reef. Hopefully some of you fellow reefers will be able to tell me if I'm doing anything wrong and maybe give me a few tips.

I've had SW tanks for a little over a year (switched back and forth from a 10G and a 29G), so I'm still new to the hobby.

My current tank setup is:

The tank:
-29G reef
-Two AquaClear filters (#20 and #50)
-35W lighting (PowerGlo)
-About 31.5 LBS of LR (1.5LBS is new, the rest is old)
-Deep sand bed (5 to 8cm deep depending on the area)

Corals & stuff (more stuff then coral...):
-2 types of caulerpa(grape & some other type).
-Various polyps (they haven't opened fully yet, so I don't know what colours they are)
-A bunch of solid red mushrooms (some more orange or purple then red though), one red mushroom with blue markings on it (new), and a very light coloured green one.

Inhabitants:
-11 hermit crabs:
-10 blue legs
-1 scarlet red leg hermit
-4 or 5 snails
-1Percula clown
-1Yellow clown goby
-1Peppermint shrimp

the tank has been running for 3 days. All fish are new, I had a Yellow Watchman Goby in my 10G but it wasn't yellow anymore, more of a very grayish yellow and sometimes all gray. I was told that I couldn't have him and the yellow clown goby so I took him back to the store because I really wanted a yellow clown goby.

To minimize the new cycle, I took the sand from the 10G and didn't wash it (of course I added a lot of sand to it), I took all of the water that was in the tank and I took the filter from the tank and didn't change the filter inserts(that was the AC #20, so I also added the AC#50). I am also adding Cycle in the recommended amounts for new tanks. Hopefully it wont start a huge cycle. Does anyone think it might be possible that it wont start one at all? Any ideas on how to minimize it's impact?

This morning I found my old polyp trying to open. I thought it was dead, it hadn't opened in the last few months and usually had some algae on it. I don't know why it decided to open now, maybe because it now has a clean-up crew to clean the algae off of it. I think it was reddish-brown in colour, not sure though. Once it opens, I'll post a pic and feed it for sure!

Here are som pics:
Tank shot(sorry the water is still a little cloudy):

Percula clown(plz tell me if it's an ocellaris):

Scarlet red legged hermit crab:

Yellow clown goby:

Yellow watchman(I brought him back to the LFS):

And one last pic just to scare everyone:

I'll take a FEW more pics once the water clears and my new polyps open.
If anyone has questions on my tank, feel free to ask!

11-01-2007, 12:19 PM	#1 (permalink)
samn691 Has been struck by the ban stick Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 4 View Gallery Karma Komment	Sam's 29G reef Hello everyone! I found this website yesterday, signed up and decided I would start a thread on my reef. Hopefully some of you fellow reefers will be able to tell me if I'm doing anything wrong and maybe give me a few tips. I've had SW tanks for a little over a year (switched back and forth from a 10G and a 29G), so I'm still new to the hobby. My current tank setup is: The tank: -29G reef -Two AquaClear filters (#20 and #50) -35W lighting (PowerGlo) -About 31.5 LBS of LR (1.5LBS is new, the rest is old) -Deep sand bed (5 to 8cm deep depending on the area) Corals & stuff (more stuff then coral...): -2 types of caulerpa(grape & some other type). -Various polyps (they haven't opened fully yet, so I don't know what colours they are) -A bunch of solid red mushrooms (some more orange or purple then red though), one red mushroom with blue markings on it (new), and a very light coloured green one. Inhabitants: -11 hermit crabs: -10 blue legs -1 scarlet red leg hermit -4 or 5 snails -1Percula clown -1Yellow clown goby -1Peppermint shrimp the tank has been running for 3 days. All fish are new, I had a Yellow Watchman Goby in my 10G but it wasn't yellow anymore, more of a very grayish yellow and sometimes all gray. I was told that I couldn't have him and the yellow clown goby so I took him back to the store because I really wanted a yellow clown goby. To minimize the new cycle, I took the sand from the 10G and didn't wash it (of course I added a lot of sand to it), I took all of the water that was in the tank and I took the filter from the tank and didn't change the filter inserts(that was the AC #20, so I also added the AC#50). I am also adding Cycle in the recommended amounts for new tanks. Hopefully it wont start a huge cycle. Does anyone think it might be possible that it wont start one at all? Any ideas on how to minimize it's impact? This morning I found my old polyp trying to open. I thought it was dead, it hadn't opened in the last few months and usually had some algae on it. I don't know why it decided to open now, maybe because it now has a clean-up crew to clean the algae off of it. I think it was reddish-brown in colour, not sure though. Once it opens, I'll post a pic and feed it for sure! Here are som pics: Tank shot(sorry the water is still a little cloudy): Percula clown(plz tell me if it's an ocellaris): Scarlet red legged hermit crab: Yellow clown goby: Yellow watchman(I brought him back to the LFS): And one last pic just to scare everyone: I'll take a FEW more pics once the water clears and my new polyps open. If anyone has questions on my tank, feel free to ask!