Our tanks any tips?

Gayle · 01-06-2008, 07:42 AM

Hi there we have 2 marine tanks. First being our 55g tank been set up for about 10 months now we have a ocellaris clown, striped damselfish and a blue green chromis, one hermit crab a long spined urchin, blue linckia starfish and a bubble tip anemone and plenty of little feathers, mussles barnicals etc. We have a sump filled with rock and bio balls also have a fluval 405 and 3 powerheads. Only just put in bubble tip, starfish and urchin. Feed them with misis plankton and 2 other liquid coral foods, also got told to feed bubble tip with lancefish. bubble tip has rejected 2nd feed so any suggestions or tips on behaviour or care greatly appeciated. 2nd tank has been set up for about 3 months now its 140g tank and home to our porcipine puffer who is called Bob and is said to be 22 years old, we got him from a shop that was having to shut down they had had him as a pet all that time. He has a fluval FX5 2 powerheads and seems to extremly happy since moving him to this tank. He eats cockles shelled and just meat.

Triggerjay · 01-06-2008, 08:03 AM

Welcome! I would slowly wean the 55g off of the bio balls, and put a skimmer on it. What kind of lighting do you have on the 55g? How does your water test out?

Jason

meandean45 · 01-06-2008, 08:08 AM

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Originally Posted by Gayle

Hi there we have 2 marine tanks. First being our 55g tank been set up for about 10 months now we have a ocellaris clown, striped damselfish and a blue green chromis, one hermit crab a long spined urchin, blue linckia starfish and a bubble tip anemone and plenty of little feathers, mussles barnicals etc. We have a sump filled with rock and bio balls also have a fluval 405 and 3 powerheads. Only just put in bubble tip, starfish and urchin. Feed them with misis plankton and 2 other liquid coral foods, also got told to feed bubble tip with lancefish. bubble tip has rejected 2nd feed so any suggestions or tips on behaviour or care greatly appeciated. 2nd tank has been set up for about 3 months now its 140g tank and home to our porcipine puffer who is called Bob and is said to be 22 years old, we got him from a shop that was having to shut down they had had him as a pet all that time. He has a fluval FX5 2 powerheads and seems to extremly happy since moving him to this tank. He eats cockles shelled and just meat.

Hi Gayle! Welcome to the RS!

This sounds like a 55 gallon reef and a 130 fish only. Get the fluval filter and the Bio-balls out of the 55, they'll cause you nitrate trouble sooner or later. A good protien Skimmer (rated for at least a 150 gallon tank) should be your' next purchase for the reef tank. You didn't mention lighting, Metal Halide is best, supplemented with some sort of Actinic lighting as well.

Keep trying to feed that Anemone! Mine loves Silversides, try putting the silversides in near the Anemones mouth, with a long forceps, and wiggling it around a little. If She's hungry, she should close right up on it. Anemones also love light, seemingly the more the better. Take good care of her, and she'll outlive you, even if you're very young! Check out the Anemone Forum for more help and advice about BTAs.

The FO sounds ok, but you might want to add a bunch of live-rock for its' water quality improving benefits.

Regards, Dean

lcstorc · 01-06-2008, 09:39 AM

Welcome to RS!
Good advice so far.
Can we have some pics?
I would really love to see the puffer.

sasquatch · 01-06-2008, 12:07 PM

Hi Gayle and Welcome to RS! what are the liquid coral foods you are using?

althea2you · 01-06-2008, 06:38 PM

welcome to RS!

JFK_Jr · 01-07-2008, 05:42 PM

AQTCJAK · 01-08-2008, 10:42 AM

Welcome Aboard

framerguy · 01-08-2008, 10:58 AM

Welcome to RS!! The Anemenes will eat the food if they are hungry, and drop it if they are not. Try several foods and note which they like and don't. Also feed the whole food, (all of the shrimp, fish, what ever you use) there are different nutrients in each part of the prey. You can do it in pieces if you like though, but feed all if it.

Be careful with liquid foods as overdosing can lead to nuisance algae blooms. Feed the animals, not the water, so to speak.

BigAl07 · 01-08-2008, 11:08 AM

Hello and welcome. The advice above is TOP Notch and since I don't have anything to add (yes I know that's RARE) I'll just add a

01-06-2008, 07:42 AM	#1 (permalink)
Gayle Tunicate Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 1 View Gallery Karma Komment	Our tanks any tips? Hi there we have 2 marine tanks. First being our 55g tank been set up for about 10 months now we have a ocellaris clown, striped damselfish and a blue green chromis, one hermit crab a long spined urchin, blue linckia starfish and a bubble tip anemone and plenty of little feathers, mussles barnicals etc. We have a sump filled with rock and bio balls also have a fluval 405 and 3 powerheads. Only just put in bubble tip, starfish and urchin. Feed them with misis plankton and 2 other liquid coral foods, also got told to feed bubble tip with lancefish. bubble tip has rejected 2nd feed so any suggestions or tips on behaviour or care greatly appeciated. 2nd tank has been set up for about 3 months now its 140g tank and home to our porcipine puffer who is called Bob and is said to be 22 years old, we got him from a shop that was having to shut down they had had him as a pet all that time. He has a fluval FX5 2 powerheads and seems to extremly happy since moving him to this tank. He eats cockles shelled and just meat.

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Triggerjay Acropora Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Springfield MO Posts: 1,989 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Re: Our tanks any tips? Welcome! I would slowly wean the 55g off of the bio balls, and put a skimmer on it. What kind of lighting do you have on the 55g? How does your water test out? Jason __________________ The start of my journey: http://www.reefsanctuary.com/forums/...xperience.html My current journey: http://www.reefsanctuary.com/forums/...ld-thread.html My clownfish breeding log: http://www.reefsanctuary.com/forums/...ne-fishes.html

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lcstorc Sunshine Reefer Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Cocoa Fl Posts: 18,473 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Re: Our tanks any tips? Welcome to RS! Good advice so far. Can we have some pics? I would really love to see the puffer. __________________ Peace LYNN You can't change the past but you can change how you view it. A reef tank is like a racecar. The faster you go the harder you crash. Lynn and Franks saltwater adventure Lynn's 20g clown tank Lynn's 90g of sunshine Every 60 seconds you spend upset is a minute of happiness you'll never get back.

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framerguy Manta Ray Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Mount Airy, Ga Posts: 3,326 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Re: Our tanks any tips? Welcome to RS!! The Anemenes will eat the food if they are hungry, and drop it if they are not. Try several foods and note which they like and don't. Also feed the whole food, (all of the shrimp, fish, what ever you use) there are different nutrients in each part of the prey. You can do it in pieces if you like though, but feed all if it. Be careful with liquid foods as overdosing can lead to nuisance algae blooms. Feed the animals, not the water, so to speak. __________________ ___________________________________ Greg All time fav quote: "Now and then it's good to pause in our pursuit of happiness and just be happy."-Guillaume Apollinaire "Being happy can be as easy as deciding to be!"-Greg Kimsey (framerguy) Still Workin' on it! 390gDT built in wall, Gargantuan DIY Beckett Skimmer, 150g sump, Sequence Hammerhead closed loop, 75 gallon seagrass/mineral mud refugium, 55 gallon crushed coral/live rock refugium, 30 gallon DSB/ cheatomorpha refugium, algae turf scrubber, DIY calcium reactor, DIY kalkwasser mixer, DIY light system w/4x 250MH & 4x54w T5, etc, etc, etc... chronicles-akwareum (\___/) This is Bunny. (=O.o=) Copy and paste him into your signature (")__(") to help him gain world domination

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