Just bought Aquapod 24g

Clownboy · 01-16-2006, 02:11 PM

On Saturday I bought the Aquapod 24g. I went with the Aquapod because of what I had heard about the nano cubes from my 2 LFS. They had complaints with the lighting.

It has only been few days but so far my Aquapod has been great! I like the way it is built and looks.

I have 20 pounds of sand and 27 pounds of live rock.

Now I am just waiting, but would love to have some ideas on what I can and should add in there. I am looking to add a few fish, one anemone, and serveral invertebrates.

If anyone has photos and info for me to help me with ideas I would be grateful.

Also how long should I wait before I starting adding a few Invertebrates, and fish?

Clownboy

mps9506 · 01-17-2006, 08:17 AM

Congrats, I'm sure you will like it. Wait for your live rock to cycle the tank before adding any inverts. Test for ammonia, nitrites and nitrates. Once you have zero on ammonia and nitrites, and low nitrates (I would say below 5 prefer zero), add your cleanup crew of snails and or hermits. Let them get going cleaning up the algae etc for a few weeks before adding any other fish or inverts.

Little Luey · 01-31-2006, 07:13 PM

Clownboy
check out the thread where there was a recall on this tanks, hopefully it does not affect you.

Clownboy · 02-01-2006, 11:50 AM

So far everything has worked great, I am still waiting for it to cycle.

Charlie97L · 02-09-2006, 02:51 PM

i would hold off on getting the anemone for a long while... everything i've read about them says they need an established tank to do well... like at least 6 months with stable water params and time for everything to grow.

cburns32 · 02-09-2006, 09:04 PM

Yeah that anenome is prolly gonna need xtreme lightign as well, well not extreme but prolly better lighting than the stock...if your getting an anenome possibly think of a pair of clowns...a peppermint shrimp maybe cleaner shrimp...some hermit blue legged...and maybe snails margarita or turbo...buh the anenome w/ pair of clowns is a good bet...introduce the pair of clowns as 1...so they will pair up immedately...and if you add the anenome later it wont matter the pair will prolly host in it depending on the type of clown n anenome

01-16-2006, 02:11 PM	#1 (permalink)
Clownboy Fire Coral Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 74 View Gallery Karma Komment	Just bought Aquapod 24g On Saturday I bought the Aquapod 24g. I went with the Aquapod because of what I had heard about the nano cubes from my 2 LFS. They had complaints with the lighting. It has only been few days but so far my Aquapod has been great! I like the way it is built and looks. I have 20 pounds of sand and 27 pounds of live rock. Now I am just waiting, but would love to have some ideas on what I can and should add in there. I am looking to add a few fish, one anemone, and serveral invertebrates. If anyone has photos and info for me to help me with ideas I would be grateful. Also how long should I wait before I starting adding a few Invertebrates, and fish? Clownboy

01-17-2006, 08:17 AM	#2 (permalink)
mps9506 Totally stoked dude Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Wilmington, NC Posts: 7,518 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: Just bought Aquapod 24g Congrats, I'm sure you will like it. Wait for your live rock to cycle the tank before adding any inverts. Test for ammonia, nitrites and nitrates. Once you have zero on ammonia and nitrites, and low nitrates (I would say below 5 prefer zero), add your cleanup crew of snails and or hermits. Let them get going cleaning up the algae etc for a few weeks before adding any other fish or inverts. __________________ Mike "The Bandwith Bandit" Help Build Reefpedia Premium Membership Available! Support Reef Sanctuary Sponsors

01-31-2006, 07:13 PM	#3 (permalink)
Little Luey Scopas Tang Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Yuma, Arizona Posts: 432 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: Just bought Aquapod 24g Clownboy check out the thread where there was a recall on this tanks, hopefully it does not affect you. __________________ Little Luey 20Gal, 30 lbs. Live rock. 1 yellow goby 1 firefish 1 rainsford goby 5 turbo snails 1 feather duster 1 devil's hand leather 1 sea grass colony 2 Zoantoids colonies

02-01-2006, 11:50 AM	#4 (permalink)
Clownboy Fire Coral Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 74 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: Just bought Aquapod 24g So far everything has worked great, I am still waiting for it to cycle.

02-09-2006, 02:51 PM	#5 (permalink)
Charlie97L Reef Lobster Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: North Bethesda, MD Posts: 1,288 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: Just bought Aquapod 24g i would hold off on getting the anemone for a long while... everything i've read about them says they need an established tank to do well... like at least 6 months with stable water params and time for everything to grow. __________________ 40 Breeder, 20H Frag Aquactinics T5s, CPR Fuge, Deltec AP600, AC Jr, WavySea

02-09-2006, 09:04 PM	#6 (permalink)
cburns32 Bryozoan Join Date: Feb 2006 Posts: 41 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: Just bought Aquapod 24g Yeah that anenome is prolly gonna need xtreme lightign as well, well not extreme but prolly better lighting than the stock...if your getting an anenome possibly think of a pair of clowns...a peppermint shrimp maybe cleaner shrimp...some hermit blue legged...and maybe snails margarita or turbo...buh the anenome w/ pair of clowns is a good bet...introduce the pair of clowns as 1...so they will pair up immedately...and if you add the anenome later it wont matter the pair will prolly host in it depending on the type of clown n anenome

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