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sexyshrimp101
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Hey everyone 
It has been a couple of years now since I have been on this site. I used to have a 29 gal. reef, and two mantis shrimp tanks. Well, a lot in my life has changed. My bf of 4 years and I split, I reconnected with an old friend, ended up getting married, he joined the Air Force, we moved, had a baby, and I am sure the list could go on lol. I have been patiently waiting to get back in to the SW world, and finally picked up a tank a couple of days ago.
The tank that I am starting back up with is a 12 gal. JBJ Nano Cube. It has a 70 watt MH bulb, LEDs, the original 2 fans in the hood with 2 additional fans that the previous owner added, the standard 3 stage filtration, but I will not be using the media. I will be picking up some grape caulerpa tomorrow for the first chamber, I have a little bit of LR rubble in the second chamber, and just the heater (which probably won't be needed with MH lighting) and pump in the third chamber. Will be getting either a koralia 250, or maxijet 400 for my powerhead, just trying to figure out what I actually need (any suggestions for output?).
I have a 2-ish in. sand bed (fine sand) and about 12 lbs. of figi LR. I am waiting (for the second time) for the dust to settle from the sand. The bag said no need to rinse, so I didn't, and it cleared up. Well there was a bunch of dust that settled on the rock, and I went to move the rock this morning, and it majorly clouded up again. I never had this issue with my tanks last time. It is almost clear again, but I need to aquascape and am worried up clouding again. I got some clear tubing to siphon the dust off the top of the rock, but I am just hoping that it actually works (any suggestions on this or does that sound good?).
So basically, this will be a reef tank, mostly filled with corals, and I will probably get a small goby (yellow watchmen perhaps), a couple of shrimp, and some other little things like CUC, emerald crab, etc. Obviously, this will all be added with time, and once the cycle is finished.
Raw shrimp goes in to kick start the cycle once I get the dust under control!!! Very excited to get back in to the hobby I will put pics up as soon as things are settled and aquascaped.
It has been a couple of years now since I have been on this site. I used to have a 29 gal. reef, and two mantis shrimp tanks. Well, a lot in my life has changed. My bf of 4 years and I split, I reconnected with an old friend, ended up getting married, he joined the Air Force, we moved, had a baby, and I am sure the list could go on lol. I have been patiently waiting to get back in to the SW world, and finally picked up a tank a couple of days ago.The tank that I am starting back up with is a 12 gal. JBJ Nano Cube. It has a 70 watt MH bulb, LEDs, the original 2 fans in the hood with 2 additional fans that the previous owner added, the standard 3 stage filtration, but I will not be using the media. I will be picking up some grape caulerpa tomorrow for the first chamber, I have a little bit of LR rubble in the second chamber, and just the heater (which probably won't be needed with MH lighting) and pump in the third chamber. Will be getting either a koralia 250, or maxijet 400 for my powerhead, just trying to figure out what I actually need (any suggestions for output?).
I have a 2-ish in. sand bed (fine sand) and about 12 lbs. of figi LR. I am waiting (for the second time) for the dust to settle from the sand. The bag said no need to rinse, so I didn't, and it cleared up. Well there was a bunch of dust that settled on the rock, and I went to move the rock this morning, and it majorly clouded up again. I never had this issue with my tanks last time. It is almost clear again, but I need to aquascape and am worried up clouding again. I got some clear tubing to siphon the dust off the top of the rock, but I am just hoping that it actually works (any suggestions on this or does that sound good?).
So basically, this will be a reef tank, mostly filled with corals, and I will probably get a small goby (yellow watchmen perhaps), a couple of shrimp, and some other little things like CUC, emerald crab, etc. Obviously, this will all be added with time, and once the cycle is finished.
Raw shrimp goes in to kick start the cycle once I get the dust under control!!! Very excited to get back in to the hobby
I will put pics up as soon as things are settled and aquascaped.
