Dankbardy31 24g Nano Journal

[spanko]

Originally Posted by dankbardy31
http:///forum/post/3020081
I don't want a seahorse anyways, but why not a Mandarin. can't they do well in a tank after its been set up for several months if you have an abundance of copepods? Thanks for the heads up guys.
Your tank will not be able to keep up with pod production, they eat enormous amounts. That said people have gotten trained their Mandarins to accept other foods. This is why I suggested doing some research before you purchase one.
I feed my fish every other day.

 

[dankbardy31]

Ok for sure. What fish did you start with? What cuc do you like?

 

[nano-newb1983]

i started with 2 clowns.. For my CUC i got 15 Astrea, 10 Nass, and 5 Certh and 2 turbo snails... Later down the road i added 1 Cleaner shrimp

 

[dankbardy31]

Just got back from my mini vacation. All levels and sg look good. Shopping plan for the week is:
Snails (assorted like 15 or so)
refractometer
New return pump
surface skimmer
Pretty sure the chaeto had some significant growth over the past week.
Also going to build the media rack and replace the chemi-pure with the elite.
Water change as well. Should be a busy week!

 

[nano-newb1983]

sounds good, glad everything goin good

 

[dankbardy31]

Me too. Thanks for all your continued assistance and advice, I appreciate it! Heard your fragging is going pretty good.

 

[nano-newb1983]

no problem man.. The fraggin goin good, they healed really good.. Just trying to get some practice for when i try the high end zoas

 

[dankbardy31]

how much do you buy your cheaper zoas for?

 

[dankbardy31]

have you had any problem with your turbos knocking over stuff? Are there any cons to having them in addition to other snails?

 

[nano-newb1983]

Originally Posted by dankbardy31
http:///forum/post/3025063
how much do you buy your cheaper zoas for?
About $15.00 for a decent size frag with like 30+ polyps
Originally Posted by dankbardy31
http:///forum/post/3025072
have you had any problem with your turbos knocking over stuff? Are there any cons to having them in addition to other snails?
yeah i did until i started glueing my corals down

 

[dankbardy31]

day 21:
ph 8.3
Nitrite 0
Nitrate 0
Ammonia 0
SG 1.025
Did water change and put in 5 cerith snails and 5 nassarius snails. My girlfriend also brought home a blue damsel to test the waters before we put any other fish in there. Tomorrow I should be able to pick up my other supplies and hopefully get my media rack all set up if I can figure out how to cut it.

 

[dankbardy31]

Got Media rack in chamber one with filter floss on top, chemi pure in middle, and my medical stones on bottom. Chamber two has the Chaeto that is growing very well and the ammonia stones. Can't wait to replace the pump in chamber 3 to get some more flow thru the filtration. I have no idea why JBJ would put that crappy pump on the 24g. I will try to post a pic tonight after I get the surface skimmer on and the pump replaced (not that you will be able to see it) and hopefully will post parameters after I use my refractometer for the first time. Super excited!

 

[dankbardy31]

So yesterday (4-23-09) I went to a local distributor and got:
koralia 1
rio 6hf return pump
refractometer
surface skimmer
tons of salt
Everything went perfect except that after i hooked up all my stuff my original koralia 1 stopped working. Now I'm super frustrated and do not know what to do about it, especially because I bought it online.
Anyways, will test parameters today after work when i get some distilled water to calibrate refractometer. Snails and first fish seem to be doing fine.

 

[nano-newb1983]

just buy another K1 at LFS and return the broken one and say it didnt work. LOL
they will get credit for it so, hey why not

 

[dankbardy31]

I know I already thought of that I just don't wanna drive the distance to where i got it. But, yea, word!

 

[dankbardy31]

Got the koralia working. Got a reef master test kit and calibrated the refractometer.
Parameters:
Ammonia: 0
Ni: 0
Na: 0
ph: 8.2
Phos: 2.0
Calcium: 480
Dkh: 11
S.G. 1.026
Probably won't add any corals or more fish until after my vacation in May but I'm stoked everything is working fine and haven't had any big problems yet. Let me know what corals you suggest to start with. I'm thinking mushrooms. What about zoas?

 

[nano-newb1983]

mushroom or some zoas would be a good start

 

[dankbardy31]

Yea thats what I thought. Are there any species that you recommend specifically?

 

[nano-newb1983]

any really, i just wouldnt get any expensive zoas or anything for 1st ones

 

[dankbardy31]

word. I don't know whats up but last night I put a coral banded shrimp in my tank and the fu**** dies like almost instantly. I'm gonna try and take him back cause he didn't seem real active from the second I put him in. Then I realize that some of my snails died too. I was like wtf? I check the levels and they are all good except my damn sg is high. So I do a change with water that has lower sg and was pre heated. It's weird because I have no idea how the salinity raised and then I remembered that I had been using that p.o.s. hydrometer. I'm pissed. Good news is that the koralia is working so I don't have to try and sneakily get a new one.