gobes
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This is our first fish tank, which we setup in early September with live sand and later 40 lbs of LR. We added two True Percs and one sandsifting gobie in December. We've been having so much fun watching everything come together over the past few months.
We hit a snag a few weeks ago when we added a BTA and a cleaner shrimp. We only have compact flourescent lighting (Odyssea 36W Compact Fluorescent Bulb (Daylight 12000K) and Odyssea 36W Compact Fluorescent Bulb (Actinic Blue)), which I was hoping to upgrade quickly for the anemone. After just three days though we discovered our BTA had been sucked into tiny pieces by our filter. *facepalm* No foam covers on our intake = completely avoidable disaster.
Cleaning out the filtration system/tank was a real pain in the arse but its been a few weeks and we've suffered no additional losses in the tank, thank god!
We learned our lesson and will be sticking to what we have currently for the next several months until we're able to upgrade the tank. We feel wicked guilty about rushing into getting a BTA and are reminded about the importance of setting up everything with patience before adding the living component.
Does anyone know a way to upgrade the canopy from Odyssea to handle MH lights? Or should we ditch the canopy and opt for a higher end lighting/filtration system?
Thanks for any advice!
We hit a snag a few weeks ago when we added a BTA and a cleaner shrimp. We only have compact flourescent lighting (Odyssea 36W Compact Fluorescent Bulb (Daylight 12000K) and Odyssea 36W Compact Fluorescent Bulb (Actinic Blue)), which I was hoping to upgrade quickly for the anemone. After just three days though we discovered our BTA had been sucked into tiny pieces by our filter. *facepalm* No foam covers on our intake = completely avoidable disaster.
Cleaning out the filtration system/tank was a real pain in the arse but its been a few weeks and we've suffered no additional losses in the tank, thank god!
We learned our lesson and will be sticking to what we have currently for the next several months until we're able to upgrade the tank. We feel wicked guilty about rushing into getting a BTA and are reminded about the importance of setting up everything with patience before adding the living component.
Does anyone know a way to upgrade the canopy from Odyssea to handle MH lights? Or should we ditch the canopy and opt for a higher end lighting/filtration system?
Thanks for any advice!
