FishyGurl's 125G Tank Diary!!! =)

[fishygurl]

Originally Posted by mgatdog
http:///forum/post/2681648
Tanks looking good . I have one ? Is the tank leveled or is your doors on the stand need adjusted.In some of your pic's i notice they seemed out of line.Don't want you to spring a leak after all that work.

ya the doors need some adjusting.. lol

 

[fishygurl]

Originally Posted by Kevin34
http:///forum/post/2681697
Ya it can take awhile. I think my DT cycled in about a month. But hey, I bet your tank will finish its cycle before my QT

lol
haha im gonna beat u!!! i already have my 72 gallon that i can use as a quarantine!!!!

 

[kevin34]

Originally Posted by FishyGurl
http:///forum/post/2681807
haha im gonna beat u!!! i already have my 72 gallon that i can use as a quarantine!!!!

wow a 72g qt! If I were you I would make it into abother reef then get a 20 or 30g for a qt. Then you can have 2 tanks lol. I still have a small 20g hex tank I am going to make into an aussie acan and zoa tank in the future.

 

[110innc]

The tank looks great! Ive seen more young people setting up tanks lately too.[ Im 14 and have a 110]

 

[fishygurl]

Originally Posted by Kevin34
http:///forum/post/2681837
wow a 72g qt! If I were you I would make it into abother reef then get a 20 or 30g for a qt. Then you can have 2 tanks lol. I still have a small 20g hex tank I am going to make into an aussie acan and zoa tank in the future.
well im converting my 72 gallon into my 125 so im probably going to use that as my quarantine but my mom is going to sell it so im unsure if i will have a quarantine or not right now...

 

[fishygurl]

ok well yesterdays params were
sal-1.026
trite-0
trate-0
ph-8.1
am-.25
todays params were
sal-1.026
trite-0
trate-0
ph-8.1
am- 0-.25
so my question is could that have been my cycle? can the ammonia go to .25 and then back down in like a day?? if so wont the trite spike a little then trate? is it possible i wont have that much of a cycle since the only live uncured stuff was 20 pounds of live sand and 50 pounds of live rock out of the total of 60 pounds of live sand and around 185 pounds of rock?

 

[fishygurl]

just another note the tank has been set up for 3 weeks now and ive noticed a lot of brown fuzzy algae covering a lot of the rocks

 

[hefner413]

my guess is either diatoms or cyano. pics? Unfortunately these can be common within the first few months of setup. As the pods start multiplying and once cuc is in there... hopefully it will get cleaned up.

 

[fishygurl]

Originally Posted by Hefner413
http:///forum/post/2689440
my guess is either diatoms or cyano. pics? Unfortunately these can be common within the first few months of setup. As the pods start multiplying and once cuc is in there... hopefully it will get cleaned up.
well its not cyano im pretty sure its diatoms, also is there anyway to help boost the pod population? what if i buy pods from here? it would probably help if i set up the refugium...

lol
also i am thinking of waiting one more week for the cycle because then my tank would have been set up for a month...

 

[fishygurl]

Fish Wish List:
2 Clownfish (I have in my 72)
1 Yellow Headed Jawfish
5 blue/green chromis
1 lawnmower blenny
1 Yellow Wrasse-
1 Blackcap Basslet
2 bangaii cardinals
1 citron clown goby
1 green clown goby
1 flame wrasse-- or should i get this after the tangs?
1 Blue Hippo Tang
1 Yellow Tang
1-2 neon goby (those black and blue ones)
1 Mandarin Dragonet
ok so i have been looking at my fish list and ive thought of changing some things... See any problems with this? I will add the Mandarin when the tank is ready 6 months+
does this list look ok?
thats in the order i was thinking of getting these fish in the sections i put them in does it look ok? too much?
ok so if its too much what would you guys suggest taking out? if not do you think it would be ok to add a sailfin tang to the list? if so is there any size that i should trade it in for another?

 

[firedancer2013]

I would do at least 2 to 3 neon gobies. Do this before the two tangs to help out with cleaning process.

 

[fishygurl]

Originally Posted by FireDancer2013
http:///forum/post/2689962
I would do at least 2 to 3 neon gobies. Do this before the two tangs to help out with cleaning process.
what do u mean the cleaning process? as in like help taking care of ich? or like actually cleaning? and idk if i want to get 2-3 of them i ready they live like 1-3 years max but i could be wrong also im unsure of what all they eat.. i know they clean fish a little do they eat anything else? if not then i would prob stick to just one so i make sure i dont starve it..
*edit* ok just read a little about them i might get 2 idk

 

[kevin34]

thats a little overstocked in my opinion. I would probably scratch the chromis and one of the gobies or 2.

 

[fishygurl]

Originally Posted by Kevin34
http:///forum/post/2690292
thats a little overstocked in my opinion. I would probably scratch the chromis and one of the gobies for 2.
grr!!! i took out my sailfin tang!!! along with the blue throat trigger

lol and its still over stocked...

 

[fishygurl]

Fish that will swim around all over all the time:
1 Yellow Wrasse
1 flame wrasse
1 Blue Hippo Tang
1 Yellow Tang
5 blue/green chromis
Fish that will pick like half or less of the tank and swim around:
2 Clownfish (I have in my 72)
1 Blackcap Basslet
2 bangaii cardinals
Fish that will stay near the rocks most of the time:
1 lawnmower blenny
1 citron clown goby
1 green clown goby
1-2 neon goby (those black and blue ones)
1 Mandarin Dragonet
Fish that will stay in the sand:
1 Yellow Headed Jawfish
still look over crowded?? or are you talking about too much bioload for the tank?

 

[fishygurl]

i was just pricing out the inverts/cuc i wanted and it is alot more than i was expecting... i would get most of them right after the cycle
this is what i was thinking..
*2 cleaner shrimp*
2 copepods-group of 200
*1 fire shrimp*
3 or 5 peppermint shrimp
*20 tongan nassarius snails*
*20 astrea snails*
1 boxing/pom pom crab
1 porcelain crab
3 or so feather dusters (maybe hand picked..)
*1 coco worm (hand picked)*
*1 red linkia star (much later)*
First group would be initial cuc, second list is just some other inverts i plan on getting down the road..
is there anything bad with this list? should i get rid of anything? i put stars next to things i really want

 

[fishkid13]

Looken good! Might want to be careful with lawnmower blenny and the other rock dwellers but besides that it looks good.

 

[fishygurl]

Originally Posted by fishkid13
http:///forum/post/2690479
Looken good! Might want to be careful with lawnmower blenny and the other rock dwellers but besides that it looks good.
what do you mean be careful with the blenny? and other rock dwellers?

 

[fishygurl]

params-
sal-1.026
am-0
ph-8.2
trite-0
trate-0
do you think its cycled now?? the tank has been up for like 3-4 weeks i think, also since there is a lot of algae growing now, dont you normally have an algae bloom after a cycle? or is it during a cycle?

 

[nvsbandit]

some rock dwellers will fight each other because they get food the same way so they fight down their competition or so ive read.