Good start?

nero

Member
Hi everyone,
I was wondering if I am off to a good start. I have a standard 20g aquarium that I am in the process of making it a nano reef. I have:
40lbs. of live sand
10lbs. of live rock (im planning on getting another 10 or so)
5lbs. of base rock
hardware:
seaclone 100 skimmer
a biowheel with no original media (i replaced it with ceramic media)
1 powerhead
and a coralife 130watt dual light strip with two 5watt lunar glow LEDs
as for creatures... I have:
1 perc clown
1 firefish goby
1 purple pseudochromis
1 black spine urchin (but he might not be around for too long, see post in newbie section)
clean-up:
2 emerald crabs
1 blue leg hermit
1 sally lightfoot crab
1 sandcrab
1 turbo snail
and 1 camelback shrimp
I know the cleanup crew is a bit light, but I am planning on ordering more when this site gets up and running :) I have the tank set up for about 2 months now and everything seems to be running fine. my nitrates were high (20ppm) for about 3 days, but they are down to 5ppm now. I am planning on geting some soft corals maybe in a month or two, and perhaps 1 anenome for my perc. Please let me know if I am doing anything wrong, or if I dont have something I need. Thank you for you patience and help :)
 

clown_nut

Member
An RBTA or BTA would be nice for the setup...as for buying more liverock I would personaly just buy more baserock and let the current liverock populate it...just my own money saveing idea anyways. I plan to do so with my 10 gallon soon...i believe i hear around here that Toofa Also makes great baserock...by the way how is that Seaclone doing?
 

nero

Member
my seaclone is doing great! it took a week or two to "break in" but once I got the air intake at the right setting it works fine :) you wouldnt believe how much stuff it pulls out of my tank.
oh yeah, i forgot to add that i have a heater, hehe ;) no frozen fish for me
 
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