How Does this Sound for a Reef?

[lucas alderson]

First Inhabitants for 29 Gallon Tank
Mushroom Corals
Star Polyps
Button Polyps
Cleaner Shrimp
Mandarine Goby
Yellow Seahorse
Small Blue Maximas
20 lbs. of Live Rock

 

[hondo]

First off skip the Mandarin as you are only giving this fish a slow painful death due to starvation and I am sure that is not your intent. This fish needs considerably more than 20lbs of live rock to hunt food from. As for the rest what kind of lighting will you have?

 

[q]

Seahorse's can be tricky also. If the water current is too fast then the food gets swept away from them before they can eat it.
On the bright side of things there are plenty of fish in the sea.

 

[kelly]

Lucas,
Nice list, but forget the Mandarin Goby, Yellow Seahorse and the Small Blue Maximas. Your lighting will not support the clam. The mandarin will not have enough live food, and as mentioned above will slowly starve to death... You can not expect either of those 2 to live on brine shrimp. The same thing with the seahorse.
Get some experince under your belt before going too fast. Let your tank cycle, then slowly add what you want. Most important of all, read, read, read. This BB is full of good information, and on occasion some not so good. Learn from others mistakes and their knowledge, and have a good time with your new tank.
After about 9-12 months if all goes well, and you get enough pods/critters in your tank, then maybe the mandarin. I would also think about 10-20 lbs of live rock down the road.

 

[predator]

They were all right on the money.Slow down!!!You can't rush this and be succesful.Kepp reading and asking questions. click here to see pic's of my 75 reef

 

[kelly]

Predator,
Your link did not work... here it is again. Predator's 75 gallon tank

 

[vkesu]

Please don't put a mandrin in a 29 gallon. I had a 72 gallon w/ 125# of rock. He lived happily for 3 years, got thinner at 3 1/2 years. Pods may have been running out? He died due to an extreme heat crash of tank, but unknown how long he would have lived otherwise.

 

[just_got_tanked]

Lucas~
Ive been reading several of your post and I do see that your in a hurry. You asked about live rock in a earlier post. You can have as much rock as you want of course but you want to leave room in your tank. I suggest about thirty pounds of live rock for your tank. When you buy the corals some will come on there own rocks. No matter what you need at least 3 watts per gallon for your lighting. I just bought an extra light for my tank and I ownly paid 125 dollars for it. It is a 96 watt light that would be perfect for your tank. You havent posted at all (that i've seen anyways) about your cycle or water quality. If you set up your tank right you can cycle it in about two weeks and add coral after that. Wait on the fish. Get a test kit before you add ANYTHING make sure that your water has cycled.