My 30 gallon cycled

[jlbiggs11]

30 gallons
25 lbs of live rock
35 lbs of live sand
Have 30 inch t-5 fixture with 2 bulbs 31 watts each
Let me know what you think and I'm not sure what corals and inverts I should put in. So suggestions are extremely welcome!! I love colorful tanks
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[jerth6932]

Love the rock scape, looks less then 25lbs of rock, must be really dense rock. Welcome to the site! Have fun with the tank, they are addicting...... Current lighting set up, you would be good to keep softies and some low level LPS's IMO.

 

[jlbiggs11]

I agree with you that it looks like less then 25 lbs. I think the store screwed me a little grrr. But alot of the rocks under the sand too because I read it's important that the rock lies on the bottom glass so it's more stable. The smaller peices up front are actually pretty big, just all under the sand

 

[jlbiggs11]

Also I was looking at some inverts tonight and iv kinda fell addicted to the personality of the hermit crabs. Have you ever had any experience with them? And I noticed that my rocks seem little more wobbly then I thought they were, any suggestions on glueing them together?

 

[jerth6932]

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Originally Posted by Jlbiggs11 http:///forum/thread/386882/my-30-gallon-cycled#post_3400393
I agree with you that it looks like less then 25 lbs. I think the store screwed me a little grrr. But alot of the rocks under the sand too because I read it's important that the rock lies on the bottom glass so it's more stable. The smaller peices up front are actually pretty big, just all under the sand
That and nothing can get under it and topple it over.
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Originally Posted by Jlbiggs11 http:///forum/thread/386882/my-30-gallon-cycled#post_3400394
Also I was looking at some inverts tonight and iv kinda fell addicted to the personality of the hermit crabs. Have you ever had any experience with them? And I noticed that my rocks seem little more wobbly then I thought they were, any suggestions on glueing them together?
They take out snails from time to time, if they want that shell, I like them and find them benifical. I remove the problem ones and take them back for credit at LFS. They don't move quick, so its easy.
Glueing them together, I would suggest an epoxy or a 2 part puddy. Not an expert here by any means, I stack for stability, and pray for the best...... I have seen peope go the the lenghts of drilling holes in the rocks and running dowles through them, but thats usualy for creative rock work.

 

[jlbiggs11]

Yeah I thought I was stacking pretty stable until went to do a water change today and the the current of the water knocked down top rock. I think all of them are really stable beside the top layer.