My 55 Gallon Thread

tank a holic

Active Member
way to go... you made it all cloudy and dirty
I swear.... why cant you leave it alone LMAO
tell the old man I got his back

J/K looks good
 

meowzer

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Originally Posted by tank a holic
http:///forum/post/3218106
way to go... you made it all cloudy and dirty
I swear.... why cant you leave it alone LMAO
tell the old man I got his back

J/K looks good
I was about to say ....do you know her husband
I think it looks good...hard to tell about caves though. You may want to make some so bigger fish can swim through
 

teresaq

Active Member
looks good. Sounds like you need a water change, and fill that tank up to the rim, and add a chromis.
T
 

gill again68

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I was going, well I guess I am, to say the same thing. Try taking some of the rock and bridging the gaps so that it creates some caves. When I stacked (aquascaped) my rock I tried not to lay to many pieces directly on top of each other. More of a Tip to Tip approach. The end results is that my fish love to swim and take cover in those caves. My Sailfin and Coral Beauty disappear at night when they go nite nite.
So with all that said I hope your husband dont read this when I say I would tell you to mess with it some more. But Im over here and you have to deal with that.
 
Looks good, I might do some rearranging to make caves like others have said, you def have the rock for it. I think a water test is in order and a chromis!!

~grace
 
looks great!! like stated above, im a huge fan of some caves!! fish need somewhere to sleep/hide...looks good tho, cant wait to see whats next!!!
 

jaxfishgirl

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Originally Posted by Gill again68
http:///forum/post/3218724
I have 3 pages and have already killed a fish

LMAO thats hilarious. well, not that you killed a fish. I can't believe I am at 6 pages.
Thanks for all the comments! HOly cow there were a lot. I am going to rearrange the rocks again tonight. LOL. I cannot help myself. I am going to try the tip-to-tip approach. I see potential. I can have some amazing caves. LOL. Thanks again for all the comments.
 

jaxfishgirl

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Originally Posted by ricericebaby
http:///forum/post/3218552
looks great!! like stated above, im a huge fan of some caves!! fish need somewhere to sleep/hide...looks good tho, cant wait to see whats next!!!
Thanks, I am making more caves tonight. LOL
 

jaxfishgirl

Active Member
Originally Posted by tank a holic
http:///forum/post/3218106
way to go... you made it all cloudy and dirty
I swear.... why cant you leave it alone LMAO
tell the old man I got his back

J/K looks good
My hubby laughed at this. Then he didn't laugh when I told him I was doing more aquascaping.
 

jaxfishgirl

Active Member
Originally Posted by FirefightrEMTP
http:///forum/post/3218324
Looks good, I might do some rearranging to make caves like others have said, you def have the rock for it. I think a water test is in order and a chromis!!

~grace
a water test is def. in order...
 

jaxfishgirl

Active Member
OMG I FORGOT TO PUT THIS ON HERE.....
So last night, I was told I made a NOOB mistake. LMAO.
I went to my LFS last night to get some water and I got to talking to the owner. He is a friend of ours and he has amazing tanks, so I trust his opinion. But, me being me I want a second opinion. Anyway...My "problem": Even though I bought "cured" LR, I needed to be curing it in my tank before my cycle would start. Which makes sense to me. I think I got so excited when my rock came in and that fact totally left my mind that I needed to cure it again. I was told to feed my "fish" to start my cycle. He said it shouldn't take much longer since I have been curing my rock already for 29 days. LOL. Does this sound right? I want to do this the right way, so Let me know what ya think. Thanks
 

king_neptune

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You used established/cured LR from the LFS correct?
There should have been little to no "die off" durring the trip home, especially if you had it in saltwater. Meaning curing isnt needed. Plus your already 4 weeks into this. Looks like your spike already came and went. Its now on the down slide, in fact Im betting your pretty much bottomed out now.
Add your small CuC and even a fish or two. Your ready.
My Dads' 29g cube project had a light load of 1 shrimp,5 hermits, 5 snails, and two damsels from Day one(I objected of course). He used LR straight from the LFS to the tank. The cycle has already peaked and is now on the down slide after 2 weeks. Everything lived! It was a really gentle cycle.
Using LR from the LFS or especially an established tank makes the cycle go much faster. Looks like yours lasted barely 4 weeks.
My 125DT cycled in two weeks, but I waited almost 4 just in case.
Moral of the story, I give you a green light for about a dozen mixed(cheap ones, no need to put in the $40 shrimp) inverts. And one or two SMALL fish you have on your stockist. Start doing your water changes, and your good to go.
PS, blue chromis are awesome fish. Good choice for cheap starter fish. I have 3 in mine. They are the goldfish of the sea. Will live in toilet water ^_^
They are super docile! They're version of fighting is to turn around and kiss each other. The one with the biggest mouth wins, and gets to lead the pack. I call my trio the noob crew.
 
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