My friends gave me a 24 nano complete set up!

disco bay jn

disco bay jn

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I scored! My buddy and his wife GAVE me a 24 Nano with 150MH and skimmer. It was full of around 30#'s LS and 40ish #'s LR, tons of hermits, and snails, a pair of true percs, 3 BTA's, tons of yellow pollops, a peppermint shrimp, a 15 head frogspawn, some zoo's, a bunch of GSP, I could go on and on.
My question is this, besides a small skimmer in the middle compartment, there is nothing in the filter area. Should I put some LR rubbel or filter media or something in there? or should I just let the LR do the filtration?
 
axle

axle

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good score. Leave your tank the way it is. You don't even need a skimmer so your filtration is perfect at this time. Of course having one is an added bonus though. The amount of live rock and sand is more than sufficient.
I bet a lot of ppl are hating on you right now. Good score
 
spanko

spanko

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If it was running well the way it is for them don't do any changes until you see what happens.
 
disco bay jn

disco bay jn

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So, I want to put a couple of smaller fish in this tank. What would you suggest? The previous owner had an algae problem that I cured by putting most of the LR in my 180g. The tangs took care of the green stuff in a couple of days. What could I put in there to take care of the alage? Keep in mind, I'm not runing a lid, so no jumpers!
 
spanko

spanko

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Good score. Looks like it will end up a GSP tank pretty soon, like the way it grows on the back wall.
For the algae really depends on what type you are talking about. Hermits and snails are pretty good for most stuff. Not sure if algae Blennies are jumpers or not but they are cool fish, lot of character, and will mow down most shorter types of algae.
 
dvs

dvs

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Bet you had fun moving that thing! I just moved my 12g and it was a pain in the... well, you know. I just got a 24g for my birthday that Im setting up. Looks good, keep us posted!
 
cowfishrule

cowfishrule

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being topless, i would be very careful with salinity.
topless + small tank = salinity can go bad very quickly.
just sayin.
 
disco bay jn

disco bay jn

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Originally Posted by DVS
http:///forum/post/2617490
Bet you had fun moving that thing! I just moved my 12g and it was a pain in the... well, you know. I just got a 24g for my birthday that Im setting up. Looks good, keep us posted!

It was a lot more work then I thought. Bagged all the corals, put most of the water and LR in buckets, and left about 2 inches of water at the bottom. It was still pretty heavy! It took us a few hours to move and get it up and running.
 
disco bay jn

disco bay jn

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Originally Posted by COWFISHRULE
http:///forum/post/2617606
being topless, i would be very careful with salinity.
topless + small tank = salinity can go bad very quickly.
just sayin.
I noticed that right away, have to add water twice a day. Going to look into an ATO for this tank. any suggestions?
 
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