My month and a half old minibow!!!!

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yae4volcom

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Are your corals doing well under 32 watts? I was asking because I have that same lighting kit.
 
cliffrouse11bas

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Yeah so far so good. I have seen some great 7 gallon minibows with the 32 watt retro kits on them. I am going to upgrade to 64 watts so I can keep anything that can live under pc's. No maxima's.....
 
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I cant wait to stock my tank this week :)
Anyway I had some questions....
Is that the cpr aquafuge on the back?
What kind of fish are you planning?
What do zoonathids eat? Do you feed them?
What about the frog spawn?
If it is the aquafuge, what do you keep in it? Im pretty sure on getting one soon for my eclipse 12.
 
cliffrouse11bas

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Yes that is a cpr aquafuge. Be careful with these things they tend to backflow alot of water back into the main tank. They are not made for small tanks. I drilled 2 small holes in the intake and outlet tubes to help a little and added battery backup also. I do not want any flooding. All I keep in it is some tiny particle sand, live rock rubble to anchor the macro algae. I use carpulara, but you can use whatever you want. I also house my heater in there. The aquafuge is great for the production of pods, but so far really has not reduced my nitrates any noticeable amounts it does not have a large enough volume to do so. It has reduced my algae in the main tank though.
Well honestly I might only keep that 1 fish. I only have a 7 gallon, and I want to have mostly corals. I might add one clownfish, but that will be it.
I do not feed my zoos nothing. Mine are doing great, but I have only had them for about 3 weeks.
As for the frogspawn I do not add anything directly to that either.
I use dt's live photoplankton about once a week very tiny amount. I want to keep my trates as low as possible...
Thanks hope this helps...
 
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Cool it helps alot. I have an idea.... Why don't you add some shaving brushes to the fuge, don't they help with nitrates?
The reason I want the fuge is so I can take out the Eclipse filter out and get the heater out of my tank and then hopefully have it be a nitrate reducer.
 
cliffrouse11bas

cliffrouse11bas

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No matter what you put in there it really isnt going to reduce your nitrates by a noticeable amount just because of the surface area is so small no matter what kind of macro you put in there it might help a little, but it's main purpose for me is to produce pods.
 
cliffrouse11bas

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Neon Goby with ick. I am guessing that he brought it from the lfs since I have no other fish in there or maybe from me messing with the tank all the time. I am treating it with garlic. I know this is not the best treatment, but I have no quarintine.
 
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