xevkai
New Member
Hi all,
I've done some juggling the past few weeks with my tanks and everything. I just recently got into saltwater with a JBJ Nano 12gal tank. I went and bought 12lbs of live rock, and 20lbs of live sand and started to cycle the tank. That is coming along great but I came across a deal this week I couldn't pass up!
On our local Craigslist we came across a 29 gallon Clarity Plus tank that has been established and running for 4+ years now for almost nothing! The tank was maintained by a local fish store service and the two fish in the tank looked very healthy, so we bought it!
Here's the specs on this tank:
- 2 x 75 Watt EVO Actinic White 24" Lights
- 1 x 75 Watt EVO Super Actinic Blue 24" light
- About 35 lbs of live rock
- 25lbs of live sand
- Protien Skimmer
- 2 stock pumps and powerheads
- 1 extra pump
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Fish:
5 year old Maroon Clown
2 year old Red Brittle Star
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Coral:
75+ Green Striped Mushrooms
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I went and picked up the tank the other day and noticed some issues. The tank has been set u[p as said for 4 years but the LFS that came and cleaned it must have done very basic cleaning not moving the rocks or anything cause the waste built up pretty thick in between. Plus there was some green "grape" like algea on a few of the tubes (the bubbles were about half the size of a dime). Plus some bloom on the back wall of the tank.
I've posted some pictures of the tank, keep in mind I've just set the rock in the tank so that I could get the old water back in the tank after the move. Then made sure the temp and salt were good and got the fish out of their little bags and into the tank to relieve a bit of stress. The water stayed murky for a few hours and cleared up good, but now Im noticing the live rock is just covered in mess...
I'm posting some pics any and all suggestions you have would be greatly appreciated. This is my first real salt tank and I would love to get this thing looking as beautiful and healthy as the others I've seen on this site. Right now the mushrooms are OUT OF CONTROL! haha They are every where (some were lost form the move so far) but on the powerheads back wall and just about anywhere they could seat themselves. Im going to dontate a lot to my LFS and sell a few to some other people. But man, I couldn't believe the shear number of them in here!
As of now with the amount of movement of the rocks and so fourth Im thinking about trading out the fish to one of my LFS's so that they will find a suitable home and not be too stressed with all the changes... Plus I just feel these guys are a little too big for this tank, though they both look great and the clown has such a personality!
Please comment away, but please keep the falming down to a minimum remember this just recently became my tank and I need to make it better!
I've done some juggling the past few weeks with my tanks and everything. I just recently got into saltwater with a JBJ Nano 12gal tank. I went and bought 12lbs of live rock, and 20lbs of live sand and started to cycle the tank. That is coming along great but I came across a deal this week I couldn't pass up!
On our local Craigslist we came across a 29 gallon Clarity Plus tank that has been established and running for 4+ years now for almost nothing! The tank was maintained by a local fish store service and the two fish in the tank looked very healthy, so we bought it!
Here's the specs on this tank:
- 2 x 75 Watt EVO Actinic White 24" Lights
- 1 x 75 Watt EVO Super Actinic Blue 24" light
- About 35 lbs of live rock
- 25lbs of live sand
- Protien Skimmer
- 2 stock pumps and powerheads
- 1 extra pump
[hr]
Fish:
5 year old Maroon Clown
2 year old Red Brittle Star
----
Coral:
75+ Green Striped Mushrooms
----
I went and picked up the tank the other day and noticed some issues. The tank has been set u[p as said for 4 years but the LFS that came and cleaned it must have done very basic cleaning not moving the rocks or anything cause the waste built up pretty thick in between. Plus there was some green "grape" like algea on a few of the tubes (the bubbles were about half the size of a dime). Plus some bloom on the back wall of the tank.
I've posted some pictures of the tank, keep in mind I've just set the rock in the tank so that I could get the old water back in the tank after the move. Then made sure the temp and salt were good and got the fish out of their little bags and into the tank to relieve a bit of stress. The water stayed murky for a few hours and cleared up good, but now Im noticing the live rock is just covered in mess...
I'm posting some pics any and all suggestions you have would be greatly appreciated. This is my first real salt tank and I would love to get this thing looking as beautiful and healthy as the others I've seen on this site. Right now the mushrooms are OUT OF CONTROL! haha They are every where (some were lost form the move so far) but on the powerheads back wall and just about anywhere they could seat themselves. Im going to dontate a lot to my LFS and sell a few to some other people. But man, I couldn't believe the shear number of them in here!
As of now with the amount of movement of the rocks and so fourth Im thinking about trading out the fish to one of my LFS's so that they will find a suitable home and not be too stressed with all the changes... Plus I just feel these guys are a little too big for this tank, though they both look great and the clown has such a personality!
Please comment away, but please keep the falming down to a minimum remember this just recently became my tank and I need to make it better!