Ron's 24gal Nano Cube

anjiro

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Originally Posted by [Ronnie]
http:///forum/post/2879682
the clown at the fish store says now... "i would at least put it in a 60gal".. lol when i called him and told him i want the specie name so ic an do some research on them he said "uh i would put them in a 60g".. grr
Hahaha, sounds like a fool who has no clue. Depends on what kind of store you go in, most of those guys work off commission and will tell you almost anything to make the sale. I used to work at a Pet Land in the fish department. I will say the owners told us to lie to get a sale, as long as it was a lie that wouldnt drive the customer out forever. Yeah......
 

[ronnie]

Member
glad its resolved, hope i can getmine down without having to use a fan.. i hear you get NASTTTTTTTY evaporation that way.
I knewwwwwwww i should have picked up that ATO for 100$ when i picked up my lights.
 

[ronnie]

Member
This morning with the heat bumped up a bit... im @.. i wanna take it down a hinttt.. lets see how it does. i will not turn the lights on until 7:30
79.2
79.7
 

[ronnie]

Member
haha i didnt think it was that crazy, nor that i had to top off my water this much.. lol for some reason with my 12 gal w/ hood i really did not have evap. problems..
how do the ATO's work? It was just a little electronic gadget.. i didnt see how it works.. lol
i know the concecpt of once the water level is below the tube dipping in the water it starts 2 put some more water in but how did that little electronic thing work?..
 

whisk

Active Member
i barely notice any evaporation in my aquapod as well and by the time i need to top off its water change time anyways.
 

[ronnie]

Member
exactly how my 12g nano is..
i guess going TOPLESS is whats making the difference...
temp as of now 1.5 hours later is at...
was:78.8
now 1.5 hours later: 79.3
was: 79.2
now 1.5 hours later: 79.7
hmm what to do what to do? Fan it is i guess?... lets see how hot it will get by the end of the day.. (i say 81) lol
 

[ronnie]

Member
haha.. here i am 3.5 hours in... im now @
79.9 ...
80.4 ...
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Update:
here i am at 5 hours light on and its @
**** 1 degree difference give or take.. what do you guys think?... im hating being at 80 degree mark.. at only 5 hour light.
80.2
80.8
 

[ronnie]

Member
how many times should i ghost feed my tank.. i have already done it twice.. (2 full cubes of brine shrimp)...
Monday.. Wednesday.. and was thinking about doing it again on Friday.. (tomorrow)..
how many more times u guys think i should ghost feed to jump start this bad boy?
 
2 full cubes should be enough shouldnt it? That seems like a lot haha. You can always buy a raw shrimp (most grocery stores wont even charge you for just 1 just give you a puzzled look)and toss that in on a skewer for a day and it will kick start it
 

[ronnie]

Member
yeah but since this is in my office, andmy tank is topless.. i was not down for my entire room to small like ass when i got in .. lol which is why i didnt go with the shrimp method.
 

[ronnie]

Member
it just hit me how much i really like rics... i think im going to have a TONNNNNNN in my tank.. they look VERYYYYY badass.. how long do these guys take to double in size u think under my MH's ?.. i havent purchased any but trying to get ageneral idea if i was to buy a little frag .. how long they normally take.. any speical care of these guys? (spot feed .. etc) or they are easy to take care of?
 
i have one little one in my tank and i have crappy 18watt pc's. I just started spot feeding mysis for fun and it hasent really grown much at all since i got it like a month or two ago but i have probably conditions just suited to keep it alive. You can also always force it to grow by cutting it
 

rotarymagic

Active Member
you can cut a ric florida in 4 (just like a personal pan pizza)..just make sure each piece has a part of the mouth on it and it'll regrow itself. or cut the disc off the foot and each will regrow a replacement counterpart. yumas are alittle trickier.
 
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