Starting My 24g Nano Cube

matthrushford

matthrushford

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First I Am Going To Use Live Sand Then Add The Salt Water That I Have Had Sit Overnight At .021
Then I Need Help On What To Do Next?
How Much Live Rock Should I Get? Do I Just Stack It So It Is Stable?
How Long Does The Cycle Take After That And What Do I Look For?
 
mtbenino

mtbenino

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Th e amount of rock is strictly up to you, but normally its a about 1-2lbs per gallon.
Yes stack it in such a way that it is stable and you have room to place corals.
As far as a cycle goes, that can varies greatly mine personally took about 10-14 days.
 
nissan577

nissan577

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hey MATTHRUSHFORD
,
im glad your starting you nano tank!
great job!
if i was you i would add the water first, then the LR then the sand. if you add the Live Rock then the sand the rock wouldnt move.
as for rock: its really depends on you on how you want the rockwork.
cycles may last from 3 weeks to 5 weeks. depends. to start your cycle you can put a raw shrimp from your food store or ghost feed the tank. anything really works. anything else i may have miss please post so i can answer it and so can the other reefers on here!
Carlos
NanoReefer
 
matthrushford

matthrushford

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since it is 24g could you give me some ideas of
fish (how many)
coral (what kinds and how many)
anenome (what kinds and how many)
for fish i like angel fish, tang, clown and others but not sure what will work as a combination
 
nissan577

nissan577

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Originally Posted by MATTHRUSHFORD
http:///forum/post/2984535
since it is 24g could you give me some ideas of
fish (how many)3-4
coral (what kinds and how many)under power compact lighting: anything like softies to lps. NO SPS! LPS are frogspawn, hammer, acans, duncans, etc... softies are zoas, leathers, xenias, etc...
anenome (what kinds and how many) for now none! tank needs to be establish and an anemone needs amazing lights. so dont get any anemone sorry!

for fish i like angel fish, tang, clown and others but not sure what will work as a combinationNUMBER ONE! NO TANG!!!!!!!!!!!!!! room to small for them. and they will get stress and get ich.
dwarf angels are good, clowns really great. another good fish will be royal gramma, dotty backs, gobys.
answer in Red
 
matthrushford

matthrushford

Member
can i get some of those candy cane ones? Say in the future is there a small anemone that i could get? i would want one for the clowns thats all.
 
nissan577

nissan577

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the clowns will host anything really. like a frogspawn. people on here buy anemones and the clown doesnt even like it. so some clowns may like some may not.
LPS are hard coral that have movement. go with the tank waves.
SPS are small stony corals. that stay still.
 
spanko

spanko

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Originally Posted by nissan577
http:///forum/post/2985192
the clowns will host anything really. like a frogspawn. people on here buy anemones and the clown doesnt even like it. so some clowns may like some may not.
LPS are hard coral that have movement. go with the tank waves.
SPS are small stony corals. that stay still.
Close Carlos
SPS Small Polyp stony coral
LPS Long (or Large)Polyp stony coral
 
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