What to do with 29G

spanko

Active Member
Yellow headed jawfish are beautiful and jawfish in general are fun to watch.
Never saw the clingfish before.
some info, seems like it could be a good inhabitant.
Common name(s): Yellow Striped Clingfish, Urchin Clingfish
Scientific name: Diademichthys lineatus
Family: Gobiesocidae
Origin: The Solomon Islands
Maximum size: Up to 2". Minimal tank size 10 gallons.
Care: The Yellow Striped Clingfish is a very small elongated fish that is brown to black in color with yellow stripes running down it's length. The tail has an interesting circular shape with a yellow dot in it. It has an elongated snout, almost reminiscent of a seahorse, and prefers to pick around corals for food. It hovers in water and, like it's name implies, can frequently be found clinging to the glass walls of your tank, sump or underneath corals. It can be semi-aggressive to fish it's size or smaller. There is a described association between the clingfish and spiny urchins for food and protection, however, it is unclear if this is a necessity for survival in marine tanks.
Feeding: This fish is a carnivore and can be difficult to feed initially. Try mysid shrimp, Cyclopeeze or vitamin enriched brine shrimp
 

meowzer

Moderator
LOL...I just read all that stuff....that's why I have a headache

And I do not think the clingfish will eat shrimp...that is according to what it says...and it is reef safe for when I add some corals
The jawfish are reef safe, and shrimp safe too....SPANKO..Don't you have jawfish??
 

meowzer

Moderator
Originally Posted by spanko
http:///forum/post/3020321
Yup Bali Tiger Jawfish. Good addition.
Well I am starting to make a list.....I have jawfish, and that clingfish...I like it..LOL...I'm trying to see if SWF can get them...
I should be home in about 30 minutes..I'll be doing my first water test since tghe addition of the rock soon thereafter....
Testing for...ammonia, trites, trates, p.h.,...anything else?
 

spanko

Active Member
Good point pez, Ms. Kitty your tank has to be covered to have a jawfish, there is no way around it. I had a pearly jump through 3/8" pond netting a become fish jerky.
 

meowzer

Moderator
Originally Posted by spanko
http:///forum/post/3020359
Good point pez, Ms. Kitty your tank has to be covered to have a jawfish, there is no way around it. I had a pearly jump through 3/8" pond netting a become fish jerky.
WELL THAT SUX...i was going to use eggcrate...so maybe I can't have the jawfish
...can you use window screen with T-5s?
OKAY HERE GOES...1st2 pics...tank is clear...so tell me what you think..
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TEST RESULTS:
temp: 78
SG: 1.023
Ammonia See pic..LOL...I would say .50
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Trites: 0
Trates: 0
P.H. 8.2
ALK...1.7mel
WELLLLL can I add fish



 

pezenfuego

Active Member
uhh...no lol
Looks great. Is that your finished aquascape? I like it! Is that rock completely covered with coraline?
Yeah Spanko, what do you use, some sort of netting?
 

spanko

Active Member
No I made an acrylic cover with about 50 3/16" holes in it for gas exchange and to let heat out.
 

meowzer

Moderator
Originally Posted by PEZenfuego
http:///forum/post/3020404
uhh...no lol
Looks great. Is that your finished aquascape? I like it! Is that rock completely covered with coraline?
Yeah Spanko, what do you use, some sort of netting?
The big one on the left? It's kinda a dark color rock
There seems to be a lot of coraline on a lot of the rock...I hope it doesn't die off...
Yes, I think I am going to leave the rock the way it is...I do think I like it too...I have a background...HAHA you can see it in the right corner of the tank pic...it's still rolled up, and must have slipped behind it some...I will probably do the black..not the blue...
 

meowzer

Moderator
OK...after reading the soft cycle thread again written by a very knowledgeable person BTW...Since my ammonia is .5.....should I do a w/c?? And it says to test daily..is that what I should be doing?
No skimmer yet...should be here tomorrow
 

meowzer

Moderator
OOPS...I forgot I only put one carbon pouch in there since all I had was sand....So I changed that one, and now have 2 clean filer bags in the filter....
 

spanko

Active Member
If you are going to do a reef I would up the Sg to 1.025-1.026, everything else looks real nice.
On the soft cycling, yes at .5 a water change is in order, however I am still wondering on what rock you have gotten. Do you see any life on it at all? I am worried at the price you paid and the rock arriving the way it did that there may not be much life on it.
Now you don't have to hunt me down and smack me around!!!!!!!
 

meowzer

Moderator
Originally Posted by spanko
http:///forum/post/3020517
If you are going to do a reef I would up the Sg to 1.025-1.026, everything else looks real nice.
On the soft cycling, yes at .5 a water change is in order, however I am still wondering on what rock you have gotten. Do you see any life on it at all? I am worried at the price you paid and the rock arriving the way it did that there may not be much life on it.
Now you don't have to hunt me down and smack me around!!!!!!!
I thought maybe that message was from the wife
 

meowzer

Moderator
Originally Posted by spanko
http:///forum/post/3020517
If you are going to do a reef I would up the Sg to 1.025-1.026, everything else looks real nice.
On the soft cycling, yes at .5 a water change is in order, however I am still wondering on what rock you have gotten. Do you see any life on it at all? I am worried at the price you paid and the rock arriving the way it did that there may not be much life on it.
Now you don't have to hunt me down and smack me around!!!!!!!
OK..really now...so tomorrow I will do a 10% w/c??? that's 2.9g's lol
or more? Your directions on the soft cycle do not say...
I have some maroon fuzzie growth on one rock
I could throw in a piece from one of my other tanks.

I'll raise the sg some with the w/c tomorrow
 

meowzer

Moderator
OK...I have some sponge looking stuff...and some other stuff sticking out of it...kinda reminds me of white razor stubble...LOL...some maroonish soft stuff..some little spriggy things on some rock on the bottom
 
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