brooklynfish's Aquapod 12 journal

[brooklynfish]

Thanks Big Jay. BTW, yp tank is awesome!

1.No worries, As I was going to let it cycle for 2 weeks anyway. Right now, the lights are on for 3.5 hours a day.
2. I'm short on money at the moment. However, I'm looking at a tapwater filter:
Aquarium Pharmaceuticals Tap Water Filter, DI Only Water Filter > Reverse Osmosis > Saltwater Aquarium Supplies
In the description, it said that someone who lives in NYC, like me, would get around 300 gallons of pure water.
3.Not sure if I'm even goin to get 2 clowns....However, thats always something to remember.
4.I've read more then I could think to remember about sw. I've also got more then enough time to be patient and do all the things needed for my tank. The Patient part of it will give me some time to save up some $.

peace

 

[quaddity]

Being patient and short on cash will definitely go hand and hand. No patience and a lot of cash will lead to less cash and dying live stock

 

[TRe]

very nice setup! if i ever do a nano again ill defitly go with MH.... what are your plans as far as corals? zoos and softies or sps? personally i think id go with zoo's and rics towards the bottom a couple a nice pieces of lps like frogspawn or something in the center and a few nice hardy pices of sps at the top like digitata or birdnest.... how bout fish? the normal clown and a goby? anyways good job so far and patience pays oh and do your self a favor a stop using tapwater everything will be fine until you have cyano and hair algae all over the place!

 

[brooklynfish]

So far, all types of coral. Tre sumed it up very nicely. still looking into the tawater filter. As for fish, I would like at least one clown. Other then that, any other ideas?

 

[brooklynfish]

Update:

New clown fish! About 1 1/4 in. big. Hes always hungry! (no worries, I only feed him once a day). Srarting to get some brown algea and some hair algea, the hair gets worse by the day! Today, got 3 astria snails. Thats all they had in stock except for turbos, I would have gotten some if they didn't grow so big. I need some more suggestions for some snails. How long do you think it will take for the 3 snails to kick in?

 

[Airborneguy]

Definitely switch off the tapwater ASAP!! NYC tapwater is horrible when it comes to phosphates. You WILL fight cyano bacteria constantly. I had to do a 50% RO water change just to get it under control, and still had to wait about another 2 months before the phosphates were all used up before the cyano disappeared.

In a tank that small, the whole thing might crash once the cyano starts. Do a water change now using RO. Most LFS' sell it for $1 gallon.

 

[brooklynfish]

No worries, filters in the mail!