SPEAKING OF CLEANING...!~

[zanoshano]

thanks,
i am sure i am getting the tank now, i will either get it tomorrow or on the weekend!
lol, insane thanksgiving sales. lmao. uhm, i was wondering, with all of the stuff (i will be getting the filter and the protein skimmer, and i have aleready put in an order for live rock, how often do you thinkit will be necessarly for me to clean my tank (55 gallon)?

 

[nightrydaz04]

I would do a 15% water change or so once a week and clean the tank once a month or every other week just depends really keep an eye on it you'll know.

 

[zanoshano]

OK

OK

 

[zanoshano]

FISH

im not sure what fish im gonna put in there yet...do you have any ideas?

 

[nightrydaz04]

I wouldn't worry about fish for another month maybe 2 the cycling process is the most important part of setting up your tank I would just let your tank cycle and don't get in a hurry... You can take a look around fish stores in the mean time and find one you like I like percula and maroon clowns, and I also like lions as well Lions are also a venomous fish so i don't know if you would want that

 

[DSK]

Why not unless you plan on petting your fish a lion will be fine or you could even get a dworf lion.

 

[S.Reef]

Well...I can see people with small children, or pets that might stick their hands in the tank. Or some people might worry when they do tank maintance. 95% of people get stung by lions when they do tank maintance.

 

[DSK]

That makes sense now... Didnt even think about that but .. Your right!!!!!!

 

[dbacksrat]

i'm assuming you are doing research--you might gain some good ideas in there....
personally, if i had a 55 gallon tank, i would go reef, and have a handful of small fish in it...but that's me

about the lionfish--i ran across a similar story here on mft months ago: a man's dog died when it ingested toxins from coral fragments
you could still get a lionfish if you dont have any small children or pets that are capable of coming in contact with it--as for maintenance, a pair of thick gloves would work

 

[aresgod]

thier spines can still pierce most gloves...

 

[wayne]

I actually algae clean my glass every 2 or 3 days, water change 10% once a week.
I try to never muck around with my hands in my tank as it's not good for the tank or me. I have been cut/spiked handling live rock a few times and had a couple of fingers go numb from handling things(zonathids I think)

 

[DSK]

If you dont want to mess with a tank with a lion in it i would'nt ever concider getting a stone fish. IT WILL KILL YOU.

Has anyone every seen one? I think they are cool but my girlfriend wont let me get it so..

 

[aresgod]

yes, my old boss kept a all poison tank, 1 stone fish 1 lion and something else it was pretty cool but feeding time was difficult and dangerous to say the least,

 

[DSK]

YEA... to say the least!!!!

 

[S.Reef]

My store had a 7inch Purple Rhinopias...guess how much we sold it for? 300 bucks, man thats cheap.

 

[aresgod]

yea it is, they are cool looking and a lot of fun to feed, a real thrill, but if your going to have a poison tank my advice it to make good friends with your local paramedics because, with the law of numbers they will be inevitably be paying you a visit. My old boss had a few really close calls with his stone fish.

 

[DSK]

yea that is cheap, sam do you remember when i first got on here i wanted to get a rhinopias

But, then someone (at the lfs) said $600.00 and i said "Thank you, have a nice day"

 

[KahluaZzZ]

600 $
woa..

 

[SpanishGuy111]

I dunno what you call "clean"

I dont know that you should ever CLEAN any tank, let alone a reef.

15% a week? On a reef?

I don't think so... Seems excessive.

 

[wayne]

Never clean the glass front. You won't see inside a lot of tanks after a month doing that. All marine tanks have algae, you just need to manage it.

15% a week on a 55 = 8 gallons a week, or 2 normal sized buckets a week. Not really abnormal if you think about it. I know people who do more, or do much, much less. You have to see what works.