Need Quick Answer!!!

Conrad0032 · 08/17/2010, 07:49 PM

So school starts soon and I can't order online once school starts so yea... Would this be too much to add at once to a biocube 29 consisting of 4 coral frags and 2 small fish (Yellow watchman and ocellaris clown)?

-coral beauty angel (1-2 inch), going to request smaller one
-bangai cardinal fish (1-2 inch)
-pink an dwhite feather duster (2-4 inches)
-1-3 polyps of neon green mushrooms
-2.5 inches of yellow polyps
-a 1-1.5inch brain (or a 4 inch plate coral, probobly not going to happen lol >.>)
-probobly another coral so it makes it $140 dollars and I get free shipping =P... looking at kenia a 2.5 inch piece or a 2.5 inch torch coral.

PLEASE HELP HAVE TO ORDER BY TONIGHT

sedor · 08/17/2010, 07:59 PM

Nope that's not too much, corals don't weight on the bioload and a 29 should be able to handle 2 fish at once no problem.

chubby hugs · 08/17/2010, 07:59 PM

I wouldn't think it would be a problem to add all that at once, but I think your tank will end up overstocked on the fish side once all of those get to be full grown. Just my opinion though, I have ZERO experience with biocubes.

tkeracer619 · 08/17/2010, 08:03 PM

Skip the kenya tree. It will take over your tank very fast.

Other then that, I don't think its too much to add as long as the tank is completely cycled and stable.

Conrad0032 · 08/17/2010, 08:07 PM

Thank you very much for the quick responses. The kenya ttree is the xenia i am guessing. Thanks for the heads up. Idk what to get then. Maybe a ricordea, whisker leather, idk the yellow fiji leather looks awsome also =P. Ahhh so many choices

tkeracer619 · 08/17/2010, 08:23 PM

Look for a green toadstool leather or ricordea. Both are great corals and you will be able to frag them down the road to trade for more cool coral.

I misread but xenia will also take over your tank.

Yellow polys are nice but also spread like wild fire and will take over other corals. Maybe substitute a nice zoanthid frag for the yellow polyps. I have yellows in my tank but they are trapped on a rock by zoanthids. I like them but only if you have a way to contain them.

Plate corals are notoriously bad shippers. One tear and they are done for. I suggest picking one up at a LFS for better success. They are really cool corals.

Conrad0032 · 08/17/2010, 08:31 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by tkeracer619

Look for a green toadstool leather or ricordea. Both are great corals and you will be able to frag them down the road to trade for more cool coral.

I misread but xenia will also take over your tank.

Yellow polys are nice but also spread like wild fire and will take over other corals. Maybe substitute a nice zoanthid frag for the yellow polyps. I have yellows in my tank but they are trapped on a rock by zoanthids. I like them but only if you have a way to contain them.

Plate corals are notoriously bad shippers. One tear and they are done for. I suggest picking one up at a LFS for better success. They are really cool corals.

Very very helpful. I ended up getting a green tipped torch, neon green spot shrooms, yellow polyps (will probobly isolate them on a rock), a maze brain coral, and the two fish i mentioned - coral beauty and bangai cardinal. I will pick up a ricordea at my LFS since they are cheaper than than online =P lol and a feather duster sooner or later.

tkeracer619 · 08/17/2010, 08:32 PM

Sweet! sounds like a nice order

08/17/2010, 07:49 PM	#1
Conrad0032 Registered Member Join Date: May 2010 Posts: 93	Need Quick Answer!!! So school starts soon and I can't order online once school starts so yea... Would this be too much to add at once to a biocube 29 consisting of 4 coral frags and 2 small fish (Yellow watchman and ocellaris clown)? -coral beauty angel (1-2 inch), going to request smaller one -bangai cardinal fish (1-2 inch) -pink an dwhite feather duster (2-4 inches) -1-3 polyps of neon green mushrooms -2.5 inches of yellow polyps -a 1-1.5inch brain (or a 4 inch plate coral, probobly not going to happen lol >.>) -probobly another coral so it makes it $140 dollars and I get free shipping =P... looking at kenia a 2.5 inch piece or a 2.5 inch torch coral. PLEASE HELP HAVE TO ORDER BY TONIGHT

08/17/2010, 07:59 PM	#2
sedor Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Charlotte, NC Posts: 4,689	Nope that's not too much, corals don't weight on the bioload and a 29 should be able to handle 2 fish at once no problem. __________________ Ryan

08/17/2010, 08:03 PM	#4
tkeracer619 Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Westminster, CO Posts: 17,289	Skip the kenya tree. It will take over your tank very fast. Other then that, I don't think its too much to add as long as the tank is completely cycled and stable. __________________ Hobby Experience: 9200ish gallons, 26 skimmers, and a handful of Kent Scrapers. Current Tank: Vortech Powered 600G SPS Tank w/ 100gal frag tank & 100g Sump. RK2-RK10 Skimmer. ReefAngel. Radium 20k.

08/17/2010, 08:23 PM	#6
tkeracer619 Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Westminster, CO Posts: 17,289	Look for a green toadstool leather or ricordea. Both are great corals and you will be able to frag them down the road to trade for more cool coral. I misread but xenia will also take over your tank. Yellow polys are nice but also spread like wild fire and will take over other corals. Maybe substitute a nice zoanthid frag for the yellow polyps. I have yellows in my tank but they are trapped on a rock by zoanthids. I like them but only if you have a way to contain them. Plate corals are notoriously bad shippers. One tear and they are done for. I suggest picking one up at a LFS for better success. They are really cool corals. __________________ Hobby Experience: 9200ish gallons, 26 skimmers, and a handful of Kent Scrapers. Current Tank: Vortech Powered 600G SPS Tank w/ 100gal frag tank & 100g Sump. RK2-RK10 Skimmer. ReefAngel. Radium 20k.

08/17/2010, 08:32 PM	#8
tkeracer619 Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Westminster, CO Posts: 17,289	Sweet! sounds like a nice order __________________ Hobby Experience: 9200ish gallons, 26 skimmers, and a handful of Kent Scrapers. Current Tank: Vortech Powered 600G SPS Tank w/ 100gal frag tank & 100g Sump. RK2-RK10 Skimmer. ReefAngel. Radium 20k.

08/17/2010, 07:59 PM	#3
chubby hugs Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Central Illinois Posts: 136	I wouldn't think it would be a problem to add all that at once, but I think your tank will end up overstocked on the fish side once all of those get to be full grown. Just my opinion though, I have ZERO experience with biocubes.

08/17/2010, 08:07 PM	#5
Conrad0032 Registered Member Join Date: May 2010 Posts: 93	Thank you very much for the quick responses. The kenya ttree is the xenia i am guessing. Thanks for the heads up. Idk what to get then. Maybe a ricordea, whisker leather, idk the yellow fiji leather looks awsome also =P. Ahhh so many choices

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