newbie needs help!!! - Page 2

bertoni · 05/15/2006, 01:45 AM

Sure, you could try that. Shouldn't be that bad, IMO.

mslade1979 · 05/15/2006, 06:02 AM

great, is there any type of starfish i could keep???

mslade1979 · 05/15/2006, 10:20 AM

i would like to keep i think there called linckias, red,blue,or orange, is this possible???

bertoni · 05/15/2006, 11:46 AM

The Linckia starfish typically don't do well. I would avoid them. Starfish on average don't seem to be good bets. The more hardy ones eat corals. Serpent stars will do well enough, but can be predatory, so need to be chosen carefully.

angelsj247 · 05/15/2006, 12:11 PM

how bout a blennie..
something like
http://www.saltwaterfish.com/site_11...18bc184172ace3
they have lots of personality. im going to get one of these soon.
otherwise a goby.. cuz you have pretty much all swimming fish.. a goby would stay at the bottom and make burrows. like a jawfish
http://www.saltwaterfish.com/site_11...ot_parent_id=4
and you could get a pistol shrimp with it because they interact well together.

mslade1979 · 05/16/2006, 01:10 AM

the blennie is a lovely fish but its just never appealed to me to be honest, i think im just gona keep to the 2 clowns and 2 firefish to start with, im gona see how i get on with the 33g and plan a bigger system now i think for the future, to try and accomadate the fish im after like a yellow tang,regal tang, and eventially a pair of mandarins,! im gona keep it basic for now, thanx again for all yr help guys, uve answered alot of things that were playing on my mind!!! oh one more thing, in my 33g how many power heads would u recomend if any??? its gona be FOWLR to start with but i will eventially add some soft corals!! which i understand like a gd water flow???

kau_cinta_ku · 05/16/2006, 01:23 AM

a couple maxijet powerheads will work fine or seio's. you will want around 330 gph turnover in the tank minumum more won't hurt anything

mslade1979 · 05/16/2006, 05:42 AM

thanx sam, these power heads, r they quite small? as im trying to hide everything away so its not seen, ive laid a egg crate sheet on the bottom of the tank as i dnt really want the live rock to sit straight on the glass bottom, and built a tower in the corner out of egg crate which im going to put the filter inlets ,heater,scimmer inlet, and power head, and then build the live rock up the tower which i think may help with filtratioin as the water will be drawn through the rock to the filter inlets, would this be a gd way to do it????? will i get any benefits from doing it this way????

kau_cinta_ku · 05/16/2006, 06:01 AM

no powerheads are small

you will see them i guarntee it. if you want something to hide your xtra flow i would try a closed loop.
http://www.melevsreef.com/closedloop.html

mslade1979 · 05/16/2006, 06:24 AM

thanx sam, the link was great, very interesting and might just solve my problem!!! what did u think of my idea with the tower and lr???? do u think it will work to my benefit???

kau_cinta_ku · 05/16/2006, 06:29 AM

the tower idea is a good idea, just make sure to leave alot of gaps when stacking the LR around the tower so that your water will get through it with ease.

mslade1979 · 05/16/2006, 06:59 AM

cool, im having some trouble trying to figure out how to keep the lr supported up the tower, im gona use epoxy and prob zip tyes, any other ideas????

kau_cinta_ku · 05/16/2006, 07:02 AM

others drill holes into the rock and and run acrylic rod through it to support it

mslade1979 · 05/16/2006, 09:26 AM

yeah ive heard of doing it that way, must have slipped my mind!!!!thanx again

05/15/2006, 01:45 AM	#26
bertoni RC Mod Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Mountain View, CA, USA Posts: 88,616	Sure, you could try that. Shouldn't be that bad, IMO. __________________ Jonathan Bertoni

05/15/2006, 06:02 AM	#27
mslade1979 Registered Member Join Date: May 2006 Location: uk Posts: 47	great, is there any type of starfish i could keep??? __________________ yeah honey i bought it......yeah it goes in the fishtank.... honey??????honey????????oh she'l be back when she gets hungry lol Current Tank Info: 180 l bow fronted berlin system with 25 kg fiji live rock

05/15/2006, 10:20 AM	#28
mslade1979 Registered Member Join Date: May 2006 Location: uk Posts: 47	i would like to keep i think there called linckias, red,blue,or orange, is this possible??? __________________ yeah honey i bought it......yeah it goes in the fishtank.... honey??????honey????????oh she'l be back when she gets hungry lol Current Tank Info: 180 l bow fronted berlin system with 25 kg fiji live rock

05/15/2006, 11:46 AM	#29
bertoni RC Mod Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Mountain View, CA, USA Posts: 88,616	The Linckia starfish typically don't do well. I would avoid them. Starfish on average don't seem to be good bets. The more hardy ones eat corals. Serpent stars will do well enough, but can be predatory, so need to be chosen carefully. __________________ Jonathan Bertoni

05/15/2006, 12:11 PM	#30
angelsj247 Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Joliet, IL Posts: 866	how bout a blennie.. something like http://www.saltwaterfish.com/site_11...18bc184172ace3 they have lots of personality. im going to get one of these soon. otherwise a goby.. cuz you have pretty much all swimming fish.. a goby would stay at the bottom and make burrows. like a jawfish http://www.saltwaterfish.com/site_11...ot_parent_id=4 and you could get a pistol shrimp with it because they interact well together. __________________ 2 perc clownfish, 2 peppermint shrimp, astrea, turbo, & nassarius snails, 20 lbs Live Rock Current Tank Info: 20gal FOWLR

05/16/2006, 01:10 AM	#31
mslade1979 Registered Member Join Date: May 2006 Location: uk Posts: 47	the blennie is a lovely fish but its just never appealed to me to be honest, i think im just gona keep to the 2 clowns and 2 firefish to start with, im gona see how i get on with the 33g and plan a bigger system now i think for the future, to try and accomadate the fish im after like a yellow tang,regal tang, and eventially a pair of mandarins,! im gona keep it basic for now, thanx again for all yr help guys, uve answered alot of things that were playing on my mind!!! oh one more thing, in my 33g how many power heads would u recomend if any??? its gona be FOWLR to start with but i will eventially add some soft corals!! which i understand like a gd water flow??? __________________ yeah honey i bought it......yeah it goes in the fishtank.... honey??????honey????????oh she'l be back when she gets hungry lol Current Tank Info: 180 l bow fronted berlin system with 25 kg fiji live rock

05/16/2006, 01:23 AM	#32
kau_cinta_ku Moved On Join Date: May 2005 Location: NW Iowa Posts: 8,669	a couple maxijet powerheads will work fine or seio's. you will want around 330 gph turnover in the tank minumum more won't hurt anything

05/16/2006, 05:42 AM	#33
mslade1979 Registered Member Join Date: May 2006 Location: uk Posts: 47	thanx sam, these power heads, r they quite small? as im trying to hide everything away so its not seen, ive laid a egg crate sheet on the bottom of the tank as i dnt really want the live rock to sit straight on the glass bottom, and built a tower in the corner out of egg crate which im going to put the filter inlets ,heater,scimmer inlet, and power head, and then build the live rock up the tower which i think may help with filtratioin as the water will be drawn through the rock to the filter inlets, would this be a gd way to do it????? will i get any benefits from doing it this way???? __________________ yeah honey i bought it......yeah it goes in the fishtank.... honey??????honey????????oh she'l be back when she gets hungry lol Current Tank Info: 180 l bow fronted berlin system with 25 kg fiji live rock

05/16/2006, 06:01 AM	#34
kau_cinta_ku Moved On Join Date: May 2005 Location: NW Iowa Posts: 8,669	no powerheads are small you will see them i guarntee it. if you want something to hide your xtra flow i would try a closed loop. http://www.melevsreef.com/closedloop.html

05/16/2006, 06:24 AM	#35
mslade1979 Registered Member Join Date: May 2006 Location: uk Posts: 47	thanx sam, the link was great, very interesting and might just solve my problem!!! what did u think of my idea with the tower and lr???? do u think it will work to my benefit??? __________________ yeah honey i bought it......yeah it goes in the fishtank.... honey??????honey????????oh she'l be back when she gets hungry lol Current Tank Info: 180 l bow fronted berlin system with 25 kg fiji live rock

05/16/2006, 06:29 AM	#36
kau_cinta_ku Moved On Join Date: May 2005 Location: NW Iowa Posts: 8,669	the tower idea is a good idea, just make sure to leave alot of gaps when stacking the LR around the tower so that your water will get through it with ease.

05/16/2006, 06:59 AM	#37
mslade1979 Registered Member Join Date: May 2006 Location: uk Posts: 47	cool, im having some trouble trying to figure out how to keep the lr supported up the tower, im gona use epoxy and prob zip tyes, any other ideas???? __________________ yeah honey i bought it......yeah it goes in the fishtank.... honey??????honey????????oh she'l be back when she gets hungry lol Current Tank Info: 180 l bow fronted berlin system with 25 kg fiji live rock

05/16/2006, 07:02 AM	#38
kau_cinta_ku Moved On Join Date: May 2005 Location: NW Iowa Posts: 8,669	others drill holes into the rock and and run acrylic rod through it to support it

05/16/2006, 09:26 AM	#39
mslade1979 Registered Member Join Date: May 2006 Location: uk Posts: 47	yeah ive heard of doing it that way, must have slipped my mind!!!!thanx again __________________ yeah honey i bought it......yeah it goes in the fishtank.... honey??????honey????????oh she'l be back when she gets hungry lol Current Tank Info: 180 l bow fronted berlin system with 25 kg fiji live rock