29 Gallon Saltwater Tank Questions

[too_many_fish]

A daft person

We talk the same language but don't use the same words.............funny or what

Seffie x


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I get easily confused ya know!

 

[too_many_fish]

Well, I went out looking a bit more yesterday and it seems as though starting slow is my only option for now. Man this is an expensive hobby! Just the test kit alone is $70 around here, but maybe I can look online and find it much cheaper, even with shipping. The power of patience, hmmmmmm.................

Edited to add: What "critters" do you NOT want in your tank? Looking through eBay, but not found anything that has enticed me as of yet.

 

[too_many_fish]

Well, I think I am "typing" to myself since there haven't been any responses, but anyway..... I removed the substrate from the 29 gallon today, and man does it look awful! LOL Just a hand full of fish and a "House" for the Pleco and Raphael's to hide in. Slowly but surely, as they say.

 

[SkiFletch]

Don't forget retailers like marinedepot.com, champion lighting, and Drs foster and smith. all have varying deals on hardware

 

[too_many_fish]

THANKS! I will check em out!

 

[too_many_fish]

Well I bought a hydrometer today, so that was my first step. LOL I had to have it anyway so that I can test the tank that I am transitioning from brackish back to fresh water.

 

[too_many_fish]

My tank is up and running! YIPPPPPPPPPEEEEEEEEEE Actually, I have the 29 gallon going and a 10 gallon Nano! The 29 is housing, for now, a clown fish, 2 astrea snails, a red legged crab, Hawaiian Feather Duster, and some teeny tiny feather duster you can barely notice unless you set and watch your tank for a long time as I do! HAHAHA It looks to be an orangish color. There are several pieces of live rock, but still needing more. I have noticed a few snails, but they stay hidden most of the time. Some sort of slug/snail without a shell looking thing, but was told that since it isn't red, leave them alone for now? Also, are bristle worms good or bad? Some say good, some say bad. The 10 gallon has one astrea snail and a 3 stripe damsel, and a small amount of live rock for now. I am already looking at upgrading to a 20 gallon for this once I figure out the lighting. Anyway, I just wanted to stop in to say I GOT IT GOING!

 

[seffieuk]

Excellent - pics please

bristle worms are good guys as long as they are not huge

Seffie x

 

[too_many_fish]

Thanks, Seffie! I am actually in the process of setting up the 20 gallon today instead of the 10. Pics will come later once they are worthy of them. Not much to show right now, so would rather wait til after next weekend when I hope to be able to get more when I go to the "big city". HAHAHA By the way, I did use some regular fossil rock that my honey found for me and it has been fine. It will definitely make for a good base for the live rock I hope to get next week. Some of the bristle worms have been quite large that I have gotten rid of. I noticed more baby feather dusters this morning and some other type of life that took off as soon as I turned the light on. It was kinda round and flat and just glides over the rock as it moves. Barely noticeable unless you are really looking for life as I always do!

 

[Buddyboy67]

May be a stomatella..harmless algae eater..if wafer thin , then could be a flatworm..not so good if appear in large numbers.
Does it have a small flat shell on its back?? If it has ,most likely a small stomatella

 

[too_many_fish]

Buddyboy, I think you got it with the stomatella. I looked up the pics and they were what this one looked like. I also looked up the flatworms, but I haven't noticed anything that looked quite like what the pics showed. Only thing that comes close to that are the slug/snail without a shell looking things I have seen. They are quite small, I think they are green-maybe just algae covered?, but I have noticed several of them. Thanks for all your help!