Setting Up The 29g. Totally Psyched I Have Saltwater In My Living Room

[kj23502]

lol with all the fish and rock there really isn't swiming room...although it would be awesome to dive right in. I've taken a scuba diving class

 

[tropic_john]

So what is your total livestock list now?

 

[kj23502]

my current stock is:

CUC

7 nass snails
4-5 astraea

Fish

2 yasha gobies
1 picasso percula clownfish
1 yellow clown goby

Inverts

Red banded pistol shrimp (paired w/the yashas)

Corals
green star polyps
zoa's: armor of god, cat eye, watermelon, alpha omega
paly: Seafoam

edit adding...

RIP list
cleaner shrimp
female picasso clown

 

[kj23502]

well I'm going to start saving for a 180 usg

YAY!! will probably be awhile, but I'm excited

 

[Musho3210]

Well reading through this i noticed one terrible thing for a US reefer.... Your using rowaphos! A huge waste of money, try this stuff, its the same stuff, just in bulk:

<a href="http/www.bulkreefsupply.com/Carbon-and-P...09_8/index.html" target="_blank">http/www.bulkreefsupply.com/Carbon-and-P...09_8/index.html</a>

It all comes from the same factory in Germany anyway, at least that's what ski or andy or someone said on here. Even if they didnt, they both advertise each other to be the same product. And BRS is a very reliable source. Rowaphos does seem darker than the BRS average stuff though, but they look the same color as the BRS high quality stuff.

One gallon of regular quality GFO from BRS is $62.

250ml of Rowaphos is $28 (price taken from DFS)

1 liter of Rowaphos would then be $112

3.7 liters (1 gallon) of Rowaphos would then be $414

So 62 dollars vs 414 dollars, its obvious which one saves you money. Even if you do the math with the high quality stuff its still like $130 BRS vs $414 Rowaphos.

I'm sorry if I didn't state this before on our IM chats.

 

[seffieuk]

That's interesting Musho, i wonder if we have anywhere in the UK that does bulk buy for the public - think I will go take a look later

Seffie x

 

[kj23502]

wow thanks musho. Didn't realize

 

[kj23502]

YAY!! Light upgrade on the way for the 29g.

Bought one of these off a reef club

http/www.marinedepot.com/Hamilton_250W_1...IMHPDDE-vi.html


AAANNNNDDD there's a guy getting out of the hobby selling his blue crocea...will see how it works out.

 

[youngfisher]

Whoah.
Ok, this might sound abit erm.. but yeah.
The light you bought, isint in the same kind of thing people use in cannabis houses?
Im sure I saw one like that before.

YF

 

[seffieuk]

Marine Son, what were you doing in a cannabis house ?

Seffie x

 

[youngfisher]

I wasnt in a cannabis house I swear, it was a tv program I watched...promise.


YF

 

[SkiFletch]

Nice light KJ, break out the sunglasses

 

[kj23502]

lol no pot for me, yf. Been there done that...lol.

Yea 250w is a lot of light. I'm going to go pick up a bunch of bird netting and framing junk to make a screen. I'll lay extra and more extra layers on the top and gradually take a layer or two off every other day or so maybe. That way my existing corals don't go into light shock...if zoas do that? I'd rather not take the chance.

There is guy in my lrc selling his setup and he's parting out. I'm looking into picking up his blue crocea clam. With this light, I'll be able to do that. Hope the light ships to me in one piece AND works when it gets here.

 

[seffieuk]

Exciting

Seffie x

 

[kj23502]

yea happy days!!