Stocking Options For 29gal Biocube

[GotamaHuy]

Hello, I've been wanting an aquarium for several years now and after doing research and saving up I feel that I am ready to purchase one. While my tank is going through it's cycle I am just curious on what is the rule on how many inches of fish can be kept in a salt water tank. For freshwater it's around an inch per gal. I know that it will be less for salt water. Thanks in advance

 

[TigerIssey]

Its not quite that simple with Marine fish to be honest.

Tell us about your tank, the size how much LR whether you are planning to have corals etc.

We will be more than happy to help you.

Also, we very much like to see pictures in this marine section.

 

[GotamaHuy]

Well, when I buy everything and have it all set up, I would like to keep an online journal so everyone can see my progress. Plus it will be andy for me as well. Well the tank will be 29gal, since it will be a nano tank, I will probably have around 29-35 lbs or LR. As far as corals, yes I would love to have them. Right now I am debating whether it make it a FOWLR or not. Don't know yet. But if I do that I will be getting another pump to replace the stock ones from BioCube. As far as fish goes, I would like to keep a pair of clowns, firefish, blenny, and goby/pistol shrimp pair. More if I can but those are ones that I really want. Also, with a pistol shrimp will my cleanup crew get killed by him/her?

 

[TigerIssey]

I would wait and see if Jennybugs replies to this thread. She has a fair few BioCubes and will be able to help you with turning them Marine. I think you need to dump the filter media as it does not work well with live rock.

If she does not automatically reply, I will pm her and ask her to give you a few pointers.

In the mean time, have a look through the marine journals and the pinned articles in the resource sections at the top of each section.

 

[GotamaHuy]

Ok thanks alot. Appreicate the quick replies, I just at work bored reading my books about fish. THEY LOOK SO COOL I WANT THEM!!! Lol just excited to finally start one up. But til then read read read.

 

[TigerIssey]

No probs, I was there once.

I am usually about this time of night.

 

[GotamaHuy]

Another question, should I go with the Oceanic BioCube, or should I consider another nano tank? Or should this be based on whether I want to keep corals or not?

 

[TigerIssey]

See what Jenny says, I am not sure how easy the biocubes are.

There are some good nano's out there though.

D-D 24g Nano and Boyu T550 are two that spring to mind.

 

[GotamaHuy]

Wow I just saw the Red Sea Max and for $900 bucks is it worth it, just wanted to put that out there. Also, I live in the US.

 

[TigerIssey]

Some people like them, some don't.

Just think about the equivalent custom set up you could buy for the same price.

 

[GotamaHuy]

i've been thinking, what would be a better set up. Buying a BioCube because it is easy, or buy a 30 gal tank and buy all the things seperately? I am asking this because some people say you may end up throwing away the stock filter or a better one.

 

[TigerIssey]

There are advantages to both methods, plug and play systems are easy, you can upgrade at a later date if necessary but usually most things you need to get started are there. The hood design on plug and plays tends to be good but you need to ensure there is adequate lighting for what you want to keep. Therein, upgrading lighting in these set ups can be difficult.

Buying the individuals can work out better for you as you can buy the most suitable equipment for you and customise your purchanses to what you want you want to keep.
Personally this was the way I started out. I then upgraded and again bought the individual pieces of equipment and am planning a further upgrade where again, I will purchase equipment suitable for what I want to keep.

Your choice really, have a look at some journals, some are here in this section, some are in Marine chit chat the marine journals sub forum.

 

[GotamaHuy]

Just curious, since a firefish is kinda like a goby, will it have that special bond with pistol shrimps?

 

[TigerIssey]

No
Only certain gobies have a bond with pistol shrimps.

 

[seffieuk]

aboard

I started with a plug and play, the orca 550 - must admit it gave me a chance to learn and then i upgraded after a year, I was really glad I did it that way. But with the help of evryone on here you could easily set up by buying your own bit and pieces

I wouldn't buy the bio cube

Seffie x