29g freebie reef

mebo926 · Jan 11, 2014

So I got this tank and stand from brothers ex before they broke up cause she was done with saltwater. Little story... Before she bought it I was actually gonna buy it but decided against it. So since she let all the fish and coral die off I cleaned it out, painted the back black. Took her rock and then took the remaining rock I had out of another tank, bought new live, filled with water (still need 5g more, don't have enough containers). I'm using a HOB Aqua clear 50, have a hydor nano 240 and 425 and a hydor koralia 750. The lights are 2 screw reef led bulbs (don't remember the brand). I'm going to be transferring everything from my bio cube into this. I have 2 clowns; black and orange, 1chromis, 1 yellow clown Goby, 1 cleaner shrimp. I have a bunch of zoas that are coming over also.

I want to eventually change out the HOB out for a sump since I have a couple 10g sitting around. Also want to paint the pvc pipe.

SeahorseKeeper · Jan 11, 2014

Looking forward to your build!

powers2001 · Jan 12, 2014

Subscribed.

mebo926 · Jan 12, 2014

So after work ran and got the rest of the water. Came home set the filter up and filled it up. Ran the other light. Had to look back and see what led lights I got and I have ledtric par 38. One is tri color and full spectrum.

Thanks guys for tagging along. Might be some times where there is no updates but in school full time and work full time.

mebo926 · Jan 18, 2014

So I came home and tested everything and parameters were pretty close to my other tank I decided to transfer over my fish. So they are all in there. I'm going to do a water change and then test again and then put the corals and shrimp and remaining crabs and snails.

mebo926 · Jan 23, 2014

Got bored and went to the LFS to see what they got and to shoot the stuff about my algae and coral issue. I ended up getting a twin spotted goby and got a frag of zoas and a shroom. I have been contemplating a mini sump if I can find a return pump for a decent price and a nano overflow I like.

revhtree · Jan 23, 2014

Glad to hear you got it!

mebo926 · Jan 23, 2014

After looking at the shroom... it looks more like a ric. When ever the new Goby comes out will try to get a couple pics.

mebo926 · Jan 23, 2014

Ugh..... so I went to see if my 10g tank would fit under my tank in the stand and it won't. it's about 1/4 inch to big. So now I have to think what to do now. If the 10g was 18 inches long it would work. Sorry back to the drawing board.

mebo926 · Jan 27, 2014

So I'm still thinking how to put a sump under it and have a couple ideas. I went and got some nassarius snails tonight and came home and the Goby was actually out. Was able to snap a couple pics. I'm also possibly getting another tank so I'm prolly going to do a frag tank since it's only ly 53x12x12.

SeahorseKeeper · Jan 27, 2014

That goby is cute!!

mebo926 · Jan 28, 2014

When he moves he hovers over the sand. It's really cool.

mebo926 · Jan 30, 2014

Well I was doing a water change and say Goby in the back. Came back later and he was sucked up to my power head. So dunno what happened. Going to do more testing tomorrow and see what everything is at. Also need to get my coral iny tank. Tested the hydrogen peroxide and it sorta work so I may have a way to clean it up before the transfer.

totion · Jan 30, 2014

Following this , I love seeing 29 gallons since that is what I have setup.

I built my own stand and made so a 15 gallon long fit in the cabinet. I'm using an eshopps pf300 overflow and a mag 5 return pump. The overflow was quite noisy so I built a hofer gurgle buster for it. Now the only noise is the water falling into the box inside the tank, not sure how I can silence that yet.

mebo926 · Jan 30, 2014

Nice setup!!

Cleaned up some of my corals from my other tank and dropped them in. Have like 5 more zoa frags and some gsp and some clove polyps that need to be cleaned. I'm suppose to get my frag tank this weekend and need to get them moved into a temp tank.

mebo926 · Jan 31, 2014

So was playing around with the tank and noticed that my Korilia 750 was running backwards as in sucking the water in. Was weird dunno what happned or how long it was going for. Had to play around with it and it eventually went the other way. Was weird.

mebo926 · Feb 1, 2014

Well Reef Revolutions opened today and had to come by and check out what they had. Ended up leaving with 2 zoa frags and then the gf had to get a richordea herself. They have some high end stuff for great prices. Can't wait to get more. I also tore down my cube and took out the remaining corals I had which are some hardy palys. I setup a qt tank of sorts (Just a 10g with a HOB and a heater) and put them in it till I get my new tank tomorrow. I'm getting a tank that I'm turning into a frag tank. Have to organize some stuff and get some stuff before I can set up.

mebo926 · Feb 1, 2014

Got in trouble setting this up cause this is actually my gfs stand for her tank I'm suppose to move it to.

powers2001 · Feb 1, 2014

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