Hey fellow reefers, decided to start a build thread and log my progress here.
let’s start with my backstory, I had kept a 20 gallon with 2 cichlids in it for over a year. A year later my friend gifted me a 40 gallon with lights, after cycling it and dosing, i was finally able to add fish. I started with a loach and a pictus catfish. I then added some soil and gravel and planted bamboo and Amazon swords! I added 2 angelfish that have grown to massive beauties today. I recently downgraded to a smaller sized tank and sadly got rid of the 40. After I learned all the unique ways I could plant my tank,. It sparked a fire that’s still going today.
I was gifted a biocube 29 roughly a year ago from my friend getting out of the hobby, I took this as a chance to start something new. I added live sand and live rock from my friends tank and let it cycle for WEEKS. At the 5 week marker I added one small clown and a new rock structure, to increase the nitrate cycle and give the fish somewhere to hide. I then began to get good progress as I just let the tank sit and marinate. I did have a little nutrient spike but that was fixed by MASSIVE Mexican turbo snails and a cleaner shrimp! After all my parameters were in line, I added a designer da vinci clown to pair with my ocelarris black clown! It was indeed a instant match, they love each-other! I let them be alone for about 2 weeks, then added a flame angel and slowly saw my clowns bully him to death, and sadly I couldn’t help him
so I swore never to house anything with these clowns and let them own this small nano tank!
My passion for corals started what the heck gsp and Xenia coral,. That came from my lfs and were included free with sone materials I bought. They gave my tank diversity I had never thought it would, and I now am a proud owner of many lps, softies, zoas, shrooms, etc!
I recently grabbed a frag tank 20 gallon water box to house some of my corals and to qt sick fish! I upgraded to a AI prime 16hd and have never been able to set the colors the way I bought all the necessary materials but I can’t seem to beat the ugly stages... just problem after problem... I don’t dose anything so that might be my problem, but I’m unsure.
I’ll add pictures of my tank when I just started the hobby to now, and will keep you updated on my tank as of now!
let’s start with my backstory, I had kept a 20 gallon with 2 cichlids in it for over a year. A year later my friend gifted me a 40 gallon with lights, after cycling it and dosing, i was finally able to add fish. I started with a loach and a pictus catfish. I then added some soil and gravel and planted bamboo and Amazon swords! I added 2 angelfish that have grown to massive beauties today. I recently downgraded to a smaller sized tank and sadly got rid of the 40. After I learned all the unique ways I could plant my tank,. It sparked a fire that’s still going today.
I was gifted a biocube 29 roughly a year ago from my friend getting out of the hobby, I took this as a chance to start something new. I added live sand and live rock from my friends tank and let it cycle for WEEKS. At the 5 week marker I added one small clown and a new rock structure, to increase the nitrate cycle and give the fish somewhere to hide. I then began to get good progress as I just let the tank sit and marinate. I did have a little nutrient spike but that was fixed by MASSIVE Mexican turbo snails and a cleaner shrimp! After all my parameters were in line, I added a designer da vinci clown to pair with my ocelarris black clown! It was indeed a instant match, they love each-other! I let them be alone for about 2 weeks, then added a flame angel and slowly saw my clowns bully him to death, and sadly I couldn’t help him
so I swore never to house anything with these clowns and let them own this small nano tank!My passion for corals started what the heck gsp and Xenia coral,. That came from my lfs and were included free with sone materials I bought. They gave my tank diversity I had never thought it would, and I now am a proud owner of many lps, softies, zoas, shrooms, etc!
I recently grabbed a frag tank 20 gallon water box to house some of my corals and to qt sick fish! I upgraded to a AI prime 16hd and have never been able to set the colors the way I bought all the necessary materials but I can’t seem to beat the ugly stages... just problem after problem... I don’t dose anything so that might be my problem, but I’m unsure.
I’ll add pictures of my tank when I just started the hobby to now, and will keep you updated on my tank as of now!
