Brand New 8 gallon bio cube

[najer]

"Dear Mommy, daddy added a new fish today without consulting me!
It is the smallest fish in the tank apart from my nano gobies.
Luckily for him it is very cute so we are going to let him off!" ;)

 

[12gallonsofhex]

Hey all, my filter sock has been getting clogged very quickly with the bacteria blooms and overfeeding while battling these dinos. I have been washing the sock with tap water, and then rinsing it well with rodi before I put it back into the sump. Is this a good practice? Am I running a risk of contaminating the water? Or am I overthinking this?

 

[Magellan]

"Dear Mommy, daddy added a new fish today without consulting me!
It is the smallest fish in the tank apart from my nano gobies.
Luckily for him it is very cute so we are going to let him off!" ;)

I’m still somewhat in the aquarium doghouse after adding fish without consulting the SO...that was a year ago! I think you made a better choice than I did though

 

[Magellan]

Hey all, my filter sock has been getting clogged very quickly with the bacteria blooms and overfeeding while battling these dinos. I have been washing the sock with tap water, and then rinsing it well with rodi before I put it back into the sump. Is this a good practice? Am I running a risk of contaminating the water? Or am I overthinking this?

If that’s bad then I’m screwed!

I rinse my filter floss sponge out all the time this way. The hotter the better. Then, a quick plunge and shake into a cup of Aquafina. Repeat with the filter media (my bag of Matrix only gets the Aquafina plunge though...don’t want that chlorine touching my bacteria!). on water change day I clean everything in the old water, but in a 28g I don’t want to be constantly removing tank water for everything.

 

[Katrina71]

"Dear Mommy, daddy added a new fish today without consulting me!
It is the smallest fish in the tank apart from my nano gobies.
Luckily for him it is very cute so we are going to let him off!" ;)

One day...my tank. One day!

 

[najer]

One day...my tank. One day!

You so need to go a 90 cube and get it done?! :)

 

[Katrina71]

I’m still somewhat in the aquarium doghouse after adding fish without consulting the SO...that was a year ago! I think you made a better choice than I did though

Najer and I jokingly share custody of his scopas.

 

[Katrina71]

You so need to go a 90 cube and get it done?! :)

Dream tank.

 

[Why-Me]

Dream tank.

I hear ya there, someday I'll get my dream tank!!
Someday!

 

[sfin52]

I hear ya there, someday I'll get my dream tank!!
Someday!

My dream tank is Sea world. All of it.

With that said I never thought I could have a sw tank let alone a reef. My reef and fowlr are my dream.

 

[Why-Me]

My dream tank is Sea world. All of it.

With that said I never thought I could have a sw tank let alone a reef. My reef and fowlr are my dream.

I wanted to LOL but deep down I feel ya on that one, would be so amazing!!!

 

[Katrina71]

I wanted to LOL but deep down I feel ya on that one, would be so amazing!!!

Honestly anything more than the 93 would be overwhelming for me to manage.

 

[Magellan]

My dream tank is Sea world. All of it.

With that said I never thought I could have a sw tank let alone a reef. My reef and fowlr are my dream.

I would let the orcas and dolphins go and restock their tanks with a full on reef! just let the sun be my light, and the filtration is already in place...hellllllooo hundred thousand gallon reef tank!

 

[Katrina71]

I could probably go 125, but I like to be confident about it.

 

[sfin52]

I would let the orcas and dolphins go and restock their tanks with a full on reef! just let the sun be my light, and the filtration is already in place...hellllllooo hundred thousand gallon reef tank!

I would hold one for a manatee tank.

 

[Katrina71]

I would hold one for a manatee tank.

I fed one as a kid in the Keys. She was so scarred. The first animal I ever became concerned about our environmental impact on.

 

[JoshH]

Honestly anything more than the 93 would be overwhelming for me to manage.

That's how I feel about the 125 I have now, I can't imagine going any bigger

 

[Magellan]

I fed one as a kid in the Keys. She was so scarred. The first animal I ever became concerned about our environmental impact on.

I didn’t get to feed any, but I saw some at Blue Springs in Florida. Sea cows > regular cows! they are heavily regulated from what I saw, Florida at least seems to realize the importance of coexistence when it comes to something like a manatee. But let agriculture runoff cause the worst case of toxic algae the world has ever seen? No big deal, nothing to see here move along...

 

[najer]

Honestly anything more than the 93 would be overwhelming for me to manage.

Tag team, you and Andrew, you would manage! ;)

 

[12gallonsofhex]

True that! I daydream about having a huge reef tank, but then think about maintenance and infestations. I think 250 is the largest I would want to go. Maybe 120 range and a shallow growout tank would be the ultimate dream setup