Brand New 8 gallon bio cube

[Why-Me]

My office tank is FOWLR and may stay that way except a zoa garden

 

[Jmart]

You should check out the watchman goby and the pistol shrimp. I have both in my tank... They are cool to watch together and sometimes I hear him call for his buddy which sounds like a loud snap of your fingers.

 

[Katrina71]

My office tank is FOWLR and may stay that way except a zoa garden

So you'll need a Valentini.

 

[Why-Me]

Sounds like I'm going to have to get a sump and set up that 50 cube in the office!
I have everything but the sump and plumbing and fittings.

 

[Katrina71]

Sounds like I'm going to have to get a sump and set up that 50 cube in the office!
I have everything but the sump and plumbing and fittings.

The 50 can have the blue spot

 

[Katrina71]

I personally think the Valentini is more social

 

[Why-Me]

Going cheap on that build.
Getting a used sump and reinforced flex tubing. Done!

 

[sfin52]

She can feed them all she wants, but she also didnt complain when I got a deltec skimmer or the kessil h380 fuge light a few weeks ago ;Hilarious

Lovely leather

 

[Why-Me]

My daughter is getting a mate for her clownfish Puff and a tiny widdle baby blue tang for xmas.
Unfortunately I can't keep her from naming it ******* Dory.....Oh well.
As @Katrina71 would say a rose by any other name....Right??

 

[sfin52]

I also have a sharp nose puffer. He's a sweet little guy but he likes to nip. Thinks every time hand goes in the tank there's food.

 

[Jmart]

At least she's not buying things that look pretty and throwing them in the tank I wish mine spent 341% more time just looking

 

[Why-Me]

I also have a sharp nose puffer. He's a sweet little guy but he likes to nip. Thinks every time hand goes in the tank there's food.

I was gonna ask you about the toby puffers since you have one, they seem pretty hit/miss depending on the individual fish itself.
From thorough reading it seems it may have more to do with energy expended during feeding/hunting.
If you put clam on half shell or mollusk on shell they'll spend time working for their food and grinding their teeth down simultaneously win/win.

 

[anon9896]

You should check out the watchman goby and the pistol shrimp. I have both in my tank... They are cool to watch together and sometimes I hear him call for his buddy which sounds like a loud snap of your fingers.

I have them , I know it is morning when the pistol shrimps calls in for food.
They are nice to watch but my watchman goby is SO SHY and the shrimp doesnt even care about anything,
I wake up at frags broken, placed everywhere else in the tank and the shrimp even snaps at fishes when they get too close. I even had an about 50+ snail population wich I raised from eggs ... and they are now down to about 10 or 15, I suspect she eats them becose they all have the same top shell broken pattern.

 

[MrWheelock]

You should check out the watchman goby and the pistol shrimp. I have both in my tank... They are cool to watch together and sometimes I hear him call for his buddy which sounds like a loud snap of your fingers.

I loved my yasha goby

 

[living_tribunal]

Thank you sir!! That Goni has almost managed to turn me into an actual reefer. Tbh I felt like I was fumbling blindly in the dark and got lucky with a lot of decisions I made early on...like the Tree of Life. (My rockscape got a name too!).

I like that name!

Suits it for sure.

 

[living_tribunal]

@living_tribunal 2.5/10 lol

it’s an old acrylic tank with a MH bulb, all scratched up. Cheap corals because I thought I would kill everything. Just wanted to get my feet wet and learn! Of course, now I’m addicted and there’s no turning back :)

Hey, mines just a 2/10 so it's better than mine!

 

[sfin52]

I was gonna ask you about the toby puffers since you have one, they seem pretty hit/miss depending on the individual fish itself.
From thorough reading it seems it may have more to do with energy expended during feeding/hunting.
If you put clam on half shell or mollusk on shell they'll spend time working for their food and grinding their teeth down simultaneously win/win.

I'm not sure about half shell. They will flip over and just pick off the clam. A whole shell they have to break it open to get to it. Well that's what mine does. It also eats algae.(nori sheets). It pics things off the rocks all day. Oh they love food.

 

[living_tribunal]

I know I'm late to the party but I do want to address this. Trying to figure out if one "cycles" faster or slower is a completely wrong mindset. We use the term cycling because of the term "nitrogen cycle", it has nothing to do with something being started and then complete. It is an ongoing process. The rock maturing and reaching a chemical equilibrium is an ongoing process. Even the "ugly phase" is actually an ongoing process that we can repeat without taking precautions.

All other factors being equal, a nano will be ready for a pair of clownfish at the same time as a 180g system (unless you are relying on dilution from the 180g system to keep your fish safe).

I disagree, semantically. A single nitrogen cycle is just that: bacteria eliminating the ammonia and nitrite from the single source that caused the ammonia.

All cycles have ends so maybe cycling isn't the correct term.

Regardless, my one complaint is users apply the term cycling to everything on here. The nitrogen cycle is not the same thing as a tank maturing its homeostasis. I get a little itch when people use 'cycling' to discuss tank maturation.

My early morning petty complaint, sue me.

 

[Why-Me]

I'm not sure about half shell. They will flip over and just pick off the clam. A whole shell they have to break it open to get to it. Well that's what mine does. It also eats algae.(nori sheets). It pics things off the rocks all day. Oh they love food.

Thanks for the advice

 

[living_tribunal]

I'm hoping for a valentini or blue spot puffer from my SS.
I would so scream like a girl.

I don't doubt this.