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Welcome aboard Jon Snow
I've not had a 29BC in many years. You have me wanting one again.
I respect you going good and slow and your future critters will appreciate it as well.
Keep the pics coming, good sir.
I hate store like that. If it was an employee, I'd reem out the owner, if it was the owner, I'd reem him out online. Google reviews are good place to start.
Anyone that does that to a customer needs to walk away from retail. I'd never shop there again and would make sure anyone I knew didn't either.
The salt I got with my first set up is Red Sea pro something or another. I don’t even really how or when I’m going to start mixing my own saltwater. Not counting the first time.
I’m still trying to figure out why my tanks temp is hanging out around 78F when I have one heater set to 76.5F and the other set to 75F on my RKL and both have been off for a couple of hours. Lol. Will investigate more tomorrow.
Red sea makes good salt. I'm cheap and I buy instant ocean and just add cal, alk and magnesium to make up for what they leave out. A lesson I recently learned was that you should mix each new bucket very well and test a sample of the saltwater you make with it. I made the mistake of starting my 110g system back up with a new bucket testing to 560 calcium(~200 more than usual), good alk at 10.5dkh but sky high magnesium at 1900(should be ~1300).
And screw that fish store employee man. Yes it is a small tank but perfectly acceptable for a couple clownfish, snails, eventually corals and great to get someone new into the hobby with one simple package. Sure a 100 gallon tank is better in the sense of being easier to maintain(not less maintenance!) and being more stable but why stop there? why not get a 300 gallon? a 300g isnt enough for fish used to a vast ocean, scratch that get a 1,000 gallon tank. no, open a public aquarium.
Well I'm going to assume the guy was really just trying to give his honest opinion and call himself being helpful even if it made me like I was just wasting my time and was being a real idiot.
If I ever go back I will mention it to the owner but I really don't see any reason to go back at this point.
I wouldn't mind someone giving me some advice about how I could make what I had work.
I honestly wouldn't mind drilling the tank and reinstalling the sump but I'd like to find a way to do it that didn't require me to have the tank six inches off the wall.
P.S. If anyone has tips on drilling and plumbing a Biocube I'm all ears. Right now its scrap the paint off the glass and order the Intank media and fuge baskets or order a new order a new overflow later and drill it at some point in the future.
Welcome to reef2reef, Jon!
I'm not sure you could drill that tank, it may be tempered glass. I can ask the #reefsquad if they know of anyone that has.
I wouldn't let that bum you out if you can't. There are uncountless Nano's that are more beautiful than any tank I've owned. You can do quite a bit with them!
Hang in there and take your time with it. Research and ask questions here, we are more than willing to help!
Once again, welcome!
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Maybe a razor blade glass cleaning tool?
Welcome to the group! Lots of very kind people here. Enjoy the build. Each one is an adventure. Some clownfish can get pretty big-ish, so ask lots of questions and do research so your new fish buddies will be happy and healthy.
Yes, sir. The razor blade is one of my best friends at a 45-degree angle for stubborn stuff.