Sponsor Our Community
Go Back   The Reef Tank > Reef Discussion Forums > General Reef Discussion

General Reef Discussion In this forum we discuss issues related to keeping marine and reef aquariums in a friendly flame-free environment.


Registered Members don't see these ads. Register now it's free!

Reply
 
Thread Tools
Old 06-16-2006, 02:57 PM   #1
Kullas
Little Fishy
 
Kullas's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jun 2006
Location: Ellijay Ga
Posts: 395
Images: 32

small tank question


Ive had my 29g tank for about 3 years now never had any problems just got a 125g tank set up and its cycling but im going to keep my 29g for the fun of it. for the past 3 years its been a fish only with live rock with some button polyps that poped out of the live rock. im using a eclipse hood with the same low out put bulbs and soon to upgrade it to the Pc retro fit kit what kind of corals can i look to keep with the add of the lighting and a couple of powerheads? no sps i know but something of the harty type. i dont my first venture into corals be a bad one the fish in the tank is a clown and a blue damsel, 2 emerld crabs and a couple of smaller snails. with a bunch of cerith snails i guess there tank raised there up to about a 1/8 inch now.
one more small question. the purple up stuff is it worth using or should i use the seachem stuff?
Registered Members don't see these ads. Register now it's free!
Kullas is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 06-16-2006, 03:00 PM   #2
Twitterbait
Professor Chaos
 
Twitterbait's Avatar
 
Join Date: Apr 2005
Location: Arkham Asylum
Posts: 9,749
Images: 1
if you can get 3watts per gallon then you can do polyps, shrooms, and some LPS toward the top in the tank.
__________________
I mix twinkies and ding dongs all the time, in Europe they call it a Dinky -- Homer Simpson
Twitterbait is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 06-16-2006, 03:06 PM   #3
Scyre
I made it to 100!!
 
Scyre's Avatar
 
Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: Minneapolis MN
Posts: 136
Thats funny that you say that

I also have a 29 gallon with an Eclipse Hood. I had the low wattage bulbs in there only to find out that it wasn't enough. I retrofitted it with a 55W powercompact so i have a total of 95 watts. I know that the wattage may seem small still but you have to take into account the height of the tank and how much space is between the corals and lighting as well.

Currently I have a 5 headed torch, a green star polyp colony about 7 inches by 7 inches, a varitey of zooanthids, a Hammer that is about half the size of GSP, and a varitey of mushrooms growing everywhere. Everything seems to be fine with it; I've been up and running for about 9 months.

Lastly, you probably don't want to put much more lighting in there than what I suggested. I have a buddy who put about 200 in an Eclipse hood and melted the plastic, thus frying is whole tank - really bad. To help this, I cut square wholes in the sides of the hood and installed 3 inch computer fans which I wired to a phone charge that just plugs into the wall. Works great to keep it cool. Before that I was seeing water temperature changes of about 7-8 degrees in a 4 hour period after the lights turned on (thats the one problem with eclipse, there completely enclosed)

Hope it helps.

LS
Scyre is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 06-16-2006, 03:25 PM   #4
Kullas
Little Fishy
 
Kullas's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jun 2006
Location: Ellijay Ga
Posts: 395
Images: 32
helps a bunch. any ideas on the powerheads maybe 1 or 2 maxijets?
Kullas is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 06-23-2006, 12:11 PM   #5
Scyre
I made it to 100!!
 
Scyre's Avatar
 
Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: Minneapolis MN
Posts: 136
In my tank I have one rio running through my UV sterilizer (will be replaceing very soon!!) and one maxijet with the little flow directer on the end that rotates. Everyone seems to be happy!!
Scyre is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 06-23-2006, 01:50 PM   #6
Kullas
Little Fishy
 
Kullas's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jun 2006
Location: Ellijay Ga
Posts: 395
Images: 32
well the light up grade is finished and i now have a corkey finger and a kenya tree. the corkey is doing great and the tree is just starting to come back out ill get some pics as soon as i get this camra to work
Kullas is offline   Reply With Quote
Reply

Bookmarks

Tags
blue damsel , button polyp , button polyps , cerith snail , cerith snails , eclipse hood , green star polyp , green star polyp colony , kenya tree , star polyp



Currently Active Users Viewing This Thread: 1 (0 members and 1 guests)
 
Thread Tools

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is On

Sitemap:1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 100 101 102 103 104 105 106 107 108 109 110 111 112 113 114 115 116 117 118 119 120 121 122 123 124 125 126 127 128 129 130 131 132 133 134 135 136 137 138 139 140 141 142 143 144 145 146 147 148 149 150 151 152 153 154 155 156 157 158 159 160 161 162 163 164 165 166 167 168 169 170 171 172 173 174 175 176 177 178 179 180 181 182 183 184 185 186 187 188 189 190
Sponsor Our Community

All times are GMT -5. The time now is 06:41 AM.


Powered by vBulletin® Version 3.7.0
Copyright ©2000 - 2008, Jelsoft Enterprises Ltd.
Our lawyer tells us that, by pressing the "New Thread" or "New Reply" button, you acknowledge that the opinions and information expressed in your article are yours alone and not those of thereeftank.com, dba The Reef Tank. Further, you agree to indemnify The Reef Tank, its moderators, administrators and agents from any and all liability which may arise as a result of your article. (C)opyright 2006 TheReefTank.com