[Bonez]

Hey guys, first post here. I'll give you guys a good rundown as to what I have so far in my 24 gallon nano fish/reef.

Millenium 3000 HOB filter
CPR Bak Pak 2 Protein skimmer
Maxijet 900 powerhead


Currently I have about 30 pounds of LR, ~15lbs of live sand

1x Striated Frogfish
3x Yellowtail Damsels
2x Large snail
3x hermit crab
1x medium sized star polyp

Now, I'm extremely new to the hobby, and have read a lot, but nothing beats talking to people on forums as far as getting great information and recommendations go. So, here I am.

I want to build this tank for Reef>fish - mostly reef, I'm hoping my frogfish will eat the damsels but I'm thinking they may be too fast for him and they're obviously too smart, they don't like his antenna (lol). Anyhow, I wanted to know what the easier, more manageable polyps/shrooms/anenome/soft coral there is out there.

The guy at the LFS told me the frogfish may not be the best idea for a reef, but I've read otherwise, would like some input on that situation. He hasn't bothered my star polyps yet...but I may be concerned placing more expensive more colorful pieces in my tank.

Is my equipment okay for the size tank I have and what I'd like to put into it? or should I be looking at a better means of filtration? and How much livestock would I be able to place into my tank with the equipment I'm running?


Thanks for glancing at my post, hope to hear back from anyone :P

Derrick

[Bonez]

Ooops, forgot lighting, I have 120v 60hz 14K Jebo lights...

[Bonez]

I guess my questions are unreasonable? or maybe not many people browse the nano threads...hrmm

[Fishhead Junkie]

hey there, i am in no way an expert, only been at this saltwater stuff for maybe 4 months. i have a 29gallon bio-cube and its stuffed full of all kinds of corals and fish. there are some pics floating around somewhere in this forum. lets see...

the xenia is really easy, as least for me. it came on this tiny lil stone and after a couple weeks it moved right off it onto a big piece of rock and has been moving ever since.

some brain coral would be nice, very low maintenance. that thing gets as big as a human brain sometimes and then shrinks back down to a large golf ball.

my yellow polyps were doing good, then i moved the rock and my decorator crab also tore it up, but they are still alive.

just got a long tentacle anenome, it seems to be doing great and my maroon clown loves it. i have so much in there its hard to remember it all. here's a pic.

[Bonez]

that's really nice looking, i'll take a couple of pictures of mine in a day or two...i don't really have anything special in my tank except for the star polyps, which my hermit crab sits on top of all day( i dont think he's doing any damage, just picking at the refuge)

and my striated frogfish is like my dog at home, ha...that thing is funny. You have a very nice tank - and thanks for the info!


-derrick

[Bonez]

that clam is really cool, are those easy to maintain? (if that is indeed a clam i see)

[Fishhead Junkie]

oh yeah...the clam is really easy to keep. once it finds a spot it likes. you should also get some flame scallops, get an electric one...its fun to look at the red interior light up. frogspawn is good too. or try some torch coral...thats the one on the left..looks like an anenome, another easy one.

steve

[Dustin1300]

Bonez, where is your tank pics???

[alwmalon4]

Bonez... I would get rid of the HOB filter... it could give you nitrate problems in the future. I would go with a 10 gallon or so fuge/sump. It will give you more water in your system, thus, making it more stable and it will be a means for more biological filtration along with a place to put all of your equipment so it is not crowding your display tank. If you have any other questions please feel free to ask becasue there are some very knowledgable people here and everyone is very nice!

[Rob59]

Has the Bak Pak 2 skimmer worked at all for you? because I've never really heard anyone having any sucess with it. And for the easiest soft coral to keep would hands down be shrooms in my 55 they cover all most every bit of my 70lbs of rock. Almost daily i pick 10 or more shrooms floatin around on the bottom of the tank and throw them in a ten gallon. I havnt payed for supplies in a while because I trade in all of those hand fulls of shrooms to my LFS for credit.