[reefnoob1991]

Would this setup here be enough room to house corals? Or should I change it?

[Fishhead Junkie]

dude, i have a 29gal bio-cube and i love it. i probably have more stuff in it than i should but it just looks so nice. lets see, i have....

1 torch coral
1 frogspawn coral
1 clam
1 rock with some shrooms on it
1 pulsating xenia
1 rock with lots of yellow polyps
1 nice piece of yellow with purple dots piece of gorgorian i believe
1 brain coral

and thats just coral...as for fish and inverts...i have...
1 maroon clown
1 green chromis
1 scarlet hawkfish
1 signal goby
1 pygmy angel
1 blue gundeon
1 orange spotted goby
1 horseshoe crab(thing is hilarious)
2 emerald crabs
bunch of snails and hermit crabs
1 flame scallop
1 black brittle star

i know its more than i should have but ever since i just started leaving it alone, doing my weekly 5 gallon water change give or take, and just feeding them 1 time a day, i change the filter pad out probably every 2-3 weeks, give it a rinse now and then...now nothing is dying anymore, the fish are happy and things are good. dont be afraid to try things out. i would say though...dont add too much too quickly, 3 months or more seems to be a good amount of time to establish a decent tank, at least for me.

steve

[reefnoob1991]

Post a pic please!

[Fishhead Junkie]

i'll try and take a pic tomorrow, all the fish will be sleeping by the time i get home from work at 1am. i dont think the tank looks cramped at all, it looks like its full of life. you can just stare at it and something new is always going on. i forgot, i also have a feather duster in there, along with 2 other pieces of coral that i, for the life of me, cant remember what they are called. i think i put about 40lbs of LR in there, as for live sand and what not..i cant even remember. i think one thing that makes a big difference is buying pre-mixed saltwater from my fishstore. no fuss, no muss, plus its alot cheaper. along with buying the RO water to top off the tank every now and then. if you havent already done so, i would suggest grabbing a piece of that white egg crate the fishstore uses to shelf pieces in the tanks. i had multiple suicides in my tank. the dang fish would jump over the back wall into the skimmer part and suffocate. i lost my clown, my mandarin, plus my snails kept climbing over the wall into the different compartments, was driving me nuts. i put a piece just big enough to cover the 2 left side compartments and it extends about 2 inches over the top of the tank under the light, cant even see it, works great.

steve

[reefnoob1991]

I'll keep that in mind Do you think my setup is ok? It just seems I may be doing something wrong with a cave and setting the corals just ontop of that rock?

[Fishhead Junkie]

i also bought one of those pumps that move side to side and put it in the middle of the back of the tank near the top, must for some extra water movement, switch things about a bit.

steve

[reefnoob1991]

Do you think my setup is ok? It just seems I may be doing something wrong with a cave and setting the corals just ontop of that rock?

[Fishhead Junkie]

yours looks very similar to what mine looked like prior to adding everything after the rock. i probably have about 8 or so rocks, piled up with a nice cavern in the middle and room along the back floor area for flow. tried to leave enough room around sides and front for my magnetic glass cleaner to pass in front of the rock and not get stuck. i want to find some bubble coral to put in, but a nice small piece, all the ones i have seen are huge.

steve

[Fishhead Junkie]

here are a few pics of my tank....

[Fishhead Junkie]

here are a couple other views....