hey all,
I would be the new guy. Im very new to the whole reef tank thing and find everything absolutely fascinating. ive done some reading, even as far as purchasing several books before the purchase of my first starter tank. i decided to go with th Biocube 29 gallon for its simplicity.
overall im quite pleased with the tank. the cycle just came to an end about 2 weeks ago and all water parameters are at par.
Fortunately my domino damsel made it throught the cycle and is in good health.( LFS convinced me that damsels were a good fish to cycle with. Little did i know
. i was actually scolded by Ocean aquatics(lfs) for having fish in the cycle period. Anyway i learned that lesson and will never listen to that lfs again nor will i be purchasing from them.Morons
. Idid educate myself further mostly by reading threads on this page as well as many books.
Im at a point where the tank and I are ready to add some corals or mushrooms and anemones. I understand, as im told, that im quite restriced to what i can have in my tank due to lighting.
So what i would like to know is a few recommendations on hearty corals for my tank. Ive been contemplating some pulsing xenia and some ricordia mushrooms to start along with a bubble tip anemone.
The fish i plan to add later on will be peaceful ex. false perc+ firefish+ goby but of course research will tell me what is compatible.
any suggestions?
i will post pics as soon as i figure out how to compress pics into the 97 kb size file currently my pic is 340+kb wish me luck
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29 g biocube First tank ever
25 lbs LR
20 lbs LS
1 oceanic protein skimmer
Filter In Middle Chamber: sponge+bioballs+Seachem biofiltration media+2 bags of activated carbon all under a drip tray.
10,000k power compact
actinic pc
3 moonlight LED
1 domino damsel
1 peppermint shrimp
2 scarlet hermits
3 hermits
3 spiny astria snails
2 turbo snails
2 fighting conch ( aquacultured)
