29 biocube

[Dryace]

Got my biocube going a couple months ago...

Starting to think about a stocking list...I’m sure I want a couple sweet clowns...so that’s pretty non-negotiable...

Not sure who the gurus are here but looking for a little input from the community...in a perfect world it would look like this:

-clown pair
-bangaii cardinal pair
-goby w/shrimp -or- wrasse of some flavor


Thoughts? I currently have CUC and a couple emeralds in there...(had 3 but lost it to unknown reasons)

Will be a reef once I feel comfortable enough with the maturity of the tank to drop money on corals...

Thoughts?

-Ed


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[SquatchXXL]

Goby & shrimp would probally be a better choice just based on size. I have a wrasse in a 36" tank, and feel like it could use more. If I had substrate, I really think a goby + shrimp combo would be pretty neat.

[BigJim]

I agree anything other than a possum wrasse might need more room. Otherwise it looks like a good list. Do you have any pictures of the set up?

[Dryace]

Goby & shrimp would probally be a better choice just based on size. I have a wrasse in a 36" tank, and feel like it could use more. If I had substrate, I really think a goby + shrimp combo would be pretty neat.

Yeah I had a goby/shrimp pair when I had my 90 gallon going. It was really neat to watch them dig and work together. Not sure about the wrasse, my wife said she doesn't like "long skinny fish" anyhow...trying to find stuff she'll enjoy watching so that I can work towards talking her into the 150 I really want.

I agree anything other than a possum wrasse might need more room. Otherwise it looks like a good list. Do you have any pictures of the set up?

Thanks! I have pics but I'll have to upload them later, I'm at work and the cell service is pretty crappy in here...

Just getting over my big hair algae phase bloom, it's currently in the process of all dying and I'm trying to keep up with pulling out the dead stuff as it goes so I don't get another Phosphate/Nitrate spike from the stuff that's dying because there's no phosphates/nitrates to eat...I'll try to get some pics up tonight.

[Dryace]

forgot to mention that i put eggcrate down and put my rocks directly on the eggcrate before putting sand in just in the event that i got a "burrowing" fish/shrimp combo....

[Dryace]

Day 1


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[Dryace]

First signs of hair algae



Full blown hair algae going (early, it got worse than this)



Hair algae starting to die



Cyano bloom starting while hair algae dies off (took this today) hopefully it doesn’t get out of control before I get it cleaned up, just water changed last night





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[Dryace]

And yes, the damsel is still alive lol he’s very “hidey” sometimes


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[RG Rude]

I had a Cryptic Wrasse in a 29 and it did very well. The AIO addresses the biggest need for a top with any wrasse. I'm not as big a fan of clowns as some. I have a pair of Skunks and the female is a beast. If I did it all over again I'd put them in last.

[Dryace]

I had a Cryptic Wrasse in a 29 and it did very well. The AIO addresses the biggest need for a top with any wrasse. I'm not as big a fan of clowns as some. I have a pair of Skunks and the female is a beast. If I did it all over again I'd put them in last.

Yeah, that’s the other thing I’m trying to decide on...the order to put them in...

I want to pair my clowns (get two tiny ones...blah blah...I’ve done it before) because I want a bullet hole and a black snowflake...if I’m goin with clowns (and I am) I’m goin all the way lol...

So with the pairing process I think it would be safer to put them in first, but I don’t want them getting super territorial either...

Maybe the shrimp/goby first, clowns second and the cardinals last...

Either way I haven’t decided completely what I want for fish, let alone what order to put them in.


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