Hi all, just want to intro myself. I got into saltwater when I was a kid when I saw my first mandarin dragonet at the LFS. I decided I must have him and take him home that same day with a new AIO setup. Sadly he starved to death after 3 - 4 months but I stay with reef for a few more years. I switched back to planted tank several years ago after I got tire of mixing salt for weekly water change, testing, noisy skimmer and chiller always on in summer. Now I'm back after learning about captive bred and decided to give it another go. it's been over 3 months and I'm so glad the pair of dragonets are doing very well and fatting up on pellets like a pig.
current setup is a 14 gallon IM AIO on my desk with a NF-1 nano protein skimmer and refi light growing algae in the back chamber. only fish are the pair of baby mandarin dragonet. I want to add a orange storm clownfish but worry the clown will eat all the food and overload the bio load so I may end up getting a firefish or a goby later on depending on how the tank progress. any recommendation on nano fish that would do well with mandarin? no seahorse unless I can find one that eat pellets haha. I Plan to keep mostly easy coral like rainbow mushrooms and xenia. I don't want to do testing and trying to do no water change like a planted tank. I hope to rely on macro algae and skimmer to keep the water clean.
I start using sea lap 28 for the first time 3 months ago but think I should stop. anyone have experience with sea lap 28? recommend or no?
Tank been running for about 5 months now. I removed the sea lap 28 two weeks ago and did a 5 gallon water change for the first time to see if I see any improvement on the coral but didn't notice any difference. Lighting is a Kessil A80 tuna blue on max setting on a timer running 10 hours a day on max blue when I'm at work and mostly white when I'm home. Could the light be too strong for the BTA or mushrooms?
anyone have success with no water change setup? what do you dose if any and how long have your system been running and setup?
Thanks
current setup is a 14 gallon IM AIO on my desk with a NF-1 nano protein skimmer and refi light growing algae in the back chamber. only fish are the pair of baby mandarin dragonet. I want to add a orange storm clownfish but worry the clown will eat all the food and overload the bio load so I may end up getting a firefish or a goby later on depending on how the tank progress. any recommendation on nano fish that would do well with mandarin? no seahorse unless I can find one that eat pellets haha. I Plan to keep mostly easy coral like rainbow mushrooms and xenia. I don't want to do testing and trying to do no water change like a planted tank. I hope to rely on macro algae and skimmer to keep the water clean.
I start using sea lap 28 for the first time 3 months ago but think I should stop. anyone have experience with sea lap 28? recommend or no?
Tank been running for about 5 months now. I removed the sea lap 28 two weeks ago and did a 5 gallon water change for the first time to see if I see any improvement on the coral but didn't notice any difference. Lighting is a Kessil A80 tuna blue on max setting on a timer running 10 hours a day on max blue when I'm at work and mostly white when I'm home. Could the light be too strong for the BTA or mushrooms?
anyone have success with no water change setup? what do you dose if any and how long have your system been running and setup?
Thanks
