syeve's JBJ 28G build

[syeve]

Oups! I missed these last few posts, sorry guys. No problem on the questions Brian! Any more come up don't hesitate to ask.

Yah, I got it from Ken and it was in amazing shape and color when I got it. Ken gave me a sweet deal on some nice rock for sure. It has done really well and to this day I have had zero issues with the tank, I believe a large part due to the fact that the rock was so well taken care of. Actually, the only issue I have is my nem and my mushrooms are growing to big for the tank

EDIT: I missed one of your questions Brian, the tank with rock, livestock, sand, salt, test equip has been under $1k (around $900 I think). Pretty good considering the new price of a JBJ is around that same price. The only full time filtering I run is a Tunnze skimmer. Other than that I let the rock do all the work.

A few pics!

My weird ass clowns harassing my GSP

[fishytime]

Great shots of the clowns. Can they come to my house and kill off....I mean host in my gsp?

[kelbri]

Thanks for the update Syeve. I have been debating on whether or not to run a skimmer, as I am planning on fish only with LR, but your budget is very encouraging.

[mylesw42]

Hey, I noticed you have this skimmer on your tank. I thought the skimmer cup interferes with closing the hood all the way? Any modifications required?

Thanks,

Myles

[syeve]

Hey Brian, I would personally run a skimmer. The crap it filters out is stuff I never want to linger in my tank

Hey Myles, I have no prob closing the hood, the problem is opening it. You have to remove the skimmer cup to open it all the way. I only open it to clean the glass so it's really no big deal. If you have a similar tank I would lean towards the tunze, it is a little more money but it is quiet and works very well for a nano skimmer.