The Budget 25G Tank

[BlueAbyss]

Bound to happen with macros... they harbour anything from what you mentioned to all kinds of 'pods. All the macros in my tank grew in naturally, so I only have copepods and amphipods. I've come to realize that I'm very lucky... the only bad things I've had are Bryopsis (that sucked) and I've seen a hitchhiker crab and a lone flatworm.

[Boomboy]

yup, cant blame the fish store just sucks that i got em, they even gave the macro for free. just want to clarify it is still a great fish store.

[Boomboy]

[karazy]

if i were you i would do a freshwater dip on the macros right away to try to kill as many flatworms as possible (dip for about 5 minutes)

[Boomboy]

ok im off to to that right now

edit: just did it, it works wonders, just dumped all my macro into FW and they just fell right off, just going to have to do that every once in a while, and syphon out as many as i can when i do water changes, first one will be this weekend, also thinking about adding 5 pounds of liverock from a LFS to help with pod population and growth of tank.

also cleaned up those wires so they are hanging around everywhere.

[fishytime]

Good to hear your making some progress with the FWs Looks really good man....in that one picture the tank almost looks cubish...Im in the middle of doing a 25g myself, very similar to yours(3 sides viewable)....sound like a cool stocking list....whatcha gonna do for corals?

[Boomboy]

thanks, i just realized i made one of my pictures really small.

well for most people the stocking list always changes

still want
yasha and randalls pistol
i saw a blenny that i wanted maybe bi coloured ( not sure i need to get a picture, saw it in the LFS and wanted it but held off)
an pair of oxyn clownfish. i think that is about it.
i want one more fish but not a common one, any ideas?

other live stock
fire shrimp


for corals

frogspawn
torch
few brains (open and maze)
1 or 2 acans, those pretty ones.
a few other lps corals
the only sps i want are monticap ones, green and orange or red. not lots of room for to much growth.
some softies would be toadstool leather, and some other uncommon ones
blue cloves
some deepwater zoas when i see em i'll buy em.
RBTA
and maybe gorgans if i feel like feeding but that would be the last addition.

for my fuge some pulsing xenia, red and purple mushrooms and any soft corals that dont take up to much room and dont need alot of lot light.


i will get pictures of the corals that i want but my computer crashed on me, and not sure when i will get another one anytime soon, hopefully sooner than later. right now just working on letting the tank settle and adding more macro algea that is red and purple, and adding pods to the tank. making sure that my CUC can keep up also.