Whats up with my cleaner shrimp?

[reefwars]

Originally Posted by nanomano

thanks brad and reefwars, I have a sliding glass lid with a plastic peice at the back thats supposed to seal up the tank, but I drilled holes all over it, cause I know fish need oxygen lol. the reason I have a lid is cause I have heard of lots of fish jumping didnt want to risk it ya know? I guess I'll have to convince my wife to let me suspend the light lol, and find brackets for hanging this light, I know they make them, but I'm sure I could get away with something different

whenever you get a chance do a search here for covers, alot of people make some good ones mine was made from mesh.........its one of the things im still learning after all these years ...i still dont have a cover lol

you can get cables that suspend from your ceiling and i got the adjustable holders for the cable at aquagiant in edmonton it as $5 for the set of 2 and the cable or simply build a canopy...no jumpers and hidden light all at the same time hehehe

[reefwars]

no problem at all its why were here we are just happy to help

[Nano]

Originally Posted by reefwars

whenever you get a chance do a search here for covers, alot of people make some good ones mine was made from mesh.........its one of the things im still learning after all these years ...i still dont have a cover lol

you can get cables that suspend from your ceiling and i got the adjustable holders for the cable at aquagiant in edmonton it as $5 for the set of 2 and the cable or simply build a canopy...no jumpers and hidden light all at the same time hehehe

oh hey good idea like that plastic mesh or what is it called like screen kind of but thicker lol. yeah that should work! all this stuff I have to get, watch my next thread will be titled, "anyone need a tank? the wife says either I go or the tank does" just kidding haha

[reefwars]

Originally Posted by nanomano

oh hey good idea like that plastic mesh or what is it called like screen kind of but thicker lol. yeah that should work! all this stuff I have to get, watch my next thread will be titled, "anyone need a tank? the wife says either I go or the tank does" just kidding haha

i just used the metal mesh but ive also used netting before as well.so long as it doesnt block out the light your fine.



did you see my sig lol "turns out the misses wasnt reefsafe" yeahhhh that i put to the test and was true lol

[Coralgurl]

I saw a thread where a guy was trying to trade his wife for corals....be careful what you offer up...lol

[Nano]

Originally Posted by Coralgurl

I saw a thread where a guy was trying to trade his wife for corals....be careful what you offer up...lol

lol thats rich!

[Blom]

good cover is egg crate, you can pick it up at home depot. Its useful stuff

[Nano]

Originally Posted by Blom

good cover is egg crate, you can pick it up at home depot. Its useful stuff

funny thing is My dad has some in his garage, phoned him up, and he gave me a nice 24x16 peice which is more then enough to play with! score! now I just have to convince the Mrs. to let me hang up the light lol

[Nano]

Originally Posted by reefwars

i just used the metal mesh but ive also used netting before as well.so long as it doesnt block out the light your fine.



did you see my sig lol "turns out the misses wasnt reefsafe" yeahhhh that i put to the test and was true lol

lol mines reef safe she just hates the cost of things with a baby!! haha but so do i, luckily you dont have to buy it over and over. I have a turbo snail, I thought he was covered in small barnacles, turned out hes covered in small feather dusters, he's probably the best cleaner/filter feeder in my tank haha

[reefwars]

just keep in mind where your corals are under t5's now not to shock them all at once so if its possible dont thro away the t5's just yet do your regular schedule with halides for 1 hr a day for 1 week then 2 hrs a day for 1 week and keep going untill your up to 6-8hrs of halides.

ideally you want to replicate our sun as much as possible with low light in the evenings and mornings and the highest light mid day and then moon lights.....its a hard thing to do in a 20g as there isnt alot of space but its not a must to have this just helps us replicate mother nature more better