canisterreef
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I have a new set up - 35g. Its canister filter run (huge oase biomaster) with a bubble magnus qq1 and lots of live rock. It’s been running for 3 month. Have two red sea led lights and an ato and two Nero 3 wavemakers running. Testing with Hanna kits and so far all is going well I think (cal 445, alk 8.9, phos 0.02, nitrate 0.1, salinity 1.025, PH 8.4, mag 1390). I’m cleaning pre filters on canister weekly and doing 10% water changes. Minimal diatoms throughout.
Added trochus and nerite snails with 5 hermits and 3 cleaner shrimp few weeks ago and all doing well. Added Midas blenny, fire fish and two neon blennys a week ago and all feeding well and seem very settled. Used colony bacteria dosing when adding livestock. Since adding fish my nitrates went up but I expected that with the feeding and poop. All seems stable and testing weekly.
I appreciate it’s a small tank but it’s my first marine after keeping trops for years.
Starting small and hope to build up and covert my large trop tank if I am successful with this smaller tank
I am picking up a pair of onyx snow clowns this weekend but would also like to add a watchman Goby and pistol shrimp.
Also have my first soft corals coming next week - six zoas, one clove, one Kenya tree, a GSP (going on back glass I hope), two mushrooms and a sympodium.
Is this an ok stocking level for my 35g?
If yes, is this my max stocking?
Or any other suggestions on set up and plans welcomed.
In my large planted trop I am overstocked but I’m a maintenance junkie so keep that at 10ppm nitrate without issues so wonder if same principle can be applied with marine?
Thanks in advance
Added trochus and nerite snails with 5 hermits and 3 cleaner shrimp few weeks ago and all doing well. Added Midas blenny, fire fish and two neon blennys a week ago and all feeding well and seem very settled. Used colony bacteria dosing when adding livestock. Since adding fish my nitrates went up but I expected that with the feeding and poop. All seems stable and testing weekly.
I appreciate it’s a small tank but it’s my first marine after keeping trops for years.
Starting small and hope to build up and covert my large trop tank if I am successful with this smaller tank
I am picking up a pair of onyx snow clowns this weekend but would also like to add a watchman Goby and pistol shrimp.
Also have my first soft corals coming next week - six zoas, one clove, one Kenya tree, a GSP (going on back glass I hope), two mushrooms and a sympodium.
Is this an ok stocking level for my 35g?
If yes, is this my max stocking?
Or any other suggestions on set up and plans welcomed.
In my large planted trop I am overstocked but I’m a maintenance junkie so keep that at 10ppm nitrate without issues so wonder if same principle can be applied with marine?
Thanks in advance
