BDEW's 29 gallon

Hello.

First and for most I woud like to just give you my paramiters.

Ammonia - 0 ppm
Nitrite - 0 ppm
Nitrate - 10 ppm
PH- 8.4
Calcium - 450
Havent really tested the others.

Tank Specs:

29 gal. tank 30 long
36" Nova Extream 4x39watt T5HO 10K/460nm Lamp Fixture
Fluval 205 Canister Filter 180GPH
Fluval Surface Skimmer
SeaClone 100 Protein Skimmer
Hydor Koralia 3 Power Head 850GPH
Hydor Koralia 2 Power Head 600GPH
Hydor Koralia 1 Power Head 300GPH ( I wanted to try all 3...lol)
50lbs of Tonga, Fiji and Pacific Shelf live rock
30lbs of live sand

My Fish

1- Lawn Mower Blenny (aka Fat Man)
1- Flame Angel (aka Boss Man)
1- Neon Velvet Damsel
1- True Percula Clown
1- Diamond Watchamn Gobbie

My Inverts
1- Urchin (came with the rock0
1- Sponge (came with the rock)
1- Clam (came with the live rock)
1- Skunk Cleaner Shrimp (aka Greedy Bast... well you know)
1- Rose Bubbletim Anemone
2- Emerald Crabs
2- Nassaris Sanails
5- Turbo Snails

Corals/Polyps

2- Zoa frags (not sure what the are but they glow under atinics so w/e)
1- Branching Hammer
1- Brain (not sure what type. Came with the live rock)
1- Some sort of SPS that came on the rock.

Now or pics

 

Pics

 

more pics

 

Thats a whole lot of flow for a 29g. How long your tank been up? lookin good.

 

Great set up you have there, looks fantastic. long term though i would ditch the sea clone skimmer for somethng along the lines of an octo NWB 110 or something and probably loose the canister. You will see when you add more livestock you will have to constanly clean the canister and im sure you will find the sea clone less than adequate at removing skim. Again, this is really only if you want some more stock in there. That is all in all a beautiful setup and hope to see some updates, happy reefing.

 

My tank has been up and running for around 12-13 weeks.

I have my power heads on differnt timers. The 300 GPH is on all the time as well as the flow from the filter and the skimmer. The 850 is on during the day light cycle and the 600 is on during the night cycle.

I think the pic of my current look shows how happy every one is for sure.

 

At the moment I'm saving up to get a 20 gal sump and a better skimmer.

I do 20% water changes every 2 weeks and I take the time to clean the canister filter. At the moment my skimmer is producing some really dark brown/green stuff. Its a pretty nice skimmer actually. It has a venturi style pump instead of a bubble rock. I clean the cup every 2-3 days. I also feed every 2-3 days.

 

I have also been told to just lose the canister filter because I have 50 lbs of live rock in a 29 gallon....lol I might try it for a couple of days.

 

I have like 40-45lbs, i have a Emporer 400 that i run carbon in....i would get like a 200 and run carbon in it..

 

I dont know if you guys noticed but I dont have the stock pipe that came with the canister filter. I have a surface skimmer that works almost just like an over flow. No real debris go into the filter other then the junk on the top of the water. I turn all the flow off when I feed my fish and corals and of corse I only feed them the amount they eat in 2-3 min. If any thing is left over my shrimp and snails gobble up. Then I turn every thing back on. The only real debris I find in the canister is when I take a power head and "dust off" my rocks.

EDIT:

I'm currently running carbon also.