My 29 any advice

Any advice would be greatly appreciated
I have a 29g high glass (23h-23l-12w) with glass top cut to fit accessories.

Penguin biowheel 150 without the wheel

prizum skimmer on from 7am til 7pm

170 gph pump for water movement, mounted at top of tank at slight
angle down, flow from right to left as you look at the tank.
on from 7am til 7pm

heater stick, temp stays between 74-80

2 inchs sand and approx. 20lbs of fiji live rock

coralife aqualight 1 65 watt 10,000k fluoresent, 1-65 watt actint both on from
7am till 7pm and actint is also on only from 5am, and from 7pm till 9pm to
simulate morning, and night, and a moon light from 9pm till 5am.

1 green brittle star

11 scarlet hermits

6 nassau snails

4 margarita snails

2 false perculas

1 orchid dottyback

1 cheveron tang

some hairy shroons

small frag of hammer

 

Welcome to 3 reef Stonepilot.
How long has your system been running? Do you have any pics? My first observation is your temp swings between 74 and 80 degrees. Is this daily? I would remove the glass tops on your tank to help regulate temp. Hopefully to only a 2 degree change. Also I would run the skimmer and your water movement pump 24/7. JMO
Scott

 

running one month. distilled wated from walmart, no ammonia no nitrites, no nitrates ph stabil at 8.1 but only test in afternoon. temp swings from night to day but has been staying pretty consistant lately at 75. jpegs are to big

 

Up your LR to 1-2 LBS per gallon and you can get rid of the filter and only use it on ocassion to run carbon.

Ditto on the PH and skimmer on 24/7

 

Ditto on what everyone has said so far.....
Wait at least another month to six weeks for your system to become even more stable before adding any more corals or fish. BTW if you decide to add any more corals, with your lighting (pc 2x65 watts) stay with the lesser light demanding corals like what you have now. Leathers and soft, no sps.
Welcome to 3Reef.

Jim

 

Hey post a pic of those shroons, never heard of those before.

 

shroons

pics to get started

 

rickzter love to see a pic of the whole tank.

 

Stone, welcome to 3Reef!
I think your lights are heating up the tank, and you've compensated by lowering the thermostat on your heater. I like having the glass top on the tank. I see from your picture that you have the lights raised away from the water, so I'm at a loss as what you could do to even out your temperature variation.
I disagree with Diver. The lighting you have is fine, and would be adequate for a tank twice your size. (We've had these lighting discussions before. See the lighting posts or the anemone posts).
Karma to you for a good post!

 

Thanks saw39 temps have been stabil at about 75. trying for a stabil 80. started dosing for a ph of 8.3 or better stabil right now at 8.1.