Skimmer HELP PLEASE!

alright well thanks for all the help guys! any good ideas of what i should get for live stock? i have 45 pounds of rock in a 40 gallon with 20-30 pounds of sand so i should be good there. i was thinking 1 -2 clowns and some other undecided small fish as well. any ideas? also could i keep a yellow tang in my tank? there is plenty of swimming room with the way the rock is set up. and 1 more thing! should i keep both my filter and skimmer off during cycling or just my skimmer?

 

should post new thread with what you have and what you want to stock with. It will be easier for people to help you then if you give all paramiters of tank when doing so.

Keep filter running while cycling your filter will have to cycle also.

fill this out it will help

Brief description of the problem.
A picture(s) will also help.
PARAMETERS (important)
Temperature:
PH:
Ammonia:
Nitrite:
Nitrate:
Salinity:
dKH/KH/Alkalinity:
Magnesium:
Calcium:
Phosphate:

Tank size?
Estimated total system?

Reef, fish only or, freshwater?

Current inhabitants? What and how many?
Clean up crew?

How long has your tank been set-up?

Substrate.
Type?
Depth?

Live rock?
How much?
Did you recently add some?

Filtration.
Type?
Protein skimmer?
Do you wet or dry skim?
Maintenance schedule for filtration?
Drilled tank/hang on back overflow?
Sump/refugium. What's in it and how much?
Macro? What kind?

Lighting.
Lighting type?
Age of bulbs?

Feeding
What?
How much?
How often?

Water change schedule.
How much?
How often?
What salt brand?
Water source?

Additives/supplements used?

Do you have a ground probe?
What kind of flow does your tank have?

Any additional info you would like to share.... Including anything different that you have done/not done.

Let's get to the bottom of this. Any of the above info that is questionable to you is pertinent to keeping a happy/healthy tank/wallet.

 

hey, i have a question for you! i have heard of a aquatics store called J&L aquatics. ever heard of it? and if so is it worth it? it is located in BC somewhere.

 

Clowns are always a good addition. They are peaceful, very hardy, and add some color and personality when they warm up to you and their new home.

A Royal Gramma is also a good add in. Maybe a Wrasse of some sorts, or 2 Chromis (small schooling fish that look cool in a school). And you could top it all off with maybe a dwarf angel. At least, that's what we are doing in our 46

You could keep one...but you would eventually have to give it to an LFS or other reef tank. They need normally around 75 gallons minimum when fully grown. A friend of mine has a yellow tang in a 29 gallon, and that thing is the most perky little fish in their. He's pretty much the boss hawg of the joint, and the plan was made with the LFS he bought it from that when it gets too big, it's either coming to our tank for a while, or back into the 500+ gallon LFS frag tanks That little guy has a good life. Lucky devil.

 

Yup, One of my Favorite LFS. Great people and amazing products.

J