Jolson10450's planted predator biocube!

[thepanfish]

One more bit of knowledge before I go ( i found this out the hard way) dont let the angler ingest air, keep them submersed at all times. If they ingest air they can not expel it and will bloat and die.
Two really incredible fish I hope They do well for you. Good luck.

This, I learned that the hard way too...

[jolson10450]

here are some new updates, this picture as about a week ago right before christmas:


the toadfish came out at night to snoop around:


got a nice full side view of him creeping out the side of his lair looking for food:


and here is a full shot about 3 days ago now that i got the macros in it:

[larryandlaura]

Great pics! Did you decide on what plants and polyps are going in yet?

[jolson10450]

Great pics! Did you decide on what plants and polyps are going in yet?

not sure of the names of the ones i got in there but i dont plan on adding to many more, i did get a frag of happy people eaters in a trade for my tank items i had posted so i might do a few other z's and p's but i also want to get a few sponges and add them as well.

i think for my final fish i am going to be adding a small snowflake eel to the tank. I've always wanted one and people who have never been around saltwater it gives them the "wow" factor so i think that is what i will go with.

[larryandlaura]

Eels rock, eagle eyes are cheap and people love them. It will make your tank pop.

[jolson10450]

Eels rock, eagle eyes are cheap and people love them. It will make your tank pop.

I might get some pom pom xenia because i hear they like dirtier water and eat nitrates but not sure if the lighting is good enough.

[larryandlaura]

[QUOTE=jolson10450;136568]I might get some pom pom xenia because i hear they like dirtier water and eat nitrates but not sure if the lighting is good enough.

You should be fine. The light ( stock PC ) in my 29 biocube let me keep Sps. Up high of course. I had a CPR skimmer in my BC29 that worked well.

[jolson10450]

[quote=larryandlaura;136571]

I might get some pom pom xenia because i hear they like dirtier water and eat nitrates but not sure if the lighting is good enough.

You should be fine. The light ( stock PC ) in my 29 biocube let me keep Sps. Up high of course. I had a CPR skimmer in my BC29 that worked well.

i figured i should be able to especially since i use brightwell salt in a fish only tank. I got brand new bulbs for it. The normal biocube skimmer came with it when i bought it off the guy, i just havent hooked it up because i hear they are junk and a waste of time and they can be noisy. if i start to get bad algaes growing i will try to see if i can hook it up.

[larryandlaura]

I had one of those stock airstone skimmers and could never get it to work. If you keep on your water changes you should be fine.

[jolson10450]

I had one of those stock airstone skimmers and could never get it to work. If you keep on your water changes you should be fine.

yeah i do 5 gallons a week and its only about 22 gallons volume minus rocks and stuff, i figured going planted with tons of macros would help out a bunch as well that is why i decided to go that direction, plus it is something different from coral like i am used to.