29 Gallon Reef Update Day 174

Just a quick update of the new addition to the tank, the next fish i would like to add more live rock and an anemone next and eventually as the tank matures introduce a mandarin dragonet and finally add a flame angel once the mandarin settles in. Any feedback would be greatly appreciated.

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Pets & Animals

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• Royal Gramma
• Reef Tank
• Nano Reef
• Clown Fish
• Yellow Tail Damsel

[Implacable17]

how do you get your background to look like that? with spots all over

[macruzjr]

@Implacable17 the background is just a regular black background, the spots are purple coraline algea growing in the tank, u need to have live rock with purple coraline algea on it in the tank and then to make it spread and grow i used Purpleup at night

[Link4681]

mandarin? hmm... i wouldnt necessarily go ora mandarins because they arent guaranteed to eat frozen. to keep a good pod population, a refugium would be really helpful, and you can always try to train a mandarin to eat frozen, but you need lots of patience and sometimes they might not even eat at all except for pods and starve. Even riskier in a smaller tank. for the anemone you need to hve excellent conditions; maybe wait more, but since im writing now, im sure your tank has been established

[macruzjr]

@Link4681 looking forward to posting an update soon i havnt had time because ive been finishing my masters degree and working full time so its been rough doing updates ill probebly get one up mid may after i graduate the tank is looking pritty good a little different rock work, glass has alot of coraline algea that i need to take care of witha clean razor blade and im thinking about redesigning refugium due to some minor headaches ive been having with noise

[MyBobbob12]

Any updates please

[Jokester3610]

Nice tank man.  When can u do another update?

[TWhite2345]

Nice when u can make a update of the anemone, one of my friends say that it wouldn't be good to put one in idk why it probably has to do with me putting little shrimp in.

[WWpictures100]

I suggest feeding them pellet foods because flake food can get a little messy and cause nitrate problems

[Implacable17]

@Implacable17 thanks for your response, do you know whats the best way to get the purple algae? i

[MyBobbob12]

Ok so how much did the freshwater tank COst ok and do a vidieo of both

[Link4681]

@macruzjr ok well good luck with that. If you really want to try the mandarin put some chaeto in the refugium and let the pods thrive there. I think it's good if you dumped some live pods in there to reproduce as well by feeding them phyto plankton every few days. also chaeto helps lowers nitrates so its helpful in the long run. for the anemone be careful; i've heard of them actually eating mandarins a few times