29 gallon Aquascape

[Jmulgrew97]

So I am appx. 4-5 weeks into my 29 gallon fish only tank, and have just added a peculiaris clown, hippo tang and cleaner shrimp, and am looking into adding a few more inverts and fish in a couple weeks, any suggestions on what would be compatible and go well with my existing fish?

 

[mikestanked]

cool looking tank, i am into the more realistic style looking tanks but yours is cool non the less. maybe a BTA, and some sort of blennie, firefish, or goby. and i think you need some more live rock. what kind of filter and power heads are you running?

 

[Jmulgrew97]

Well thank you very much, I certainly do enjoy it, and I appreciate the suggestions, thinking along the lines ofmamfirefish and maybe an emerald crab, as far as the filters go they came in a set, so may not be completely correct but I'm fairly certain I'm running a 120 gp power head, how much more live rock are you thinking? I'm at appx 15 lbs right now

 

[mikestanked]

I would say I have approximately 35lbs or more of base rock and live rock. And I have a 550gph power head and I plan on getting another 550 also.

 

[Jmulgrew97]

Well seeing that I have received quite a few comments about adding more live rock, I can't see 10-20 more lbs hurting.. Btw big fan of your tank, very very cool natural looking, and neat design with live rock, what size is it?

 

[mikestanked]

29gallon long same as yours I think

 

[Jmulgrew97]

1more quick question if you don't mind, how much were you able to healthily stock in that size of tank?

 

[mikestanked]

Let me answer this to my understanding of your question. How many fish can our size tank hold? I would say at least 5 different species, but nothing that will grow to big. I have a lawnmower blenny, a azure damsel, and a maroon clown, along with 1 cleaner shrimp, 3 peppermint shrimp,1 chocolate chip starfish and about 8 Margarita snails, and 5 hermits.
As to the amount of fish my LFS said that I need more, due to the fact my damsel is attacking my clown. And more fish would help in my clowns favor.

 

[Jmulgrew97]

Exactly the answer I was looking for, thank you! I am going to look into stocking up to 6 smaller based fish, along with 2-4 inverts I think that'll work

 

[Beengirl]

Well seeing that I have received quite a few comments about adding more live rock, I can't see 10-20 more lbs hurting.. Btw big fan of your tank, very very cool natural looking, and neat design with live rock, what size is it?

1-1.5 lb per gallon of rock is recommended. Don't have to do it all at once, can add a piece here and there, and you could do some of it as base rock, which is cheaper. I have a 55 and over few months added rock and I have about 60# LR now. Here's my tank.

 

[mikestanked]

Wow that's really cool looking, is that a bowfront? And did u glue that rock or is it all natural?

 

[Beengirl]

Wow that's really cool looking, is that a bowfront? And did u glue that rock or is it all natural?

Yeah, it's a 55g bow. That's why the rock is in a semi-circle shape. No, I didn't glue it. I just made sure that the pieces kinda naturally "locked" onto each other when setting it up. And i put rock in first so that when my pistol shrimp digs, it wont fall on him.