July NTOTM...Bigbyrd's 30G Finnex - Page 2

kev apsley · #26 08/23/2007, 06:15 PM

great tank! can we see pix of your lights?

Bigbyrd · #27 08/24/2007, 06:40 PM

sure ill post some later on tonight

Bigbyrd · #28 08/24/2007, 07:23 PM

PurpleUP · #29 08/25/2007, 01:08 PM

That light is elegant. Nice how it's suspended. After having this tank for a little while now, would you have done anything differently? I'm thinking about buying a 30 or 34G myself.

Bigbyrd · #30 08/25/2007, 04:25 PM

i can honestly say i wouldnt have done anything different, i love the skimmer, the light, all my livestock, rockwork, the tank itself....everything is just about how i planned it or better

ThomasinKind · #31 09/01/2007, 10:11 PM

Gorgeous tank and congrats on the win.

Have you had any temperature issues? If so, what have you done to ameliorate them?

Bigbyrd · #32 09/01/2007, 10:17 PM

thanks...i did have issues the first day i got the light...but went out to walmart and bought an $8 fan that i have about 3 feet from the tank, stays a steady 80-82 night and day...and i think raising the light helped a bit too, when i had the legs on it could get up to 84 sometimes

ZooZ · #33 09/01/2007, 11:42 PM

Tell me about your filtration equipment. Congrats on the win

Bigbyrd · #34 09/02/2007, 08:49 PM

sure...i use an Aqua C Remora skimmer with an mj1200, also have a coralife uv sterilizer, 9 watts i believe, about 50lbs of lr, a sack of chemipure on occasion and a sponge after water changes.

ZooZ · #35 09/03/2007, 04:38 AM

I have a pair of black and white clowns and I wantes to add some anthias but was afriad to so because my clowns are very aggressive. How did you overcome this obstacle? Did you have the anthias in the tank first?

Bigbyrd · #36 09/03/2007, 04:18 PM

guess i got lucky? the clowns have been in since the beginning, just added the anthias about 2 months ago, they never touched em, i didnt have any fear that they would either....my radiant wrasse on the other hand was harassed pretty badly til he died...but i dont think theyd bother the anthias, if anything i would think opposite, but thats not the case either...they all get along very well

rhenson · #37 12/27/2007, 02:21 PM

Hi, I've got almost the exact same setup, but I'm not looking nearly so good!

I noted the following:
-bi-weekly 5 gallon water changes
-dose 2 little fishies C-balance daily
-dose Combisan weekly

Whould you mind letting me know your feeding schedule as well? Type/amount/frequency?

Thanks!

gregrocks79 · #38 12/27/2007, 06:33 PM

BEAUTIFUL tank and amazing pictures and great camera work! Love the kitty watching too

saltydragon · #39 12/27/2007, 09:50 PM

sweet nano.....very clean and love the 2 islands

racksteris · #40 12/27/2007, 10:44 PM

Love your tank. You take VERY good pictures.

icepick96 · #41 12/30/2007, 12:21 AM

Nice looking tank.

I've read the entire thread and noone asked about your return pump. So what return pump are you using rated at 465gph?

Bigbyrd · #42 12/30/2007, 01:18 AM

rhenson- when i had the anthias i fed twice a day, rods food and mysis and pellets sometimes, i lost the anthias and just had the clowns for a while and fed once a day, mostly pellets and mysis once in a while, now i have a flame angel and still feed once or twice a day, but mostly mysis cuz he wont eat pellets

gregrocks, salty dragon, racksteris- thanks!

icepick- thanks, the return pump is just the stock finnex pump at 475gph

icepick96 · #43 12/30/2007, 02:13 AM

Thanks Bigbyrd,

I must have the older model Finnex.