Heeeeey, It's Corruption's younger brother.

[Jordan N.]

Hello MAAST!

I'm planning to start my first Saltwater aquarium in the next few month so I figured I ought to sign up and introduce myself; From everything I've seen this seems like a pretty cool little community.

The tank I'm setting up is going to be a 37 gallon Oceanic Cube. It will probably start out as FOWLR but I fully intend to turn it into a reef once I get a handle on my water parameters.

Anyone have any experience with this light?
http://shop.aquatraders.com/Odyssea-24in-Metal-Halide-System-Basic-p/54221.htm

And here is what I'm looking to eventually stock, feel free to point out anything that looks like a bad idea, this is all pretty new to me.
1 Pair GCR Onyx Clowns
1 Carpenters Wrasse
1 Goby (Not sure which one in specific, but one of the ones that Sifts sand through its gills; Any recommendations would be appreciated.)

~Jordan

[RayAllen]

Welome to Maast!

Ive been here a while since 2004 and the club is a great place to be. You look to be off to a great start. I will follow you thread once started.

[Bill S]

Welcome to MAAST!

[hobogato]

welcome jordan, the only issue you may run into is the sand sifting goby could turn into a hassle in a reef as some of them tend to drop sand all over the rocks and corals.

[profntbtr]

what's up jordan, i remember you when you were just a wee sprout.

[Third Coast Tropical]

Welcome...I have the 150 W version of that light....I like it a lot......no issues thus far...had it about a month now......I was worried because the cost was so low, but its turned out great so far....good luck

[Jordan N.]

welcome jordan, the only issue you may run into is the sand sifting goby could turn into a hassle in a reef as some of them tend to drop sand all over the rocks and corals.

Hmm, I'll do some more reading and take it into consideration. Thank you for the heads up.


what's up jordan, i remember you when you were just a wee sprout.

I wish I could say I knew who this was just off the name alone. Mike maybe? Just going through my head of who would be into SW tanks.


Welcome...I have the 150 W version of that light....I like it a lot......no issues thus far...had it about a month now......I was worried because the cost was so low, but its turned out great so far....good luck

Good to hear, looks like I will be going that route if decide not to give DIY LED a shot.

~Jordan

[ErikH]

Haha welcome. :)

Erik

[corruption]

Heya little bro! :D

Yeah, prof is good ol Mikey -- who else of my friends would be known as 'profntbtr'? :bigsmile:

Welcome to the public side of MAAST! Good place to lurk, GREAT place to hang! (I should know, I'm guilty of both! :D )

-Corruption

[txmaverickmh]

ServerNode,

Let me start off by saying I dont know much, but I have been blessed by some great mentors, and I think you should probably stray from the sand-sifting goby. I actually have the same tank that you are setting up, you can check out my pics on my thread under nano tanks.

I definitely think you should get the GCR clowns once your tank is ready because they will be awesome, but then I think you should try some hardy, economical fish with your new tank. Perhaps, get a frogspawn or something for them to play in, I have found that anemones are difficult to keep in a new tank, but many people have success.

As long as you have about 2-2.5" live sandbed, you might consider one of the cheaper jawfish like the pearl or yellowhead jawfish as they will give you some excitement with the sand and are truly, showpiece fish. Perhaps, instead of a goby, you might try a tail-spot blenny. They are cheap, prob around $18 and they are beautiful and very cool to watch, one of the favorite fish in my tank. As far wrasses, I dont have a carpenter's wrasse, but they are beautiful, I have a velvet wrasse and he does excellent. There are so many different types of wrasses, I would just suggest getting a S-M sized one, becuase mine is getting pretty large (had him for about 4 months) and he is starting to bully a bit.

I am not meaning to confuse you or change your mind, I just have seen great success in my tank with these fish and I wanted to give you my thoughts.

if you have any questions, since we have the same tank setup, please do not hesitate to call me, or come visit me in Corpus sometime soon to check out the GCR clowns, and you can come by my house (only a mile from the store) and see my tank setup.

Call me if you would like!

Michael Hensley
361-920-1465

[corruption]

Hey Jordan -- would you be interested in a trip down to Corpus around the 18th? I go on-call on Dec 23rd, so Jana and I were gonna make our annual xmas light viewing trip down to Corpus the weekend of the 18th -- we could make it a point to come peek at txmaverick's setup... may give you some more fresh ideas! :)

Sand-sifting gobies aren't always massively disturbing, depending how occupied the bottom of your tank is... my Rainfordi is nice and neat in his little piles, keeps them in organized spots away from anything important... my previous Amblygobius phaelena, on the other hand, would take mouthfuls of sand to the top of the rockwork... :)

Mike, don't worry about confusing him -- he does that plenty well on his own... its not his first foray into fishkeeping, but its his first foray into salt.. he's on revision 3 or so of his current plans, so extra ideas just stir up new topics to read :D

-Justin

[Still Learning]

Welcome to the hobby!

I am personally fond of the the golden headed african goby a.k.a golden sleeper goby. It does a great job of sand sifting and it is really cool to watch. Has a pretty yellow head with a blue stripe and a white body. There is also the dragon goby but he isn't as colorful.

If the group has changed your mind and you still want sand sifting there is always the sand sifting starfish and an assortment of snails that will stir your sand for ya.

Happy Reefin'

[Europhyllia]

Hi!

Speaking of sand sifting snails - I love my fighting conchs (they don't fight. They usually hide ;) )

[Jordan N.]

Wow, first off thanks for the well thought out post. And second, don't worry about confusing me or Changing my mind, I want all the criticism I can get so I make the best possible home for my SW fishes.

On the issue of anemones, let it be know I have 0 intention of keeping one. I have little faith in my ability to at the moment and even if I could I have significant issues with wild caught anemones. I've thought about either frog spawn or a Toadstool Leather for the clowns to host; I've heard of successes with both.

I did a quick Google of the Jawfish, that defiantly requires some further reading, very pretty fish.

On a completely unrelated note I just found out that dwarf lionfish exist, they may be the single cutest SW fish I have ever seen. If I didn't want the Onyx clowns so much there is a chance this would have become a single species FOWLR.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qjs6fZ_mqx0

~Jordan

[Jordan N.]

Hey Jordan -- would you be interested in a trip down to Corpus around the 18th? I go on-call on Dec 23rd, so Jana and I were gonna make our annual xmas light viewing trip down to Corpus the weekend of the 18th -- we could make it a point to come peek at txmaverick's setup... may give you some more fresh ideas! :)

Count me in as long as we can make it a point to go check out the onyx clowns too (even if the tank isn't likely to be ready by then.), I'll request it off when I go into work this weekend.

[corruption]

Absolutely, we want to check out GCReef and Aquarium Masters -- haven't been to either yet :) Consider that one of the days of the trip -- the xmas lights don't come on until the night anyway :D

Mike, what time on the weekend of 12/18 would work for you? We'll plan our fish-geeking around it :)

-Justin

[txmaverickmh]

Guys, you just come on down, and I will be ready for you both! You guys can visit my house, and then we can stroll over to GC Reef at whatever time works best for you guys, I have keys to GC Reef so we can check things out, but the lights go off at about 7pm so anytime during the day!

Michael

[profntbtr]

i went to gcreef when i was down there last, and it gets two big thumbs up from me, even though they were just opening at the time.

[justahobby]

Welcome to MAAST! A FOWLR is a great way to start out.

I've had great success with my 36" 250W odyssea fixture. It's alodda light! :) One suggestion though, you may want to have a suspension system to raise the lights. It would come in handy when you are adding new corals.

[Mr Cob]

On the issue of anemones, let it be know I have 0 intention of keeping one. I have little faith in my ability to at the moment and even if I could I have significant issues with wild caught anemones. I've thought about either frog spawn or a Toadstool Leather for the clowns to host; I've heard of successes with both.



Welcome to MAAST, your older brother has already been bitten by the MAAST snake and he's infected. I see he has passed it on to you now...LOL!

I saw your post above and wanted to add that once your tank is established and stable provided you do get MH, you'll be able to keep an anemone. The GBTA and RBTA's are very hardy and they split pretty regularly so you could scoop up a clone from a member that way you do not have to buy a specimen from the ocean. Clones are floating around everywhere in this club.

Good luck. Can't wait to see some pics of your build.

[Kristy]

So I guess THIS is who Justin's been corrupting...

[corruption]

Kristy: muahahaha, you know it! :)

-Corruption

[sampsonndelila]

You get used to it, and you can hardly beat the white sand.


welcome jordan, the only issue you may run into is the sand sifting goby could turn into a hassle in a reef as some of them tend to drop sand all over the rocks and corals.

[JoshOdphi]

hey....welcome to MAAST.....i have that exact mh light fixture on my 37reef...have had it for almost a year and have had no probs wutsoever....actually seen a lot of growth from it....

[JoshOdphi]

hey just looked at tha pic again...mine has acitinics as well....but still u shouldnt have a prob...

[Mrs. z28pwr]

HI!!! Welcome to MAAST

[Jordan N.]

HI!!! Welcome to MAAST

Thank you for the welcome, if you look in the nano forums I started a new tank journal; I have the rocks sitting and cycling at the moment



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