Plant ideas for Pygmy enclosure

[Brassaxe]

Should be enough with just a T5 then. Also keep the Umbrella trimmed down. It'll smash into the top of the cage like it's trying to escape after not too long.

 

[Scout]

Should be enough with just a T5 then. Also keep the Umbrella trimmed down. It'll smash into the top of the cage like it's trying to escape after not too long.

Thanks for your help again! Much appreciated, now if only you could help me get my reef tank under control!

 

[Brassaxe]

A better protein skimmer and better foods.

 

[Scout]

A better protein skimmer and better foods.

Haha your right I probably could use an upgraded protein skimmer, but my fish have a extremely varied diet, over 25 different foods!

I'll be purchasing my tank today and some substrate materials. Maybe a few plants.

 

[Brassaxe]

My favorites are Mysis and live Blackworms. Blackworms probably being the best. But I wouldn't waste your money on plants. If your tank has the nutrients to support plants it's probably a dirty tank. The nutrient balance for a reef tank and a planted tank are incompatible. I always stick with a very shallow medium coarse sandbed. Easy to clean and easy to replace as you vacuum it. Reef octopus makes the best skimmers, there are a few other good ones but often the ones a petco or petsmart are junk.

 

[Scout]

My favorites are Mysis and live Blackworms. Blackworms probably being the best. But I wouldn't waste your money on plants. If your tank has the nutrients to support plants it's probably a dirty tank. The nutrient balance for a reef tank and a planted tank are incompatible. I always stick with a very shallow medium coarse sandbed. Easy to clean and easy to replace as you vacuum it. Reef octopus makes the best skimmers, there are a few other good ones but often the ones a petco or petsmart are junk.

I was actually referring to my chameleon tank, I guess cage is a better word. My fish love mysis and spurilina fed brine, along with reef frenzy. I don't have any mangroves either, just Chaeto tumbling in my sump. I as well have a medium sandbed. I wish I could afford a reef octopus. Currently running the SCA 301 it came with the 55 gallon starphire set up. It's decent when you get it dialed in. Are you on any reef forums as well? I tried to attach a FTS idk if it will appear.

 

[Brassaxe]

Yeah same profile name a TRT. I stopped going about a year ago because I decided I was going to help the research community with a parasite I found on a lined dartfish. The tank was shut down for the effort eventually and as you can see it is currently the chameleon tank. All my stuff is still there at TRT.

Anyway hopefully all those plants work out. I'm still looking for more of a vine type plant that would grow in the tank. It would be neat to have living vines.

 

[Scout]

Yeah same profile name a TRT. I stopped going about a year ago because I decided I was going to help the research community with a parasite I found on a lined dartfish. The tank was shut down for the effort eventually and as you can see it is currently the chameleon tank. All my stuff is still there at TRT.

Anyway hopefully all those plants work out. I'm still looking for more of a vine type plant that would grow in the tank. It would be neat to have living vines.

That sounds like a very fun project.

Are there any vines that are living? Or vine type plants?

 

[Brassaxe]

Pothos are kinda vine like. But I want something beefy that won't break with handling while cleaning.

 

[Scout]

Pothos are kinda vine like. But I want something beefy that won't break with handling while cleaning.

Yeah I agree. I'm going to look out for something.