Crob5965 July 20, 2014 Share July 20, 2014 I'm thinking of getting one of these for my desk at work, has anyone tried one? for the price I dont think I can find a better deal, I plan on keeping some zoas, Ricordea and inverts, thinking of a watchman goby and pistol shrimp. may add an adult Sohal tang later any thoughts? http://www.drsfostersmith.com/Product/prod_display.cfm?pcatid=15493 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
miggs76 July 20, 2014 Share July 20, 2014 I had one...darn near impossible to keep a stable salinity in it. If you buy one I'd suggest only keeping easy softies and that's about it. When a small amount of tank water would evaporate the salinity would go from 1.025 to 1.028 in a day Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XxTech MoneyxX July 20, 2014 Share July 20, 2014 I had one...darn near impossible to keep a stable salinity in it. If you buy one I'd suggest only keeping easy softies and that's about it. When a small amount of tank water would evaporate the salinity would go from 1.025 to 1.028 in a day+1 I have a 2.5 and only keep zoas in there. I can defiantly see it being a nice little set-up at work, go for it! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lutz123 July 20, 2014 Share July 20, 2014 I have one that I almost ignore. It currently has a yellow clown goby, 5 sexy shrimp, a pom pom crab, and a few lps (duncan, favia, clove polyps). I have a little macroalgae too and a couple of snails. Tank is easy. I can't tell you the salinity, but I it has lost alot of water (an inch down) on a couple of vacations and nothing terrible happened. While I am well versed on the reasons against, I haven't changed the water in this tank since January/February - just topped off with distilled. No algae issues, everything is active. It isn't exploding in growth so it clearly is struggling a little, but as long as something is fairly hardy I wouldn't worry too much if you can do easy maintenance (water change with a 16 oz cup). When I was only letting it go down a quarter inch and doing regular water changes I got some pretty good growth. Oh, I just remembered this little nugget. The hob filter died several months ago (pre-water change) and it has been running with a simple air pump releasing bubbles a little faster than one per second. No other flow. Lighting is stock. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crob5965 July 27, 2014 Author Share July 27, 2014 I have one that I almost ignore. It currently has a yellow clown goby, 5 sexy shrimp, a pom pom crab, and a few lps (duncan, favia, clove polyps). I have a little macroalgae too and a couple of snails. Tank is easy. I can't tell you the salinity, but I it has lost alot of water (an inch down) on a couple of vacations and nothing terrible happened. While I am well versed on the reasons against, I haven't changed the water in this tank since January/February - just topped off with distilled. No algae issues, everything is active. It isn't exploding in growth so it clearly is struggling a little, but as long as something is fairly hardy I wouldn't worry too much if you can do easy maintenance (water change with a 16 oz cup). When I was only letting it go down a quarter inch and doing regular water changes I got some pretty good growth. Oh, I just remembered this little nugget. The hob filter died several months ago (pre-water change) and it has been running with a simple air pump releasing bubbles a little faster than one per second. No other flow. Lighting is stock. Thanks for all the info, I have a small 30 gal Canister that I may switch out the HOB with, that was one of the complaints I saw in the reviews. I think this is going to happen not sure about livestock yet but it will be minimal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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