Toomanyfish Posted March 6, 2017 Share Posted March 6, 2017 Finally got some killer live rock and had to fill the tank Need to aquascape tomorrow and hook up the skimmer. 3 Quote Link to comment
Toomanyfish Posted March 7, 2017 Author Share Posted March 7, 2017 Today after some rearranging 3 Quote Link to comment
yungKitten Posted March 7, 2017 Share Posted March 7, 2017 Wow, that does look like some fantastic LR! Did you order it online? Or does your LFS just have killer rock. Quote Link to comment
Toomanyfish Posted March 7, 2017 Author Share Posted March 7, 2017 There's some shrooms and some kind of encrusting sps on the rocks. It's all well established live rock , wondering if there's going to to have a mini cycle or not 1 Quote Link to comment
xAyanex Posted March 7, 2017 Share Posted March 7, 2017 I love the aquascape you have made! Quote Link to comment
yungKitten Posted March 7, 2017 Share Posted March 7, 2017 There will be some die off. Only testing will tell when the cycle is over. I think it's better to be on the conservative side when it comes to cycling. Quote Link to comment
Toomanyfish Posted March 7, 2017 Author Share Posted March 7, 2017 Its original marcorocks dry rock from early 2000 ( they don't sell this type any more ) it came from a tank that was set up for 9 years Here's some close up of some of the mushrooms Quote Link to comment
Toomanyfish Posted March 8, 2017 Author Share Posted March 8, 2017 So I keep adding a little bit of food to keep a bio load and found a few hitchhikers Quote Link to comment
Toomanyfish Posted March 8, 2017 Author Share Posted March 8, 2017 Not bad for a tank that's been running for 2 days lol Quote Link to comment
yungKitten Posted March 8, 2017 Share Posted March 8, 2017 I like the mushrooms. Quote Link to comment
bonghapster Posted March 8, 2017 Share Posted March 8, 2017 what are your livestock plans? Quote Link to comment
Toomanyfish Posted March 8, 2017 Author Share Posted March 8, 2017 It's more for my little daughter so a pair of clowns ,might get a sailfin blenny and snails as for corals I'm going for a mix of everything . Need to upgrade the lights first Hers a few shots of it right now, 3 days old 2 Quote Link to comment
Christopher Marks Posted March 9, 2017 Share Posted March 9, 2017 It's clearing up nicely! That's a cool hitchhiker shroom, it's always fascinating to see what hidden life starts to emerge from live rock in a new tank. Quote Link to comment
Toomanyfish Posted March 9, 2017 Author Share Posted March 9, 2017 Got a few small brittle stars in there and some worms too Quote Link to comment
Toomanyfish Posted March 11, 2017 Author Share Posted March 11, 2017 First inhabitants Quote Link to comment
yungKitten Posted March 11, 2017 Share Posted March 11, 2017 13 minutes ago, Toomanyfish said: First inhabitants Params? Quote Link to comment
Toomanyfish Posted March 11, 2017 Author Share Posted March 11, 2017 Ammonia and no2 at zero 1 Quote Link to comment
Toomanyfish Posted March 12, 2017 Author Share Posted March 12, 2017 Couple of new additions Quote Link to comment
Toomanyfish Posted March 12, 2017 Author Share Posted March 12, 2017 Lfs didn't want to sell me the shrimp because the tanks only been running for a week , they told me they wouldn't replace it if it died . They didn't believe I had brittle stars in the tank lol Quote Link to comment
yungKitten Posted March 12, 2017 Share Posted March 12, 2017 You have a great LFS. 1 Quote Link to comment
RotaryReef Posted March 12, 2017 Share Posted March 12, 2017 Moving a little fast, LFS was right in not wanting to sell you the shrimp wit a tank that has only been running a week. The sitting of brittle stars in your tank doesn't mean its established. Either way since you have the clowns and shrimp already: Time to perform a water change if you haven't already. Also, I would hold back on adding anymore live stock for a while and keep your eye on your ammonia, nitrites, and nitrates. Keep on top of weekly water changes. Quote Link to comment
Toomanyfish Posted March 12, 2017 Author Share Posted March 12, 2017 Not a fan of many water changes here, unless there's a real big problem this is the smallest tank I've ever had since 2004 but shouldn't be any harder to take care of as long as water is stable like any other tank Quote Link to comment
Figster Posted March 12, 2017 Share Posted March 12, 2017 Op did say the live rocks did come from another tank, now whether those live rocks had a short transit or if they been out water for a while that has not been mentioned. So cycling may not be as bad if they went from one tank to another. But Toom everyone is right, you should slow down a bit, nothing is worse than loosing live stock, for you and them, let the tank have a chance to get stable. Also water changes are extremely important in the saltwater world, not sure if had other saltwater tanks or fresh, but you should at least do a water change every few weeks and that's only if you have really easy corals, the sps coral on those rocks will not make it. Quote Link to comment
Toomanyfish Posted March 12, 2017 Author Share Posted March 12, 2017 Hi , are you in BRS? If so the live rock came from Deltas tank and in less then 30 minutes was in this tank. Quote Link to comment
Figster Posted March 13, 2017 Share Posted March 13, 2017 Nope, just a regular reefer. But that would be cool if I was in brs . Quote Link to comment
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