Hello from NY !

[1CAV]

Just saying hello , and reading everyone's topics about this hobby ! Our family is getting into an aquarium after a family trip . Our 4 yr old daughter loved the fish..mainly Nemo ,so were setting up a Biocube 32 

Planning to start w a pair of clowns , big shock there ! I'm hoping for a black snowflake and daughter's Nemo 

Wife really like the fire fish aka dartfish

Eventually I'd like to add a couple beginners corals like gsp, or pulsing xenia for variety

 

[William]

Welcome, where in NY are you 

[1CAV]

Outside Cortland 

[1CAV]

So the cube is running ! Theres base rock w a few pieces of life dead rock, then we added a couple pieces of live rock around it . The sand is Carib sea Fiji pink. I added a 100 w heater to chamber 1 , and currently waiting for the Intake medium stack to arrive . These pics were the morning after filling,  and still was a bit cloudy. 

I've had the lights off after reading to keep them off during my cycle, to reduce the algae blooms .

[1CAV]

Last night I spotted a hitch hiker..or multiple hanging around on the rock..sm star and the bristle worms . I removed the star but the worm ducked back in a hole...I added a 6 line wrasse to my shopping list 

[Guest]

Wonderful tank! How’s it going now?

[1CAV]

On 8/10/2020 at 10:07 PM, FreshwaterFishMan said:

Wonderful tank! How’s it going now?

Sorry just noticed your message!  Tanks doing well , just added 2 frags of firework clove polyps . Hopefully the local lfs will have  a decent hammer im wanting to add for color 

[Guest]

Amazing to see it moving along 🙂

[RoyalGramma001]

When are you getting fish?

[1CAV]

3 hours ago, RoyalGramma001 said:

When are you getting fish?

We added a couple . There's 2 snowflake clowns,  a firefish and coral beauty angel.  We added the angel and firefish last wknd. 

 

I started noticing bits of leftover food and diatoms  so we bought a cleaner shrimp,, 3 trochus snails and a couple scarlet leg hermits .   Last wknd while picking up the firefish wife spotted a intense red fire shrimp so it came home too. 

I've been testing water every 2days, and they look very good.  Holding steady 0 am 0 nitrites and 5 nitrates . 

 

I ordered 2 frags of TSA firework clove polyps from budsman , and they started opening up tonite very happy  ! This was taken right after arriving 

 

[RoyalGramma001]

1 hour ago, 1CAV said:

We added a couple . There's 2 snowflake clowns,  a firefish and coral beauty angel.  We added the angel and firefish last wknd. 

 

I started noticing bits of leftover food and diatoms  so we bought a cleaner shrimp,, 3 trochus snails and a couple scarlet leg hermits .   Last wknd while picking up the firefish wife spotted a intense red fire shrimp so it came home too. 

I've been testing water every 2days, and they look very good.  Holding steady 0 am 0 nitrites and 5 nitrates . 

 

I ordered 2 frags of TSA firework clove polyps from budsman , and they started opening up tonite very happy  ! This was taken right after arriving 

 

Those are very pretty fish! I have a yellow watchman goby and a pair of tomato clownfish in my 20 gallon.

[RoyalGramma001]

What are your future plans for the tank @1CAV?

[1CAV]

52 minutes ago, RoyalGramma001 said:

What are your future plans for the tank @1CAV?

Just a few corals for added movement and thats about it . We have a small piece of xenia , and gsp right now . 

[RoyalGramma001]

That's nice simple always looks nicer than a crowded tank in my opinion.

[1CAV]

Added a hammer , and trumpet coral today. We wanted something very bright , and these neon green really stands out!  

Our firework cloves were opened up today really showing off their colors , and the feathery palms were extended..very cool to see .

My wife noticed this small shroom chilling in a container,  so we bought it too, its stretching out in a small crevice in the rockwork. Our emerald crab was looking it over when I snapped pic 

Tomorrow's was gonna be water change day, but the lfs said they all like higher nitrates levels , so I'll leave it alone another week