Can any one tell me about this creature?

ahmetyal82 · Sep 17, 2016

Hi,

My tank is 1,5 months old this night with flash light I saw this creature,

Can any one give me some information about this? Is it harmful or not? If it is harmful what can i do?

aaron23 · Sep 17, 2016

Those are great that's an amphipod

saltyfilmfolks · Sep 17, 2016

Amphipod, free clean up crew, also fish food! Score!

Welcome to R2Reef!

saltyfilmfolks · Sep 17, 2016

You'll want this link. Its our friend Renee's website.
http://www.lionfishlair.com/hitchhiker.shtml

ahmetyal82 · Sep 17, 2016

Thank you very much, i have lots of very very tiny and little pots but i saw this big one yet

saltyfilmfolks · Sep 17, 2016

Your welcome. Some folks are funny about bugs. Thats a good one! In newer tanks sometimes youll see a "bloom" as they will feed on the gunk n stuff. I bet if you spy at night thers a lot more. Its a sign of a healthy tank.
So ya know, people pay good money for those.
Post up some more as you find them. And we all here would love to see pic's of the new tank!

ahmetyal82 · Sep 17, 2016

Yes i can post some picture about my tank from the begining,

saltyfilmfolks · Sep 17, 2016

Sweet! Hey have you done the meet and greet or the member tanks?
I really like the little zoa colonies. some folks go for the 3 polyp for a million but id rater have a little garden my self.

not to be nosey. but the the sand sifter is on the glass because its looking for food. The really dont do well in newer tanks. theyre always recommended at the lfs and some inter webs but they are really hard to keep fed.

hey, check this out. Its funny.
https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/5-annoying-things-nobody-tells-you-by-a-newb.263452/

ahmetyal82 · Sep 17, 2016

Yes I know it was a mistake one of my friend gave sand sifter to me, normally it is not on the glass one in the week i saw it and when i saw it i drop some flake food on it also i have a question with zoas 2 weeks ago i but green one to my tank but after this time tones and colorful was lost

Is that occurs for the low light or what else?

saltyfilmfolks · Sep 17, 2016

Possibly high light actually.
Or low nutrients. If you feed frozen hit them with it in a turkey baster to spot feed them.
Newer tanks don't have a lot of fish poo In them yet. The better you feed your fish the better the corals eat.
And actually it's true for the tank too as it depends on the nutrition in the fish food and waste too. That includes the bacteria. It really is a little biosphere.

ahmetyal82 · Sep 17, 2016

Thank you very much for your great advices

steve&mari · Sep 17, 2016

Nice start what size is the tank?

ahmetyal82 · Sep 17, 2016

Also my last question

Do you have any idea about box fish? I had one last week and for 5 days i look for it but i didnt see eat anything, i gave it to the shop for quarantina and exercise to eat something i will get it back a few days later, what do you think? Can i handle it?

Also i have some 3-4 oysters they are opening and closing some time

ahmetyal82 · Sep 17, 2016

Its a boyu TL550 35gallons closed system

steve&mari · Sep 17, 2016

The box fish are tricky fish and can poison the tank upon death or defense from my understanding. I'm truly not trying to be a jerk here but someone's doing you a disservice at your lfs. They are setting up trouble for you selling the fish combination you have. The tangs are too big for that tank. Both get larger and need swimming room. The tomato clown is going to be as big as a man's hand. So also way too big. They will be as big as the tank together when grown.
Please slow down and research here and ask before if you have a question. It's unfair to setup a customer to fail just for the sake of a sale. You can take it with a grain of salt but I'm truly trying to help you and the livestock.

saltyfilmfolks · Sep 17, 2016

I did mention you will meet some great and caring folks here

Not a fish guy. Oysters. Yea that's my thing.
Phyto in low doses. Blow gunk off the rocks and stir the sand a lot.
It'll keep the tank clean and the oysters alive.

ahmetyal82 · Sep 17, 2016

Thank you very much for you great ideas, i take out tomato clown last week now i have only small blue tang, small sailfin tang and one saddleback clown also box fish very little one on the shop maybe i wont get it back i dont know, actually my plan is this fishes are enough or too much for this tank you are right but 5-6 months later i plan to pass 150galons tank and look these fishes on than tank. Also in this little tank i put only some kind of zoa to cover some rocks also transfer to big tank in the future.
Your ideas so important for me thank you very much

steve&mari · Sep 17, 2016

Cool glad you have a larger plan in the works. They're great bonding small together like that. Then be super happy with the upgrade to 150 gallon setup.

ahmetyal82 · Sep 17, 2016

Actually i bought a rock with zoas after putting my tank i got some noise click and see some white particules, and wait ten minutes again same loop and i saw some oyster living and stick on the rock, they are still living

saltyfilmfolks · Sep 17, 2016

We like salt. Even though sometimes it don't taste so good.

It's a tricky hobby. On reason I stay on r2r is there's a lot of experience here. Never flaming.
Our Lfs we all want to know everything but it does take a village to learn that much and there is a bit of buyer beware.a cramped fish is a stressed fish. A stressed fish will easily become a sick fish. I didn't know that when I started.
Members here are glad to give suggestions on stuff you'll like and may not have thought of.

Some of those fish will live longer than your cat and cost a lot more. The knowledge base here can help you learn how.

We also good off a lot.