Help! I have no idea what im doing.

[jayden kolonne]

If u don’t mind spending money, reach out to ur LFS to see if they service monthly. Let them handle the maintenance and upkeep

The is one but it's over priced and I would rather learn to do it myself.

 

[jayden kolonne]

Do you mean what is a 'sticky thread'? If so, these are threads that the forum moderators felt had such great information that they pin or stick them to the top of the forum. Unlike a regular thread, sticky threads will always be at the top of the forum, and will not get buried down by newer posts. Reading through these sticky threads is a great way to learn about a particular reef keeping topic. I hope that helps.

Yup I just read alittle bit of one, I probably would not have found this if you didn't show me this, thank you.

 

[jayden kolonne]

You mentioned leaving the fan on while you’re out of town, how hot will your place get? Having a stable water temperature is also really important. I’d be wary of turning your ac off while out of town.

You mentioned leaving the fan on while you’re out of town, how hot will your place get? Having a stable water temperature is also really important. I’d be wary of turning your ac off while out of town.

It can get up to 80 or 82. But I also like to sleep with the ac off. I actually built a sensor that measured the temperature and logged it during the night, the water stayed about 78 from the ac running in the day. At 5am it reached 79(it doesn't get hot at night cause the sun). It peaks at 79 at night but there will be a fan. I will have someone come by to feed the fish because we're gone for a lot longer.

 

[Tamberav]

Saphire damsal and the yellow belly with blue base.

You can maybe keep them depending on what type of fish you plan on. I always have a damsel or two in my tanks.

180g is large and they may bicker among themselves. Plus a tank that size usually has bigger jerks like Tangs.

Sapphires don’t get large.

 

[EeyoreIsMySpiritAnimal]

Yup I just read alittle bit of one, I probably would not have found this if you didn't show me this, thank you.

If WHO didn't show you??
Lol

 

[jayden kolonne]

If WHO didn't show you??
Lol

Fishfan

 

[jayden kolonne]

You can maybe keep them depending on what type of fish you plan on. I always have a damsel or two in my tanks.

180g is large and they may bicker among themselves. Plus a tank that size usually has bigger jerks like Tangs.

Sapphires don’t get large.

I want tangs butterflys wrasse and anthias

 

[Tamberav]

I want tangs butterflys wrasse and anthias

Chrysiptera species like what you have are way less of a problem then the blue velvet, striped, dominos, etc. those ones are the real terrors.

If you want an ideal small blue damsel, trade yours in for springer damsels. Chrysiptera springeri

Those are the most peaceful I have found. I have them with most of the fish you want.

These little blue damsels add a lot of movement and color to a tank. After springer, I like yellowtails.

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[jayden kolonne]

Chrysiptera species like what you have are way less of a problem then the blue velvet, striped, dominos, etc. those ones are the real terrors.

If you want an ideal small blue damsel, trade yours in for springer damsels. Chrysiptera springeri

Those are the most peaceful I have found. I have them with most of the fish you want.

These little blue damsels add a lot of movement and color to a tank. After springer, I like yellowtails.

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I searched it up, saphire and springer are the same I think.

 

[Fish Fan]

If WHO didn't show you??
Lol

I should have mentioned, @EeyoreIsMySpiritAnimal did mention this in one of her earlier posts in this thread ;-)

Thanks, EeyoreIsMySpiritAnimal! You're always very helpful!

 

[SueAubu]

Thank you! This is helpful, I think I will buy a reactor as it's only 50 bucks on Amazon for the phos-ban reactors, and I have low gph pumps from my fresh water stuff. Is there any other reactor you recommend? For the amount of fish I plan on putting in here, this doesn't seem like alot.

Don't be jumping in to buying things. They won't solve any issues that just take time to resolve. The only time I've ever used a carbon reactor was when a toadstool got ticked and I had to negate whatever crud it was leaching into the water. Carbon can actually throw off your other parameters. We don't use it in SW like we do in FW. (I have 4 SW and 1 FW tanks)

Read, chat, research more. Stay away from youtube- they just want clicks. People here are brilliant. There are a lot of "sticky threads"- those like that beginner article that stay at the top of the forum boards and are written by the R2R "elders" (gods, geniuses, masters... Whatever)
Take
Your
Time
Or you're going to spend an awful lot of money on dead fish and coral while you make those mistakes we all go through. (It doesn't sound like you've even hit the hair algae or dino stage, yet!)

Anthias and tangs are expensive and sensitive. I've had my tank up for 20 months and just added a tang.

SW tanks are our adult lessons in patience. You can try to rush it but the tank WILL have its way and just laugh while you dump money into it trying to force the process.

Oh, and I have an for those damsels and clowns that thought they were going to achieve world domination....

I learn something new on this forum every day. We are here for questions and support. Welcome!!!

 

[Fish Fan]

^A very nicely worded reply.

 

[jayden kolonne]

Don't be jumping in to buying things. They won't solve any issues that just take time to resolve. The only time I've ever used a carbon reactor was when a toadstool got ticked and I had to negate whatever crud it was leaching into the water. Carbon can actually throw off your other parameters. We don't use it in SW like we do in FW. (I have 4 SW and 1 FW tanks)

Read, chat, research more. Stay away from youtube- they just want clicks. People here are brilliant. There are a lot of "sticky threads"- those like that beginner article that stay at the top of the forum boards and are written by the R2R "elders" (gods, geniuses, masters... Whatever)
Take
Your
Time
Or you're going to spend an awful lot of money on dead fish and coral while you make those mistakes we all go through. (It doesn't sound like you've even hit the hair algae or dino stage, yet!)

Anthias and tangs are expensive and sensitive. I've had my tank up for 20 months and just added a tang.

SW tanks are our adult lessons in patience. You can try to rush it but the tank WILL have its way and just laugh while you dump money into it trying to force the process.

Oh, and I have an "******* tank" for those damsels and clowns that thought they were going to achieve world domination....

I learn something new on this forum every day. We are here for questions and support. Welcome!!!

Honestly I couldn't tell you, I just fed the fish and let it run, I let algea grow on the glass until there was a die off, then I just wipped it off and everything seems OK, I went through that purple algea thing though. I run lots of ceramics as well as a 2in sandbed and live rock. Is this what most people use for filtration?

 

[Cool tangs]

lol, I think you have me confused with a different person. I am not the Randy at BRS. I have been advising people far, far longer than BRS has existed.

Hahaha, none the less maybe you should start your own YouTube channel

 

[Dburr1014]

4 pages and nobody asked to see a tank Pic??
A picture says a thousand words!

OP, can you please post a pic of your tank?
It would be nice to see how much rock and algae/diatoms, or to see how far along this tank is.

Thanks!

 

[Tamberav]

I searched it up, saphire and springer are the same I think.

springer do not have any yellow.

Yellow belly sounds like Chrysiptera taupou

 

[Tamberav]

Honestly I couldn't tell you, I just fed the fish and let it run, I let algea grow on the glass until there was a die off, then I just wipped it off and everything seems OK, I went through that purple algea thing though. I run lots of ceramics as well as a 2in sandbed and live rock. Is this what most people use for filtration?

Live rock, skimmer, filter socks are generally the basic set up.

If you run too much filtration you can strip too many nutrients and starve corals and get what is called Dino which is the worst most annoying algae.. sometimes toxic to corals and inverts.

So you don’t just add anything without testing and monitoring.

As you move forward with your tank, quality test kits will be useful.

 

[Dburr1014]

I searched it up, saphire and springer are the same I think.

Will the real Springeri damselfish please swim up? | Reef Builders | The Reef and Saltwater Aquarium Blog

Chrysiptera springeri is an amazing species of damselfish which we’ve long admired. Over the last couple of years we’ve seen at least two color forms of damselfish being offered up as C. springeri…

reefbuilders.com

 

[jayden kolonne]

4 pages and nobody asked to see a tank Pic??
A picture says a thousand words!

OP, can you please post a pic of your tank?
It would be nice to see how much rock and algae/diatoms, or to see how far along this tank is.

Thanks!

Yup, it was in the first post I think.

 

[jayden kolonne]

springer do not have any yellow.

Yellow belly sounds like Chrysiptera taupou

I have 3 and 2 differnt types, it came in a 5 pack, 2 died off in the start. No die off since.