Innovative Marine 30l - Ohio

[mrgster5]

Hi. I just started my IM 30l tank up with some live rock and corals. A few little starfish and clams hitchhiked in the tank but other than that I don't have anything else. I have a different heater ordered and another wavemaker on the way too. So far I have just one light, but it didn't come with a remote. The Noopsyche K7 Pro II, I am manually turning the light on and off at the moment until I find another solution. Any suggestions to make this tank look fantastic is welcome
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[lapin]

Howdy and welcome

 

[mrgster5]

Thanks for all the nice welcome posts!!!

 

[JumboShrimp]

Greetings, and welcome. E-Marco Cement comes in purple to match your rocks, if you decide that you want to join them together and get some height. But it’s all a matter of personal taste. Keep going slowly, and keep asking questions. Best wishes!

 

[mrgster5]

Greetings, and welcome. E-Marco Cement comes in purple to match your rocks, if you decide that you want to join them together and get some height. But it’s all a matter of personal taste. Keep going slowly, and keep asking questions. Best wishes!

That's great advice, I will look that up, I do want height, but was afraid to stack them without attaching somehow.

 

[JumboShrimp]

If you happen to like the current trend towards NSA (negative space aquascape), I did this with E-Marco. Your 30-long could have a high and a low side.

 

[mrgster5]

If you happen to like the current trend towards NSA (negative space aquascape), I did this with E-Marco. Your 30-long could have a high and a low side.

That is really pretty, I like it very much!

 

[WirelessMike]

Welcome to the reef! Love seeing fellow Ohio reefers! Great start!

 

[Twoddler]

Welcome from across the pond, your tank looks great. Cuc is there anything in the tank for them to eat?

 

[mrgster5]

Welcome from across the pond, your tank looks great. Cuc is there anything in the tank for them to eat?

The rocks are live rocks, but I haven't fed them anything yet, didn't realize I should be :/. LFS recommended getting some cleanup crew, just put in 10 blue legged crabs, 5 bumblebee snails, a cleaner shrimp, and 2 emerald crabs. I'm worried about the crabs because I have no sand and I thought they could eat the snails and nip at my coral, but the fish store assured me they should be fine. I decided that was enough bioload to add so I am waiting on fish. I hope I didn't do a bad thing getting the crabs but I have a daunting feeling about it.

 

[mrgster5]

Help, my fears about the crabs are right, they have knocked over and pushed around every single coral in my tank. How can I keep my corals safe or should I take these crabs back to the lfs?

 

[Twoddler]

I would glue the corals in place, crabs and snails are always going to climb your rocks looking for algae to eat

 

[mrgster5]

I put a frag rack for the delicate corals and that works, for now, to keep them safe from the crabs knocking them over. I also just added my first fish. A Coral Beauty Angel and a Court Jester Goby. They swim together and seem pretty happy.