Meet Fin, my first saltwater fish!

[Mavric]

Picked up Fin today after having my water professionally tested just to make sure. Ammonia and nitrites at 0ppm, pH at 8.2, nitrates at 0-5ppm, salinity at 1.025 (had to rectify this as the saltwater gravity from my LFS came pretty high). I also added two astrea snails to help keep things clean. Really excited to get into the fun part of the hobby!

Sorry if this is in the wrong forum!

 

[KJ]

Welcome to R2R!!!
Nice looking fish

 

[DancingShark]

Welcome.
Try not to name your fish till maybe 6 months in.

 

[Mavric]

Welcome.
Try not to name your fish till maybe 6 months in.

Any particular reason?

 

[Fin]

Great name!

 

[NoWaiAma]

Great name!

Hahahahaha

 

[John Stuckey]

Fin is very cute. It makes me want a clownfish for my tank!

 

[NoWaiAma]

When my snowflake pair come in i was thinking of naming them Ron Reefman and Crabby mcjones

 

[AL'S AQUARIUMS]

Beautiful. I have loved mine ever since I got them

 

[Mavric]

Thanks all,

Here are the two astrea derps stuck together

 

[DancingShark]

Any particular reason?

Only reason is sometimes things happens and unfortunately they pass away. Then is finv.2 fin.v3.

Thanks all,

Here are the two astrea derps stuck together

I have a turbo snail with about 20 nerite eggs on his shell.

 

[Sierra_Bravo]

Thanks all,

Here are the two astrea derps stuck together

I like when they try to sling hermit crabs off of themselves by quickly rotating themselves back and forth.

Congrats on the clown and welcome to R2R.

 

[Mavric]

Only reason is sometimes things happens and unfortunately they pass away. Then is finv.2 fin.v3.


I have a turbo snail with about 20 nerite eggs on his shell.

Understandable! I can see that happening. My first go around so I’m not being 100% optimistic. I just got so excited to put my first fish in so I couldn’t help but name it lol

I’d love to see a pic of your turbo!

 

[scott11106]

very cool, the snails do that often to eat what ever is growing on shell. fish looks happy and healthy so far.
very exciting, keep up the good work

 

[HotRocks]

Welcome to R2R!

Great place, great people, and tons of great info!

 

[Adele]

Welcome to the Reef! Fin is super cute. I didn’t put a clown in my tank on my new build this time, but seeing your little guy paddle around make me wish I had.

 

[hdsoftail1065]

Welcome to R2R! Ol' Fin is a nice looking fish!

 

[Mavric]

Only reason is sometimes things happens and unfortunately they pass away. Then is finv.2 fin.v3.

Well, sad to say you were right . Came home from work yesterday and he was hiding in one of the caves in the live rock. Wouldn’t come out for anything. 10 minutes later he was upside down on the sand. Looking closer it looks like it was maybe a swim bladder issue or a bacterial infection. Lesson learned!

Any idea how things like this happen? My parameters spot on. He did really well for 3 days and then it all came so sudden.

 

[SPR1968]

Welcome to R2R @Mavric !

Nice fish as well great start!

 

[scott11106]

Well, sad to say you were right . Came home from work yesterday and he was hiding in one of the caves in the live rock. Wouldn’t come out for anything. 10 minutes later he was upside down on the sand. Looking closer it looks like it was maybe a swim bladder issue or a bacterial infection. Lesson learned!

Any idea how things like this happen? My parameters spot on. He did really well for 3 days and then it all came so sudden.

well we never can tell what might happen, i dont know alot about your setup but on very new tanks things can change fast, also a QT period is suggested to make sure there is no sickness, alot of the fish out there look great but after some time things show up, sorry for your loss but it is all part of the learning process

what is the details on entire system?size, hardware, testing equip. and everything else?