So, after some of you read about my rocky start- finally decided to start one of these!
to sum it up, messed up real bad and got my tank, fish, and nem same day almost a month ago. I managed to save the fish (nem died) with some pretty rigorous water changes, more live rock and biospira.
so far the tank has shown no more signs of ammonia/nitrite and 5-10% of nitrate consistently, though i have still been doing 1gal water changes every other day.
haven’t upgraded the tank much yet except for upgrading my standard(came with the tank) led to an Orbit IC and using the hob filter it came with also- it actually works decently so i plan on upgrading that last if needed
today i’m out grabbing some netting and a screen kit to build a new lid, and check out the prices of the loop flow pump and light mount at my lfs. (hate ordering things bcs they have to sit outside my apt door)
after a while if this stability keeps up, i do plan on adding a nem and possibly a couple coral!
I did see a really cool thread where he built his own coral mount so i might try getting a little creative with something small
Here’s the tank so far:
also, ignore the fake plant. that’s being removed eventually, just wanted more covering for the clowns but found some live plant, that also needs to be cleaned today
to sum it up, messed up real bad and got my tank, fish, and nem same day almost a month ago. I managed to save the fish (nem died) with some pretty rigorous water changes, more live rock and biospira.
so far the tank has shown no more signs of ammonia/nitrite and 5-10% of nitrate consistently, though i have still been doing 1gal water changes every other day.
haven’t upgraded the tank much yet except for upgrading my standard(came with the tank) led to an Orbit IC and using the hob filter it came with also- it actually works decently so i plan on upgrading that last if needed
today i’m out grabbing some netting and a screen kit to build a new lid, and check out the prices of the loop flow pump and light mount at my lfs. (hate ordering things bcs they have to sit outside my apt door)
after a while if this stability keeps up, i do plan on adding a nem and possibly a couple coral!
I did see a really cool thread where he built his own coral mount so i might try getting a little creative with something small
Here’s the tank so far:
also, ignore the fake plant. that’s being removed eventually, just wanted more covering for the clowns but found some live plant, that also needs to be cleaned today
