My first tank

AquariumDani · Feb 1, 2019

Jan 7, 2019:

Jan 25 2019: Onyx clowns + firefish

Feb 1 2019: 4 snails

peppe_67 · Feb 1, 2019

AquariumDani said:
Jan 7, 2019:

Jan 25 2019: Onyx clowns + firefish

Feb 1 2019: 4 snails

Looks great[emoji847]

Hemmdog · Feb 1, 2019

Nice!! Looks good!

bsn_rn_cen · Feb 1, 2019

Good start

rfischer · Feb 1, 2019

Very nice. Reminds me of my first tank- a 29 gallon with just rock in it. I used to stare at the feather dusters and tube worms for hours.

GatorScott · Feb 1, 2019

Nice start, just take it slow and let your bacteria build up and the rock mature. It’s going to go thru a lot of phases good and bad.

Side note, I did notice pellets on the sand bed of your tank in the pics. Be cautious to not over feed. Beginner rule of thumb is you want them to be attacking the pellets as they are floating down. If they’ve settled on the bottom and the fish aren’t looking for them you might have fed a little too much so the next feeding keep that in mind and feed a little less until you get it just right.

AquariumDani · Feb 3, 2019

GatorScott said:
Nice start, just take it slow and let your bacteria build up and the rock mature. It’s going to go thru a lot of phases good and bad.

Side note, I did notice pellets on the sand bed of your tank in the pics. Be cautious to not over feed. Beginner rule of thumb is you want them to be attacking the pellets as they are floating down. If they’ve settled on the bottom and the fish aren’t looking for them you might have fed a little too much so the next feeding keep that in mind and feed a little less until you get it just right.

Yeah, I know. There were so many because one of my clowns were harassing my firefish and he was running away from the pellets/shrimp because of the clown. I was trying to get him to eat. He also seems blind. I have decreased feeding a lot.

AquariumDani · Feb 8, 2019

Feb 8 - 3 more Astrea snails and 1 Mexican turbo snail (i think)

edit: not a mexican turbo snail, it's a tiger sand conch

sfin52 · Feb 8, 2019

Nice it's looking good

sfin52 · Feb 8, 2019

AquariumDani said:
Feb 8 - 3 more Astrea snails and 1 Mexican turbo snail (i think)

Since your tank is so young and very little algea you may need to use noti for the snails.

AquariumDani · Feb 8, 2019

sfin52 said:
Since your tank is so young and very little algea you may need to use noti for the snails.

I actually have a lot of algae on my rocks and in the sand bed in the back. You can’t currently see it but my LFS said it should be more than enough algae to last. But I’ll make sure to keep an eye on the algae so they can feed!! I’ve read Mexican Turbos sometimes struggle with cleaning too fast and not having enough food.

AquariumDani · Feb 12, 2019

Feb 12 - added aquaclear power filter 110 V. Awesome water flow compared to my other filter. Powerheads are coming in on the 18th. Much more space. Are there too many air bubbles? See photo.

Lovemyreef2015 · Feb 12, 2019

Looking good! Following along

count krunk · Feb 12, 2019

i would try to keep your water level as high as you can to minimize those bubbls.

I have and run aqua clear filters on my FW tanks, i love them.

AquariumDani · Feb 20, 2019

Feb 20, 2019:
today I added

-2 Turbelle Nanostream (475 GPH)
-AI prime HD
I also had my RO/DI system come in the mail with multiple test kits.

My clowns love the powerhead. Sad that they probably won't be hosting in the top left-hand corner (side view), closest to my bed, at night. It was always really cute like they rest near mommy lol. The side view isn't the prettiest with these powerheads, but I assume they'll have to do until I get a bigger tank.

I'm getting set up to start putting LPS in my tank. I had to take the cover off for the light and now I'm getting lots of splashes! Any suggestions on where I can get an acrylic cover of some sort?

AquariumDani · Feb 20, 2019

These are the settings I have the light at.

Lovemyreef2015 · Feb 20, 2019

Looks great! I love the sound of a tank running, so relaxing. What LPS are you going to get?

saltyfilmfolks · Feb 20, 2019

AquariumDani said:
These are the settings I have the light at.

Very nice !

How does the tank look to to you under those settings?
Did you mess around with different looks ?

What cover did you remove ? Solid one?

I made a ramp for my AQ to stop the burbling. Bit of plastic and some superglue.

AquariumDani · Feb 20, 2019

Lovemyreef2015 said:
Looks great! I love the sound of a tank running, so relaxing. What LPS are you going to get?

I have not decided what LPS I'm going to get yet, probably basic beginner LPS corals.

AquariumDani · Feb 20, 2019

saltyfilmfolks said:
Very nice !

How does the tank look to to you under those settings?
Did you mess around with different looks ?

What cover did you remove ? Solid one?

I made a ramp for my AQ to stop the burbling. Bit of plastic and some superglue.

I haven't messed around with the settings, I went with what was best recommended for LPS corals. Once I have corals in there, it'll probably change based on my reference.

I remved the cover that the tank came with. Basic hood. Do you have photos of your ramp?