Welcome and good luck!Howdy,,, new to aquariums and found this site. Cool!
I’m seeing discussions like, “running a QT, waiting on new DT, <something, something> diatom and some GHA”
…so far, my thoughts are What the heck?
Also thought I accidentally redirected to NASA when I found something about “CO2 scrubbers.”
Anyway, learning a lot here in the reef2reef forums. Here’s my life story (aquarium-wise):
…after last jellyfish finally disintegrated into nothing, figured water and substrate was already established so bought:
- Got FREE 5 gallon jellyfish aquarium — in-law got as a gift years ago and never used.
- Jellyfish went well (for the most part) for about 1.5 years.
— a chocolate chip starfish
— 2 tiny hermit crabs
— 2 small snails
Jellyfish tank (old-style that they don’t seem to make anymore) didn’t seem ideal so:
- Moved everything into a 10 gallon aquarium we had from a gecko long ago.
- Next bought 37 gallon started kit (tank/pump/heater/hood/LED/etc) on sale (allegedly) for like $110.
- Later bought some cultured live rock from local PetCo which introduced some unusual (to me) new life forms that I didn’t expect but I think is all good, at least cool/interesting — snails, copepods, bristleworms
- Lastly threw in a pack of 5 brittle stars that came with a clump of cheato (so I did the cheapie “cheato soap dish” thing I saw on this forum).
*Current status — original chocolate chip starfish and hermit crabs/snails are all going strong after about 2.5 months so I think that’s good.
Invertebrates only (‘cause I think they look cool) but might go for a clown fish or two in the near future if my kids ever get interested (…which they really haven’t as much as I had expected).
Wish me luck!
Peace,
Eric
...the "star" of the show (cheesy/sorry):
Welcome!Howdy,,, new to aquariums and found this site. Cool!
I’m seeing discussions like, “running a QT, waiting on new DT, <something, something> diatom and some GHA”
…so far, my thoughts are What the heck?
Also thought I accidentally redirected to NASA when I found something about “CO2 scrubbers.”
Anyway, learning a lot here in the reef2reef forums. Here’s my life story (aquarium-wise):
…after last jellyfish finally disintegrated into nothing, figured water and substrate was already established so bought:
- Got FREE 5 gallon jellyfish aquarium — in-law got as a gift years ago and never used.
- Jellyfish went well (for the most part) for about 1.5 years.
— a chocolate chip starfish
— 2 tiny hermit crabs
— 2 small snails
Jellyfish tank (old-style that they don’t seem to make anymore) didn’t seem ideal so:
- Moved everything into a 10 gallon aquarium we had from a gecko long ago.
- Next bought 37 gallon started kit (tank/pump/heater/hood/LED/etc) on sale (allegedly) for like $110.
- Later bought some cultured live rock from local PetCo which introduced some unusual (to me) new life forms that I didn’t expect but I think is all good, at least cool/interesting — snails, copepods, bristleworms
- Lastly threw in a pack of 5 brittle stars that came with a clump of cheato (so I did the cheapie “cheato soap dish” thing I saw on this forum).
*Current status — original chocolate chip starfish and hermit crabs/snails are all going strong after about 2.5 months so I think that’s good.
Invertebrates only (‘cause I think they look cool) but might go for a clown fish or two in the near future if my kids ever get interested (…which they really haven’t as much as I had expected).
Wish me luck!
Peace,
Eric
...the "star" of the show (cheesy/sorry):
