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[Austin Case]

Hi everyone,

I'm very new to the hobby. My tank has been up and running for 3 weeks now. I have a 30 gallon tank, I added about 25 to 30 pounds of LR with 40 pounds of LS from the get go. My ammonia never went over .25, I never had a nitrite reading in the 3 weeks of testing I have been doing, my nitrates also finally started picking up as the ammonia started to drop during the 3rd week. I took my water in for regular testing (only have a Petco in my area) after the 2nd week to get a second opinion on my water parameters, their tests confirmed what I was getting on my API Saltwater Master Kit, 0 ammonia, 0 nitrites and between 10 and 15 nitrates. They did their test on Thursday and said I could finally add a couple fish if I wanted too.

Having a 3 year old son I picked out 2 clowns (one is named Nemo naturally and the other is Dom from F&F, although I tried to convince my son to name them O'Connor and Dom but I'll take what I can get). I also added a CUC a week before my fish and got them from ReefCleaners.

I started doing my research for additional fish (I planned to wait at least 2 weeks before introducing more possibly until the start of April to be safe my tank can handle the bio-load). I only wanted to add 2 more, the Flame Dwarf Angel and the Royal Gramma as well as the cleaner shrimp because I have heard they are very great additions.

I have been looking for a good online retailer to get these new additions. In my own research I have come to find LiveAquaria and FishyBusinessAquatics to be possible suitors for my business but I'm open to suggestions. I mostly chose these two because they have very good prices (which is a big factor) and from what I've seen they both have fairly decent reviews.

Thanks in advance for the help and sorry for the rambling.

 

[Big G]

Welcome to R2R! And congrats on the new tank.

Dwarf angels really need a mature tank to thrive. They will wear themselves out hunting and pecking for food on the rocks if nothing is there for them to graze upon.

 

[lapin]

I have had good luck with Blue Zoo for fish the past year. However I do run them thru TTM, Prazi Pro and MetroPlex treatments before adding to the DT

 

[Neo Jeo]

I liked Live A divers den!

Welcome to the club

 

[Austin Case]

I appreciate the responses so far!
@Big G I definitely have no problem waiting to add the Angel fish as I know they can be a little aggressive.
@lapin I saw Blue Zoo I haven't looked too extensively but I will give them a look.
@Neo Jeo I've done a ton of research on clownfish and have never seen a blue clown. So I have to ask if the Blue clownfish is real where in the world could I find one like that?

 

[Neo Jeo]

I appreciate the responses so far!
@Big G I definitely have no problem waiting to add the Angel fish as I know they can be a little aggressive.
@lapin I saw Blue Zoo I haven't looked too extensively but I will give them a look.
@Neo Jeo I've done a ton of research on clownfish and have never seen a blue clown. So I have to ask if the Blue clownfish is real where in the world could I find one like that?

Lol I get asked this question often .
That blue clown fish is fake, the color is not the fish lol. If it was real I would have 50 of them lol

BUT there is hope! They are on the brink of breeding a blue one. I hope to see it one day!

https://reefbuilders.com/2018/03/05/blue-clownfish/