Oh Boy! Oh Boy! Oh ! Let the fun begin!

[aja19919]

Hee hee hee! I got me some creatures today. Had the water checked and everything was a go.

I can't seem to upload my photos due to size issues (55kb was the smallest I could get it )



I got a Flame Scallop, Feather Duster, Pulsing Xena and Kenya Tree.

So my first noob questions are as follows:

Feather Duster: do I bury the end in the sand ? (the non-feather part)

Coral : Am I suppose to anchor them somehow to the rock?


I also bought some Reef Phyto plankton food for everyone.

I would like to get an anemone and maybe some other inverts. I might have to go visit the other pet store and see if they still have their yellow sea slugs available.

Amy
Renton/Issaquah

 

[Peppie]

Wow that is a quick cycle. From your post history it seems your tank has been running for 14 days.
Am I missing something? What are your water parameters? Have you done a full set of tests?

 

[senji]

yea slow down ur gunna kill everything just because ur reading zero dont mean your ready. and when u are ready u start with a clean up crew or "1" SMALL fish then wait a week or so and keep testing tank frequently. u are now puttin a load on the system. bacteria have to grow and too much load will shock the system. just a word of money saving advise slow ur roll.

 

[josh88]

Did you have any diatom in your tank, green algae, I checked your profile but didn't see any tank specs. Other then what you mentioned. Equipment? Lighting? Any pics of the tank? If you have a quality phone camera. Take a pic with your cell, email it to yourself, and post to the site from there. Or do as a hobbyist once told me get tapatalk makes running through the form easier, and same for uploading pics

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[ReefGeeker]

Two weeks is a really quick cycle...

 

[user 26995]

Dont let all The good advise discourage you.
Everyone here wants to see you succeed and enjoy the hobby.

Did you start with cycled rock or new rock. If already cycled, you may have skipped a cycle. If new rock, you may not have even started one, in which case when it does start, it will kill every thing.

Anyway, the feather duster can be tucked in between the rocks with the end in or out of the sand. You just want it somewhere it wont get picked on.

The soft coral, if it has any rubble attached to it can be glued down to your rock with super glue gel. Or you can just set it on or wedge it into the rock an it will.attach itself.

The scallop is going to go where ever it wants.


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[user 26995]

It is best too, to research all livestock before getting it to know it will be compatable with other livestock and how to care for it. Ask us about it if you cant find any info. We are all here to help . And another good habit is to dip all coral and QT all fish. QT'g coral too is a good idea.

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[user 26995]

Dont feed too much of that phytoplankton very often. Half dose once a week would be more than sufficient. And regular water changes.

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[ReefGeeker]

Maybe you could use photobucket to post the pics using the IMG code, thats what I do and I haven't had an issue. I'd love to see the tank.

 

[aja19919]

I went to Barrier Reef Aquarium today and had my water tested for nitrates. I told the person what my set up was. My tank was purchased from someone else who had the tank up and running. I have live rock and live sand. The water change was about 1/2 maybe less. For each critter I purchased I ask " is this okay for a beginner" or " will this be okay to have". I've had the tank cycling since Thanksgiving and he said that without the test it would be okay. We did the testing anyway and it was okay. The tank also came with three little hermit crabs.

I did take photos w/ my cell, emailed them to myself and tried to upload & the forum said they were still too big even though I used the smallest one.

I acclimated my group per the instructions of putting them all in one container and adding my current tank water to the bucket (5 ml / min for an hour) I didn't see a need for QT since they came from the same store at the same time and there is nothing in the tank besides the hermits. The corals were side by side in the tank.

The directions on the food was 1/2 cap per 2x a week.

Thanks for the feedback.

 

[Peppie]

I went to Barrier Reef Aquarium today and had my water tested for nitrates. I told the person what my set up was. My tank was purchased from someone else who had the tank up and running. I have live rock and live sand. The water change was about 1/2 maybe less. For each critter I purchased I ask " is this okay for a beginner" or " will this be okay to have". I've had the tank cycling since Thanksgiving and he said that without the test it would be okay. We did the testing anyway and it was okay. The tank also came with three little hermit crabs.

I did take photos w/ my cell, emailed them to myself and tried to upload & the forum said they were still too big even though I used the smallest one.

I acclimated my group per the instructions of putting them all in one container and adding my current tank water to the bucket (5 ml / min for an hour) I didn't see a need for QT since they came from the same store at the same time and there is nothing in the tank besides the hermits. The corals were side by side in the tank.

The directions on the food was 1/2 cap per 2x a week.

Thanks for the feedback.

That is the reply we were all hoping to hear. Just remember dont add to many things at once. Your next purchase should be some good quality test kits.
Good luck.
Looking forward to some pics

 

[aja19919]

I do have a test kit (from Fosters & Smith w/ all the little bottles) however, I wanted a professional to test it first so I didn't mess it up.

 

[pandora32]

Great. Cant wait to see some pictures.

 

[user 26995]

Looking forward to seeing pics too. Thanks for the extra info. It is helpful. Barrier is a great store and great people. They will not steer you wrong.
One thing though...I dont care where you get your coral...always dip them in a coral dip like Coral Rx or Melafix. It will make all or most all, if any, pests that might be on them come off. Even one coral coming into your tank with one unwanted pest, will infect the entire tank. It will happen one day anyway, but the more diligent you are in cleaning them before, the less chance you have of a bad pest getting into your tank.

I load all my pics up on photobucket and then all you need to do is copy and paste the image code into the quick reply box.

 

[aja19919]

See if this works: Tank empty

 

[aja19919]

Feather duster and soft corals. Can't find my scallop this morning though.

 

[Krish]

Glad to hear Barrier Reef was able to help. Tank looks good!


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[pandora32]

Tank looks great.

 

[josh88]

+1 for the tank looking great.

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[senji]

flame scalops do that the fly off and hide if ur lucky they find a spot up front visible but normally allways under a rock cliff or overhang.