Today is the day....

[ShawnJones]

Okay, I finally have my tank back to normal, I posted about what I did a few weeks ago so I won't go into it, but I basically had to remove all of the water and substrate. Since I replaced everything, I had a minor (two day) diatom bloom, and a small amount of green algae that the snails took care of. I am going to consider this my "mini cycle", all of the param are in spec and the water has never been so clear, so I went shopping today.

Well I purchased my first coral, what I ended up getting was a zoanthid, BTW, thanks for the answers to my lighting questions last week. The polyps look great, they were all closed up when I bought them, but after I pulled them out of the bag and placed them in my tank it took about 10 min for them to start opening. I have to say it is completely amazing. I have done all sorts of research and looked at a lot of pictures, but to see them in the tank is awesome. This happens to be the most alive piece of rock I have in my tank as well. After the polyps started opening I pulled a chair up to my tank(like a little kid), The rock has a few featherdusters, some coralline, and as I was watching, something kind of popped out of the rock for a 1/2 second and then shot back in. About 3/4 to 1" long. Can't really describe it, some type of worm I guess. Anyway, pics soon, and thanks to everyone.
This is so cool.

Thanks again,
Shawn

[Reefscape]

Shawn...I am really glad your back on the right tracks again and very happy with your system...Keep up the good work buddy and i shall look forward to seeing some pictures hopefully soon?

Niko

[NicR]

sounds really good. pics pics pics please

[ShawnJones]

As Requested...

[Germanman]

nice start looking good! are you going to add more rock?

[Reefscape]

what a pukker start that is mate...As german says, are you going to be adding some rock to the system? and that snail in the middle of the picture is ruddy huge, what a beast !!!!!

Niko

[ShawnJones]

Thanks for the look everyone, yes I will be adding more rock soon, I am waiting for another shipment to come in so I can find a piece that I can use to bridge the left and right sides of the tank. I usually takes some time though because I have to find, pressure wash, and then I usually put it in some SW for a few days to see if it has any chemicals that are going to leech into the water, then I will put it in the tank. So far so good though. I'll add some more pictures tonight after I get off of work. Thanks again.


Shawn