first tank ever. 12g mini-reef.

atnixon said:

now thats a fair chunk of rock !!!...What are your plans for the tank?

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yeah i was thinking FOWLR at first b/c i'm learning enough as it is w/o studying corals! so i just got one that weighed 11lbs, but made sure it had holes and places for fishes to hang out, for bio filter purposes. it's nice for a single piece but now i'm thinking i should've got smaller ones and aquascaped an L across the back-left... not much ya can add-on to that guy... but i got time to figure that out later. another prob was finding LR locally and reason i grabbed a big rock while i was visiting kids last weekend. i've found a guy with LR, but his looks nasty... but it's cured!

many people try to get a tank b/c of Finding Nemo. that wasn't my reason, but i have 4 kids, 3 of which LOVE nemo (others too young) so yes... it's going to be home to a percula clown and a clean crew. only immediate goal at the moment. excited to have a hobby for my spare time. that's the reason... too much spare time after wife and i separated and i live 200miles from the kiddos.

wow. never saw that guy. interesting looking! but too big to keep in 12gal i'd think. not much floor space in there. i really like that shrimp too. it's definitely on the tank list! this the guy...?


Scarlet Skunk Cleaner Shrimp

(Lysmata amboinensis)

oh theres also the blood shrimp but i don't find him attractive at all. quite the opposite really...