Well, im finally getting a little better at taking pictures of the aquarium (more specifically, fish). Got the camera into manual mode, and increased the shutter speed. Heres a few more, with 2 pics of the goby I just put in a couple days ago...
New Marine Tank
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your blue neon like to hang out with his friends.. get him about 3 more and they will pick fishes clean of parasites for you and i recommend more live rock if you plant to keep more fishes.. its just beter filtration for you
(and your tank is currently outfitted for marine only.. keep that in mind and if you do plant to conver to reef.. its going to cost about ... 6-700 dollars for the right filter and lighting)
(and your tank is currently outfitted for marine only.. keep that in mind and if you do plant to conver to reef.. its going to cost about ... 6-700 dollars for the right filter and lighting)
WeeNe858 said:
Live rock was next on my list. I dont plan on going to a reef tank, its just too much work.
I plan on putting in:
1 hippo tang
1 or 2 more gobys
1 butterfly of some kind
1 or 2 cherub angels
maybe a cleaner shrimp (hopefully the others wont think he's food)
I'm waiting for a couple weeks to head down to Lancaster to go to That Fish Place, as the Petco and local fish store here doesnt have much.
Great looking show tank! Very clean with a good front view. Going to be very easy to see your new fish.
My CC experience: I've been vacuuming out my crushed gravel with every water change (once a month) and it seems to be helping my nitrates. Maybe a couple of more months and I'll be done with it. Also bought 18 Nassarius (sp?) snails that keep the gravel moving. I have sand mixed in so it's a real bear.
Good luck and keep putting up new pics as you get new fish and rock.
Tom
My CC experience: I've been vacuuming out my crushed gravel with every water change (once a month) and it seems to be helping my nitrates. Maybe a couple of more months and I'll be done with it. Also bought 18 Nassarius (sp?) snails that keep the gravel moving. I have sand mixed in so it's a real bear.
Good luck and keep putting up new pics as you get new fish and rock.
Tom
Great looking show tank! Very clean with a good front view. Going to be very easy to see your new fish.
My CC experience: I've been vacuuming out my crushed coral (Max got to me) with every water change (once a month) and it seems to be helping my nitrates (<15ppm). Maybe a couple of more months and I'll be done with it. Also bought 18 Nassarius (sp?) snails that keep the gravel moving. I have sand mixed in so it's a real bear.
Good luck and keep putting up new pics as you get new fish and rock.
Tom
My CC experience: I've been vacuuming out my crushed coral (Max got to me) with every water change (once a month) and it seems to be helping my nitrates (<15ppm). Maybe a couple of more months and I'll be done with it. Also bought 18 Nassarius (sp?) snails that keep the gravel moving. I have sand mixed in so it's a real bear.
Good luck and keep putting up new pics as you get new fish and rock.
Tom
Nice tank. If I was you I would leave in the Crushed Coral. As long as you vacuum it every once in a while you will be fine. Something else you could do is in between vacuumings stir up the crushed coral. Let your filter
and/or protein skimmer pick up all of the floating waste. Then when you do your vacuuming swish the filter cartridge around in the water. If you do that the Crushed Coral will stay nice and clean. I have a Crushed Coral bed and would never go back to sand. Crushed Coral is a much better substrate than sand IMO.
and/or protein skimmer pick up all of the floating waste. Then when you do your vacuuming swish the filter cartridge around in the water. If you do that the Crushed Coral will stay nice and clean. I have a Crushed Coral bed and would never go back to sand. Crushed Coral is a much better substrate than sand IMO.
I've heard both opinions on CC. I think i'll just stick with it for now. I bought the tank from a buddy who's successfully kept many tanks of SW and FW fish, and he used the exact same CC that I have.
if your new they not the easiest to keep, and they can be hateful SOB's.. I had 3 of them and never will buy'm again
