Another freshy converting, 3 gallon build

[00youknowit00]

Haha i know how you feel...i love my diatoms

Its the fact that theres life in there!!!

 

[Gboy66]

Its the fact that theres life in there!!!

Ya! So far i've found 2 stars, 2 tube worms, and 2 small snails!

 

[00youknowit00]

Ya! So far i've found 2 stars, 2 tube worms, and 2 small snails!

Yeah but you had a LOT more rock than me, you had a much better chance!

Just saw something else:



The neon orange thing

 

[Gboy66]

Yeah but you had a LOT more rock than me, you had a much better chance!

Just saw something else:

The neon orange thing

ACTUALLY! i only got 2 lbs

Haha i have 35 lbs of base, and 2 of live.

Ps...i just found a little brittle star haha

 

[00youknowit00]

ACTUALLY! i only got 2 lbs

Haha i have 35 lbs of base, and 2 of live.

Ps...i just found a little brittle star haha

What!?!?! I actually got more than you!?! Grrr... You're so lucky!! I hope more shows up, this is only day 2.. More like 1.5 though.

 

[00youknowit00]

Humph, I'm going back to look for more.

 

[00youknowit00]

Well nothing else, maybe more tomorrow.

Anyone know what the neon orange thing is in the picture?

 

[Gboy66]

Humph, I'm going back to look for more.

Lol man this cracked me up hahaha


Sorry, the neon orange thing looks like a candy wrapper to me

 

[00youknowit00]

Lol man this cracked me up hahaha

Sorry, the neon orange thing looks like a candy wrapper to me

Hahahaha, and a candy wrapper? I assume you mean a actually candy wrapper, no, I'm pretty sure its an actual coral.

So when I turned the light on this morning a small bug looking thing darted across the rock and disappeared, it was really really quick, it was like grayish with little legs, do I sound crazy yet? haha what could it be?

 

[TLTGF]

Probably an amphipod... They are good.

 

[00youknowit00]

Probably an amphipod... They are good.

Thanks

 

[00youknowit00]

So I tested the water:
Ammonia: 0.5ppm
Nitrite: 0ppm
Nitrate: 10ppm

Ammonia went from 2ppm to .5ppm since I put the LR in Friday

 

[Travis55]

So I tested the water:
Ammonia: 0.5ppm
Nitrite: 0ppm
Nitrate: 10ppm

Ammonia went from 2ppm to .5ppm since I put the LR in Friday

Thats good. I feel u will still have another spike.

 

[Travis55]

But with a small tank i could wrong.

 

[00youknowit00]

Thats good. I feel u will still have another spike.

Yeah, I'm gonna wait, if everything levels out and stays that way the soonest anything would get put in the tank is saturday, MAYBE friday after school. Cause the only lfs that has saltwater stuff is a 30 min drive..

 

[00youknowit00]

Well how about a little input on stocking now also, guess its bout that time. What would y'all put in a 3 gallon with a fire shrimp?

 

[Gboy66]

Well how about a little input on stocking now also, guess its bout that time. What would y'all put in a 3 gallon with a fire shrimp?

Snails and hermits lol

 

[00youknowit00]

What are some cool snails that y'all like?

 

[00youknowit00]

Is 75F too low to keep my tank at?

**edit**
LA says fire shrimp can be from 72-78 so that should be okay?

 

[redsea]

Almost forgot the pictures!!

If I absolutely have to, I might be able to get a little more in.. Preferably not though.

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Theres some kind of ”plant” on some of the rock, the lady said it helps keep nitrate and phosphate down a lot? Y'all have any idea what it is?

Very cool! You have some nice pieces of rock there!