New to Marine tanks

[byrnelax13]

I have plenty of experience with freshwater fish, have had them my entore life... had been looking to get started on a salt water tank for quite a while and finally got the chance to!

I have read a few books on the topic, but nothing can take the place of my own experience couple with that of others... hence, my joining here.

New Marine tank... 29 gallons with a power filter as well as a protein skimmer. Set up 12/26/08 with several live rocks and live sand. I started out by adding one clown fish (I have a 2 year old daughter, you can figure that one out) have since added a 2nd Clown, an orange spotted Goby, 2 hermit crabs (blue legged) and two peppermint shrimp. Water is testing out perfectly at this point, no issues to report.

 

[bawel]

Hey there,

Welcome to AA!
Not to scare you or anything, but if you just setup your tank 12/26/08 and you already have that livestock, I think you tank is not fully cycled yet to have that many. It needs at least about 2 weeks to cycle. You should read the article below.

http://www.aquariumadvice.com/articles/articles/3/1/Cycle-your-salt-tank/Page1.html

 

[Zagz]

Welcome to AA!

 

[Tank2379]

Welcome 2 AA!!!!

 

[mike47517]

Welcome to AA!!!

 

[nanoluvr]

wow.....super fast to be adding all of that!!! lol...i agree with the other post.
yikes! good luck! welcome

 

[nanoluvr]

look into maybe adding Cycle. will help get nitrifying bacteria up. there are alot of other products out there too

 

[Ziggy953]

Welcome to AA! Check out or article section for some great information!

 

[melosu58]

Welcome to AA

 

[byrnelax13]

Thanks all.

No worries, I knew I was breaking rules adding fish early, but I wanted to experiment. It has really been working out perfectly. Everything appears to be healthy and acting normal. I have since added another live rock that has a cluster of green star polyps which are pretty cool. i'm really looking forward to adding some additional starter coral. I am so hooked on this!

 

[nanoluvr]

It's extremely addictive; Tell me about it, lol. I'm a humongous tightwad, but when it comes to Reefing....money grows on trees!!