First saltwater tank

[newbie321]

Five months ago today I decided to start my first saltwater tank. I bought a bare bones setup with just the equipment, tank, sand, some decor, and a coral banded shrimp. (Dry rock added by me) a month later I added two clowns and the month after that I added a royal gramma basslet. The clowns have been in for four months and the basslet has been in for three months. I am running a fluval c-4 HOB filter with 5 stage filtration, dual led strip lights, and 3 power heads. The tank has been doing fantastic and I have had no problems so far. I'm addicted!

 

[bribo12]

It looks to be doing well but just a few things.
Why does it look like there is fw gravel in there? How big is the tank? Are you keeping it fowlr?

 

[Winter-huntsman]

May I suggest adding normal sand, into the tank. It looks good though some minor changes could make it epic.


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[newbie321]

The bottom is Hawaiian black sand with white pebbles. I bought the tank like that, so I didn't know if changing the sand would mess the whole biological filtration up, I would really love white sand though. The tank is a 46g bowfront. Currently keeping it fowlr until I can afford some better lighting and sum setup.

 

[newbie321]

May I suggest adding normal sand, into the tank. It looks good though some minor changes could make it epic.


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Again, I would love the look of white aragonite sand, but i don't know how to go about replacing the black sand.

 

[bribo12]

I wouldn't bother replacing it. You could stir up some real nasty stuff

 

[Moises-TX]

How big is the tank?

 

[Moises-TX]

How are the fish doing?

 

[Barliman]

Looks beautiful.

The Royal gramma is one of my favorite saltwater fish.

 

[newbie321]

How are the fish doing?

Fish are doing great! Thinking about adding a clown goby soon. The tank is a 46g

 

[newbie321]

Looks beautiful.

The Royal gramma is one of my favorite saltwater fish.

Thanks! The basslet is actually one of my favorites of the fish I have, he has so much personality!

 

[54seaweed]

tank looks great . you doing things right starting slow learning all you need than you will graduate to a reef I'm sure . you never know maybe Santa will hook you up with a new light .