kingman8610
Aquarium Advice Freak
Hi, I'm Brett and also a member of reefsanctuary.com, which is a great site but they aren't helpful enough at the moment..
Here are the specs. of my aquarium.
So, I have a 10 gal. tank 1/3 full of sand and then saltwater to the top. In it I have .6 pound of live-rock with 3 hermit crabs and a starfish with LOTS of shells that I bought for 5 bucks at Wal-mart, came in a thick plastic bag with a drawstring. I'm running a Top Fin Power Filter 10, it says not recomended for aquariums with sand at the bottom but it does fine, unless there is something going on that I can't see or know about. I got the tank at Wal-mart, too, and the filter at Petsmart. I don't have a cover for it and the fan is my ceiling fan lol, and my lighting is an old metal lamp that I've had forever but it gets hot hot enough to keep the temp. at the right level.
I only have 1 astrea Starfish and 3 hermits... And ive been meaning to ask, am i supposed to clean my liverock? and when i do, do i scrub it?
Also, I get my water at True Percula at an Aquarium shop in Arlington, Tx.
And another thing, What is all the black stuff that develops in my sand? it's underneath... is it algae?
I don't plan on doing corals or any fish or reefs 'til I get a bigger system and more knowledge, I just needed something for my Hermits that I got out of the Ocean in Corpus Christi..
Ok, thats all I got... any advice? Any suggestions? Anything at all???
-Brett
Here are the specs. of my aquarium.
So, I have a 10 gal. tank 1/3 full of sand and then saltwater to the top. In it I have .6 pound of live-rock with 3 hermit crabs and a starfish with LOTS of shells that I bought for 5 bucks at Wal-mart, came in a thick plastic bag with a drawstring. I'm running a Top Fin Power Filter 10, it says not recomended for aquariums with sand at the bottom but it does fine, unless there is something going on that I can't see or know about. I got the tank at Wal-mart, too, and the filter at Petsmart. I don't have a cover for it and the fan is my ceiling fan lol, and my lighting is an old metal lamp that I've had forever but it gets hot hot enough to keep the temp. at the right level.
I only have 1 astrea Starfish and 3 hermits... And ive been meaning to ask, am i supposed to clean my liverock? and when i do, do i scrub it?
Also, I get my water at True Percula at an Aquarium shop in Arlington, Tx.
And another thing, What is all the black stuff that develops in my sand? it's underneath... is it algae?
I don't plan on doing corals or any fish or reefs 'til I get a bigger system and more knowledge, I just needed something for my Hermits that I got out of the Ocean in Corpus Christi..
Ok, thats all I got... any advice? Any suggestions? Anything at all???
-Brett