muse12
Aquarium Advice Regular
Hello, my name is Walter, and this is the story of my tank!
My tank formerly belonged to a 9 year old, which is why it was in such horrible shape. We recieved a phone call one day from the previous owners, saying that they were moving to texas and were offering us their tank. The next day, we moved the whole enchillada. Rocks, water, tank, stand, fish, sand, EVERYTHING to our house. At the time, the sand was not really sand, it was basically detritus. The nitrates were over 60, and the two 90 watt flourescent VHOs didnt work, leaving us with a 400 watt metal halide to leave on for long periods of time, which was not helpful towards the temperature.
The inhabitants of the tank were:
1 yellow tang
1 percula clown
1 tomatoe clown
1 bar goby
1 orange spot goby
hermits
snails
various shrimp including peppermint and camel
lots of very large bristle worms, due to massive over feeding
"The Adventure Begins"
The first night we had the tank completely set-up, the orange spot goby leaped out of the tank. Now we were down to 4 fish.
At that time, we didn't have much knowlege about anything relating to saltwater fish or keeping them, so many a time did a very helpful lfs owner come to the rescue.
The tank inhabitants now are:
1 yellow tang
1 percula clown
1 tomato clown
1 bar goby
1 flasher wrasse
1 fridmani pseudochromis
1 cleaner shrimp
2 clams
lots of corals
Since then, we have stabalized the tank, and added lots of creatures.
Here are some pictures that I have taken. Hope you enjoy!
Full Tank Shot...
(the toadstool is shedding for the 3rd time since we got it a month and a half ago)
looking through the derasa...
the tang is in love with her reflection...
and more photos to come when I have more time!
My tank formerly belonged to a 9 year old, which is why it was in such horrible shape. We recieved a phone call one day from the previous owners, saying that they were moving to texas and were offering us their tank. The next day, we moved the whole enchillada. Rocks, water, tank, stand, fish, sand, EVERYTHING to our house. At the time, the sand was not really sand, it was basically detritus. The nitrates were over 60, and the two 90 watt flourescent VHOs didnt work, leaving us with a 400 watt metal halide to leave on for long periods of time, which was not helpful towards the temperature.
The inhabitants of the tank were:
1 yellow tang
1 percula clown
1 tomatoe clown
1 bar goby
1 orange spot goby
hermits
snails
various shrimp including peppermint and camel
lots of very large bristle worms, due to massive over feeding
"The Adventure Begins"
The first night we had the tank completely set-up, the orange spot goby leaped out of the tank. Now we were down to 4 fish.
At that time, we didn't have much knowlege about anything relating to saltwater fish or keeping them, so many a time did a very helpful lfs owner come to the rescue.
The tank inhabitants now are:
1 yellow tang
1 percula clown
1 tomato clown
1 bar goby
1 flasher wrasse
1 fridmani pseudochromis
1 cleaner shrimp
2 clams
lots of corals
Since then, we have stabalized the tank, and added lots of creatures.
Here are some pictures that I have taken. Hope you enjoy!
Full Tank Shot...
(the toadstool is shedding for the 3rd time since we got it a month and a half ago)
looking through the derasa...
the tang is in love with her reflection...
and more photos to come when I have more time!
