JJCRIC
Aquarium Advice Apprentice
Hi everyone I just joined in. I have been involved in Fresh water tanks all my life and am just now getting involved with salt, and it is a different ball game... Anyway, I just set up a 125 gal predrilled salt water tank I have a 40 gal long sump tank with a berlin turbo skimmer and a 750gph mag drive pump. I don't have a wet/dry as it seems Live rock is the way to go. I have 384 Watts of PC 10,000K lights. I have put in 100lbs of live rock and 160lbs of sand with 60lbs of agra alive sand on top. The tank is only 2 weeks old so no fish as of yet. The rock I got from the lfs was pretty well cured so when I did some testing yesterday I think I am ready to go. I picked up a few turbo snails, 10 hermits 5 blue leg and 5 red, a coral banded shrimp, and two hawaiian feather dusters yesterday. One feather duster has been out since we brought it home and there is some long stringy brown stuff coming out of it's mouth, I am not sure if it is just waste or a problem? The other feather duster I haven't seen come out yet. He will peek out maybe a half inch then right back in, Is he still in shock from the move or should I take him back to the lfs? The other thing is about two days ago the water started to get a little cloudy I am not sure if this is normal or what? Can you help me and maybe tell me what else to expect while I get this process started. Thanks.