jamezdupuis
Aquarium Advice Newbie
Hi I'm new to this site and thought i would post a little about myself and my setup and whats going on in it, hopefully i will get some pics uploaded too to get a better idea for you on my setup. So lets start.
to start I'm 22 and live in Bridgewater NS Canada.( which unfortunately is about an hour away to any saltwater pet stores )
I started out about 5 years ago keeping freshwater fish mostly cichlids with a 10gallon then about 6 months ago i purchased a used 20gallon which at the moment now is empty and i am contemplating what to do with this tank next.( strongly considering getting frogs or turtles, unfortunately it's illegal to sell turtles here in pet stores). and to round out the list i have also purchased a 30 gallon which is what i used to start up my new( 4 months now) saltwater tank. I will break down the past info on my saltwater tank here now:
month 1: so i started buying 11 lbs of LR( 2 rocks) and 6 lbs of livesand for the bottom of the tank and i also purchased some dead coral about the size of one of the LR.
month 2: tank started its cycle seems to be some curly white things growing on the undersides of the rocks a bit a few have grown over onto the coral.ordered 10 lbs of carrib sea live sand to add the to live sand at the bottom of the tank.turning some colors kinda like a orangy bronzy color
months 3: everything seems stabilized. went to the saltwater store and picked up 2 fighting conch and 2 trochus snails. they seems to have settled in well. the dead corals brozy orange is becoming more prominent and now has little tiny maroon spots dispersed all over it and has some areas with a bright green tint as well. noticed a white sack floating around the bottom of the tank. sack attached to coral. sack disappeared, now have a lot of little pods running around the coral and a bit on the LRs. added in some more rock into the tank. not live rock but hoping it will eventually become live rock. the guy at the shop said it was from lava or something so he said it was safe and should eventually become live.
month 4: dead coral has all sorts of color levels still seems to be stabilized I can't quite get my salinity to measure anything but 1.26... a little high i guess. both snails and conch are living well it seems and have been surviving well.. some build up has started in the carribsea of the bronzy color on the coral. it's neat because its only on the carribsea sand and not the other you can see where they meet. I decided it seemed like everything was going good so far so i decided to add two clown fish to my tank. they are tiny about 3/4 - 1/2 an inch each. they have so far eaten at every meal and seem to be swimming and enjoying their new tank without any issues yet. a new strange white sack has formed on the coral i noticed when i went to introduce the clownfish to their new habitat. it kinda filled in a whole gap area that was in the coral before it kinda almost looks like a marshmallow with a pin hole in it( not at all sure what the heck this is) if someone could help with this I'd appreciate it. i checked it again today and it seems like now the orangy stuff from the coral is slowly growing onto it or something is coming out of it , i don't quite know...
so yeah that's my situation with my tank so far .... may have ramble on a little too much for my first post. I will try and get pictures uploaded later today to give you a better perspective.
Thanks
James Dupuis.
to start I'm 22 and live in Bridgewater NS Canada.( which unfortunately is about an hour away to any saltwater pet stores )
I started out about 5 years ago keeping freshwater fish mostly cichlids with a 10gallon then about 6 months ago i purchased a used 20gallon which at the moment now is empty and i am contemplating what to do with this tank next.( strongly considering getting frogs or turtles, unfortunately it's illegal to sell turtles here in pet stores). and to round out the list i have also purchased a 30 gallon which is what i used to start up my new( 4 months now) saltwater tank. I will break down the past info on my saltwater tank here now:
month 1: so i started buying 11 lbs of LR( 2 rocks) and 6 lbs of livesand for the bottom of the tank and i also purchased some dead coral about the size of one of the LR.
month 2: tank started its cycle seems to be some curly white things growing on the undersides of the rocks a bit a few have grown over onto the coral.ordered 10 lbs of carrib sea live sand to add the to live sand at the bottom of the tank.turning some colors kinda like a orangy bronzy color
months 3: everything seems stabilized. went to the saltwater store and picked up 2 fighting conch and 2 trochus snails. they seems to have settled in well. the dead corals brozy orange is becoming more prominent and now has little tiny maroon spots dispersed all over it and has some areas with a bright green tint as well. noticed a white sack floating around the bottom of the tank. sack attached to coral. sack disappeared, now have a lot of little pods running around the coral and a bit on the LRs. added in some more rock into the tank. not live rock but hoping it will eventually become live rock. the guy at the shop said it was from lava or something so he said it was safe and should eventually become live.
month 4: dead coral has all sorts of color levels still seems to be stabilized I can't quite get my salinity to measure anything but 1.26... a little high i guess. both snails and conch are living well it seems and have been surviving well.. some build up has started in the carribsea of the bronzy color on the coral. it's neat because its only on the carribsea sand and not the other you can see where they meet. I decided it seemed like everything was going good so far so i decided to add two clown fish to my tank. they are tiny about 3/4 - 1/2 an inch each. they have so far eaten at every meal and seem to be swimming and enjoying their new tank without any issues yet. a new strange white sack has formed on the coral i noticed when i went to introduce the clownfish to their new habitat. it kinda filled in a whole gap area that was in the coral before it kinda almost looks like a marshmallow with a pin hole in it( not at all sure what the heck this is) if someone could help with this I'd appreciate it. i checked it again today and it seems like now the orangy stuff from the coral is slowly growing onto it or something is coming out of it , i don't quite know...
so yeah that's my situation with my tank so far .... may have ramble on a little too much for my first post. I will try and get pictures uploaded later today to give you a better perspective.
Thanks
James Dupuis.