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[lisamweston]

Hi all, I am a new SW reef tank owner, 220 gallon {not sure about all the technical details, i cheated and got a fish guy to set it up for me but i am learning}. Has live rock and has been cycling- just added the start of my clean-up crew: hermit crabs, turbo snails, sand-sifting sea stars and long-spine urchins. I am finding the process fascinating and enjoying the changes. the clean-up crew is doing a great job. I will see if i can add a picture. This was from the beginning, before it got ugly. Now i have 2 neat things growing but I can't identify them. the first one is purplish and it closes up into a tube at night. The second is pinkish and it stays the same. Thanks

[Greta1981]

Welcome to AA! WOW. A 220 gallon tank. I am sooooooooo jealous! Can't wait to hear more about it and see more pics!

[lisamweston]

Thanks- we always wanted a tank and someone connected me to a guy who was getting rid of his- he said we could have it if we picked it up! such a lucky string of events.

[lisamweston]

Oh, and I was wrong about the second picture, the pinkish one- it closes up at night too