Hey everyone one!
So since setting up my tank “thanks to you all for help” cycled and putting in two clowns, cleaner shrimp, pistol shrimp, goby which jumped out and died and a few coral. Well here lately I have had a little bit of cloudy water not to cloudy but just enough. I did a 4 gal water change today checked water and all is good. New coral come in the mail today and they are looking happy just as the rest of the tank friends are. I believe I am dealing with a little Bactria bloom which from reading thread after thread should work it’s self out. I hope. I am gonna test my water again in the morning and post. I will also post a picture of my tank as well. Either way this has so far been a fun process. I will not be adding anything else in the tank until mid January when the fish I ordered are done QT and shipped to me. I have another pistol coming along with two more yellow gobies and a fire fish. I also ordered my CUC in that same shipment. I am too afraid to go to petco and get my CUC because I don’t have a QT setup. I received my new protein skimmer today as the other one just wasn’t working for me. I went with the IM skimmer since my tank is IM lol. So far this thing seems to be working good. No brown stuff yet in the cup yet but it’s looks to be skimming nicely just need to dial it in. My sand bed is nice and clean and has been the whole time but have a little bit of brown algae growing on the rock and a couple of coral. I blow it off with my feeder Baster and it comes right off but comes back. Will let it ride for now.
So since setting up my tank “thanks to you all for help” cycled and putting in two clowns, cleaner shrimp, pistol shrimp, goby which jumped out and died and a few coral. Well here lately I have had a little bit of cloudy water not to cloudy but just enough. I did a 4 gal water change today checked water and all is good. New coral come in the mail today and they are looking happy just as the rest of the tank friends are. I believe I am dealing with a little Bactria bloom which from reading thread after thread should work it’s self out. I hope. I am gonna test my water again in the morning and post. I will also post a picture of my tank as well. Either way this has so far been a fun process. I will not be adding anything else in the tank until mid January when the fish I ordered are done QT and shipped to me. I have another pistol coming along with two more yellow gobies and a fire fish. I also ordered my CUC in that same shipment. I am too afraid to go to petco and get my CUC because I don’t have a QT setup. I received my new protein skimmer today as the other one just wasn’t working for me. I went with the IM skimmer since my tank is IM lol. So far this thing seems to be working good. No brown stuff yet in the cup yet but it’s looks to be skimming nicely just need to dial it in. My sand bed is nice and clean and has been the whole time but have a little bit of brown algae growing on the rock and a couple of coral. I blow it off with my feeder Baster and it comes right off but comes back. Will let it ride for now.
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