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Hi all,
I'm a lurker for the past months, as I initially began researching and learning before this past week beginning to stock my tiny nano 5g aquarium. The tank cured with life rock and I then added a Six Line Wrasse as my first and only fish-friend. He died within 2-3 days (hard to say, as I read that these fellows enjoy sleeping in the sand). That was a real bummer and I regret 1) putting in a bit spendy of a test subject into my new tank, and 2) screwing up my inaugural performance in the hobby. I immediately took a water sample to my LFS (shoutout to Tacoma's finest: Aquarium Paradise), who established that my water parameters were within spec. I had previously tested kH, PH, Salinity, Nitrates- the works, with an API ( perhaps my first mistake) AIO test kit. To date, I don't know why my friend Six died, but I remained patient and assume that maybe my tank hadn't completely cured, or that the little fellow was simply in shock/ unhealthy. RIP, Six.
As all eager reefers feel, I acted on a sense of Black Friday urgency and purchased too many coral for too good of a price from my new favorite online retailer, WWC. These guys offered me such fantastic variety — and, later, customer service. And by later, I mean in the two weeks after when my coral came practically DOA. It was a bit cold. They came well packaged, and I was very very excited to see my (15) new friends. Perhaps too many for my first ambitious tank. But I had also created a quarantine bin for the extras. While at first I believed my coral too be in shock and perhaps having some algae issue, I was distraught when I realized, after reviewing many threads on this forum, that my coral were separating from their skeleton. The team at WWC worked with me to review my acclimation process ( I followed their provided YT guide to the T), and ruled that my order was a total loss, spare the sole survivor of the trip from FL to WA state: a King Midas Zoa, the heartiest of the sea.
Long story short, my name is Logan and I am a new reefer. Looking forward to getting things right and following the advice of veterans such as yourselves.
I'm a lurker for the past months, as I initially began researching and learning before this past week beginning to stock my tiny nano 5g aquarium. The tank cured with life rock and I then added a Six Line Wrasse as my first and only fish-friend. He died within 2-3 days (hard to say, as I read that these fellows enjoy sleeping in the sand). That was a real bummer and I regret 1) putting in a bit spendy of a test subject into my new tank, and 2) screwing up my inaugural performance in the hobby. I immediately took a water sample to my LFS (shoutout to Tacoma's finest: Aquarium Paradise), who established that my water parameters were within spec. I had previously tested kH, PH, Salinity, Nitrates- the works, with an API ( perhaps my first mistake) AIO test kit. To date, I don't know why my friend Six died, but I remained patient and assume that maybe my tank hadn't completely cured, or that the little fellow was simply in shock/ unhealthy. RIP, Six.
As all eager reefers feel, I acted on a sense of Black Friday urgency and purchased too many coral for too good of a price from my new favorite online retailer, WWC. These guys offered me such fantastic variety — and, later, customer service. And by later, I mean in the two weeks after when my coral came practically DOA. It was a bit cold. They came well packaged, and I was very very excited to see my (15) new friends. Perhaps too many for my first ambitious tank. But I had also created a quarantine bin for the extras. While at first I believed my coral too be in shock and perhaps having some algae issue, I was distraught when I realized, after reviewing many threads on this forum, that my coral were separating from their skeleton. The team at WWC worked with me to review my acclimation process ( I followed their provided YT guide to the T), and ruled that my order was a total loss, spare the sole survivor of the trip from FL to WA state: a King Midas Zoa, the heartiest of the sea.
Long story short, my name is Logan and I am a new reefer. Looking forward to getting things right and following the advice of veterans such as yourselves.
