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Hello and welcome!!! We are glad to have you part of our reefing family.
You are off to a good start, asking questions right away. Remember, dont rush. Only thing that can and will happen quickly is devastation. Take your time adding livestock, and that includes corals and anemones. personally I wait at least 6 months if not longer to add corals and anemones
Now if you would like to add a clean up crew (snails, crabs, shrimp) that will be good after about a month once some algea starts growing and they have something to eat.
Also, as funs as it might be, especially for the kiddos, unless you are familiar with the water chemistry at the beach and what you are collecting, leave the critters at the beach and out of your tank. There is no telling what parasites or whatever else they could introduce into your system.
Please continue to ask more questions and post some photos.
Thank you. I definitely will!Welcome! Seems like a good plan to start. I would recommend (as you have said) just go slow and research as much as you can on the needs of an inhabitant before purchasing it. You can always ask here- plenty of folks that will help!
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Definitely! Was never mama’s plan & there have been tears shed.... but in fact, without those stowaways we wouldn’t have started this adventure & for that I’m forever grateful!
We had some snails, brittlestars, & one anemone hitchhike in on our most recent live rock.
We had a diatom bloom & a few days after that, an algae bloom- which the hermit crab seems to be enjoying. Pic is one of the youngest getting an education at our LFS.
It was wet live rock from our LFS.Was this dry rock or live rock you received from someone?
Also you are going to need more flow in the tank with more surface break to help with gas exchange.
Yes seeded with some ‘stuffs’ from our LFS tank. Forced water change due to the food ‘accident’ but I will start regular 7-10 gallon changes once the tank is more stable in a few weeks.Second filter would be ideal. One on either side.
Most likely what I think you are showing g us or questioning in pics are some sort of sponge.
Are you seeding the tank with anything during the cycle? Or any water changes?
Major difference already!!!
Pulling for Atlas. He's certainly not going to starve to death with your diatom BOOM.. lol.
They're normal and can't really be avoided. When you get tired of looking at them in a week or two, you can throw in a snail or three