Newb.. looking for help!

[Frop]

The bag floated for about 30 minutes then I added water every 10 minutes for about an hour

I haven't bought many saltwater fish. More on the coral side. But I never let my fish sit in the bag for an hour and a 1/2. Usually I just float them for 5-10min and net them over. Idk if that is the right way..

In the case for my freshwater feeder fish, if I left them over 30min after I got home it seems like the death rate goes up a lot. I imagine they got ammonia poisoning from the bag.

So how do I make it like crystal clear

Good luck... ;p make it freshwater jk

carbon can help clear the water.

 

[meir]

First bit of advice, drop the canister, u will thank me down the line

 

[bluebulls49]

I'm a newbie as well and may not be qualified to chime in but with that being said. I've been reefing for around a year. And the hardest lesson so far is patience lol. Second lesson I learned is that one clown is great two are usually ok but when I added the third they became the insane clown posse. No one warned how aggressive they could become I had a hundred gallon tank for months I couldn't figure out how every fish I added was dead by morning until my 17 year old daughter woke me up at 4am in the morning saying dad the clowns beating your new fish to death. It was a 4inch blue hippo once I removed two clowns the deaths stopped

 

[MamaLovesHerReefTank]

First bit of advice, drop the canister, u will thank me down the line

As long as you stay on top of maintenance for the canister (good rinse of media at least monthly, using tank water. Replacing old media every few months - not all at one time, stagger it a few weeks apart to keep your bio strong.), you shouldn't have any issues. It doesn't matter the equipment if it's not maintained.

 

[Funboy7949]

You shouldn't have any snails crabs or any type of clean up in a new tank. They cleaned up the debris and waste if it's a new tank they're actually might not be enough for them to survive