Hey guys. My name is Parker I graduated in December and have been working from home since. I also go to grad school online so I am pretty much always home. I decided to give a reef tank a try as I have excelled with freshwater and dart frogs and various geckos. It has been a ride to say the least. This is gonna be my journal of everything that has happened as well as keeping it up with everything that is going on.
set up and gear:
fijicube 10g
Stock pump
Aqua knight 30w
Hygger heater 50 w
Nicrew temp controller
5 lbs life rock
2lbs live rock
4lbs dry rock
5 lbs live sand
stocking
One blue legged hermit
One red legged hermit
One nerite
Three asterinas
Set up.
after this I let is sit for a week then added one blue leg one red leg and a nassarius snail. During this time I was spot feeding them mysis and dosing bactrostart.
After listening to reef therapy, I decided to get an easy coral to drop in as the hosts advised this. I went with a sinularia. Safe to say it went horribly wrong.
this coral then turned black and smelled like sewage so I got rid of it.
then I got covid. This let me just let the cycle continue and spit feed the three CUC. Until my red legged ate my nassarius.
a couple shots of it during covid.
After this and testing and testing. I got Bruce!
I also got two trochus snails and another nassarius. Nassarius was eaten and the trochus never left their shells.
Now the ugly stage is getting worse and I somehow killed a discosoma the day after getting it. Waiting for more coral for two weeks then will try Xenia or clove polyps. This is probably going to be a journal of me just failing. But enjoy the ride if you come along with me.
set up and gear:
fijicube 10g
Stock pump
Aqua knight 30w
Hygger heater 50 w
Nicrew temp controller
5 lbs life rock
2lbs live rock
4lbs dry rock
5 lbs live sand
stocking
One blue legged hermit
One red legged hermit
One nerite
Three asterinas
Set up.
after this I let is sit for a week then added one blue leg one red leg and a nassarius snail. During this time I was spot feeding them mysis and dosing bactrostart.
After listening to reef therapy, I decided to get an easy coral to drop in as the hosts advised this. I went with a sinularia. Safe to say it went horribly wrong.
this coral then turned black and smelled like sewage so I got rid of it.
then I got covid. This let me just let the cycle continue and spit feed the three CUC. Until my red legged ate my nassarius.
a couple shots of it during covid.
After this and testing and testing. I got Bruce!
I also got two trochus snails and another nassarius. Nassarius was eaten and the trochus never left their shells.
Now the ugly stage is getting worse and I somehow killed a discosoma the day after getting it. Waiting for more coral for two weeks then will try Xenia or clove polyps. This is probably going to be a journal of me just failing. But enjoy the ride if you come along with me.