The salty side

[mackenzie.riney]

Hi everyone! So I posted a bit about myself and my first salt water tank on the meet and greet forum awhile ago and since I've gotten it started a bit I figured I would start a journal!
This is my first salt tank so any help or input is welcomed[emoji4]
It is a standard 10 gal tank with a glass top and here's some of the hardware:
10 gal aqueon HOB filter
Marineland heater
425 hydor pump
Wave point blade high output LED

Hardscape is live sand and some dry rock from my LFS

Everything was cycled within a week and I had started putting my CUC in, then I had to move. The move went really well (including my freshwater tanks, yay!) and I timed it with needing a water change perfectly, so it seems everything stayed right where I wanted it to be.
Here's an original picture of the first day after set up:

I got some snails a few days after once nitrites started going down.

A couple days after I got my red tip hermit and the skunk cleaner

The shrimp has now gotten into a habit of taking the algae wafers and whatever I'm putting in the tank right out of my hand, it's pretty entertaining.

And the whole reason for the post today is this little guy, the smallest clown they had at my LFS. He's just about the cutest thing ever.

 

[juanrmattos]

Best of luck with your new reef tank!!! :)

 

[mackenzie.riney]

Thank you!

 

[mackenzie.riney]

Picked up a cool little ricordea yesterday! Will post pics with I get some good ones

 

[mackenzie.riney]

Here's the little tiny 'shroom! It's in the middle of splitting and is an orange color under the blues in the middle and green/ blue under normal lights. $5 frags are a little addicting [emoji51] picked up some zoas today too.