hey manhattan reef, my friend steered me to this site for information and guidance on my new 1 month old tank, 30gallons!
here are some pics with questions!
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^ what is that tiny circlish orange spot right there?
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^using hydor skimmer/ 55gallon fluv filter (very noisy i dont like)
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^my snails keep dying... became food for the hermits, idk why they keep on dying on me :irked:
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^i had these on the live rock i purchased idk what are they are, does anyone know?
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^my lights, i leave the blue LED strip 24/7.. considering turning them off at night to give my fishes complete darkness
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^using marineland maxijet 600 waterpump, they were too powerful and my clownfishs look like they are in waterworld so im only using one atm, i bought 3 -.-
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^ here is the whole tank! im not getting any algae atm for some reason.. im actually looking forward to it so my hermies get some food
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^ 1 azure damsel
so far i got near 30 LB live rock, 5 hermits, 5-6 DEAD snails lol, 2 clowns, 1 azur damsel. what do you guys think?
here are some pics with questions!
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^ what is that tiny circlish orange spot right there?
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^using hydor skimmer/ 55gallon fluv filter (very noisy i dont like)
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^my snails keep dying... became food for the hermits, idk why they keep on dying on me :irked:
<a href="http://s1333.photobucket.com/user/nycjh91/media/2013-07-12182410_zpsed27cc73.jpg.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://i1333.photobucket.com/albums/w622/nycjh91/2013-07-12182410_zpsed27cc73.jpg" border="0" alt=" photo 2013-07-12182410_zpsed27cc73.jpg"/></a>
^i had these on the live rock i purchased idk what are they are, does anyone know?
<a href="http://s1333.photobucket.com/user/nycjh91/media/2013-07-12182355_zpsd4909cff.jpg.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://i1333.photobucket.com/albums/w622/nycjh91/2013-07-12182355_zpsd4909cff.jpg" border="0" alt=" photo 2013-07-12182355_zpsd4909cff.jpg"/></a>
^my lights, i leave the blue LED strip 24/7.. considering turning them off at night to give my fishes complete darkness
<a href="http://s1333.photobucket.com/user/nycjh91/media/2013-07-12182342_zps32ec2b77.jpg.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://i1333.photobucket.com/albums/w622/nycjh91/2013-07-12182342_zps32ec2b77.jpg" border="0" alt=" photo 2013-07-12182342_zps32ec2b77.jpg"/></a>
^using marineland maxijet 600 waterpump, they were too powerful and my clownfishs look like they are in waterworld so im only using one atm, i bought 3 -.-
<a href="http://s1333.photobucket.com/user/nycjh91/media/2013-07-12182330_zps4c87e0c6.jpg.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://i1333.photobucket.com/albums/w622/nycjh91/2013-07-12182330_zps4c87e0c6.jpg" border="0" alt=" photo 2013-07-12182330_zps4c87e0c6.jpg"/></a>
^ here is the whole tank! im not getting any algae atm for some reason.. im actually looking forward to it so my hermies get some food
<a href="http://s1333.photobucket.com/user/nycjh91/media/2013-07-12181041_zps651c2a88.jpg.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://i1333.photobucket.com/albums/w622/nycjh91/2013-07-12181041_zps651c2a88.jpg" border="0" alt=" photo 2013-07-12181041_zps651c2a88.jpg"/></a>
^ 1 azure damsel
so far i got near 30 LB live rock, 5 hermits, 5-6 DEAD snails lol, 2 clowns, 1 azur damsel. what do you guys think?
