Bad day, lost a few...

[ezlight]

I see a bubbler and not sure why.

Whats used for water flow?

Honestly, it's setup the way I bought it, and I've questioned the bubbler myself.

I have a wet/dry filter setup with a 550 GPH pump. and I have two powerheads in there for additional water flow. One comes on during the day, and the other is always on. Don't know the power rating on those

I was thinking about taking it all down tomorrow, & throw the crabs in a bucket. Clean everything real good, go through the sand and rinse it. Clean up the sump. Take the bio balls out, and cut an opening for a sock filter. Put egg crate in the bottom, use different rocks, and re-setup the tank. Get a pump for the HOB skimmer I have, and give it another go.

Or is that going overboard? LOL

Although, the crab & snail activity is cool, and my daughter really enjoys it.

 

[hollister]

The power rating is important. Salt water get oxygen from a gas exchange at the surface created from good steady water flow....

 

[ezlight]

Figured I'd update all. I am still fishless. I can't add any fish to the tank until the end of July. (10 weeks fallow)

BUT, I restarted the tank, and corrected a few things. The back of the tank is now painted black, I added egg crate to the bottom, added 40lbs of sand, took the air bubbler out of the tank, got rid of the bio balls in the wet/dry and am now using berlin socks, moved the heater to the sump, Cleaned everything really well, and found out I have bristle worms. Got an arrow crab to take care of those. My tank is now ready for fish minus a couple things, I still need a pump for my HOB skimmer, and I need a wave maker for my two pumps.

Losing all the fish put my 180 build on hold. No need for it right now. I have a 30 gal I'm going to setup as a QT tank. I'm now going to do this right.

My 55 gal is now stocked with 10 nassarius snails, 4 bigger snails that are for cleaning the glass, last count was 19 hermits, but I think I'm down to about 15 now, an arrow crab, and my original survivor an emerald crab.

One very interesting thing I found the day after restarting the tank, is on my back wall I saw what appeared to be a baby sand sifting starfish. It had two tiny arms, and 3 nubs. I also see what appears to be baby shrimp. BUT, I've seen 2 in the claws of the arrow crab, so I don't think I'll end up with any of those surviving.

edit:As I got up after finishing this post, I went and looked at my tank (Lights don't come on till 10am) and the starfish is on the front glass. He now has 3 nubs, and is definitely a baby sand sifter. :dance::rollface::dance: