Hey everyone. I'm new to SW. I figured posting a mini log here would help me share what I'm doing and give everyone the chance to catch my mistakes. Here goes....
I'm starting with a used Aquapod 12 gallon tank. It came with OLD bulbs, no pump, and no return lines.
Here is day 1.
Added a Mini-Jet 606, 12 lbs of rock and 20 lbs of live sand. This is how it sat for 2 weeks.
A little rearranging
I added the usual clean up crew. Some snails and hermit crabs. I really like the star snail and orange cat’s eye snail. I had 2 HUGE nassarius snails that I traded for 4 littler ones...
My buddy gave me a paly frag and a star polyp frag. I quickly glued them in place.
Here is a more current shot with new bulbs installed (which were a night and day difference), MJ-900 pump, Mini Jet 606 with a hydor flo (on a bulk head drilled into the back wall). I added a few more lbs of live rock. The new rock came with a ton of aiptasia on it. I got a peppermint shrimp to battle it. After all the aiptasia was gone, the shrimp continued to nibble on my purple mushroom. I’m glad he decided it was not food and has since left it alone.
I now added a True Perc (my first marine/reef fish!!) and a few zoa frags.
The Zoa frags I got were off of a larger piece of branch rock. The polyps are all around the frags. Should I glue it so it comes out of the main rock like a branch, lay it down (with some of the polyps face down), or try to cut the rock to “unfold†it and expose all the polyps? Please advise!
I'm starting with a used Aquapod 12 gallon tank. It came with OLD bulbs, no pump, and no return lines.
Here is day 1.
Added a Mini-Jet 606, 12 lbs of rock and 20 lbs of live sand. This is how it sat for 2 weeks.
A little rearranging
I added the usual clean up crew. Some snails and hermit crabs. I really like the star snail and orange cat’s eye snail. I had 2 HUGE nassarius snails that I traded for 4 littler ones...
My buddy gave me a paly frag and a star polyp frag. I quickly glued them in place.
Here is a more current shot with new bulbs installed (which were a night and day difference), MJ-900 pump, Mini Jet 606 with a hydor flo (on a bulk head drilled into the back wall). I added a few more lbs of live rock. The new rock came with a ton of aiptasia on it. I got a peppermint shrimp to battle it. After all the aiptasia was gone, the shrimp continued to nibble on my purple mushroom. I’m glad he decided it was not food and has since left it alone.
I now added a True Perc (my first marine/reef fish!!) and a few zoa frags.
The Zoa frags I got were off of a larger piece of branch rock. The polyps are all around the frags. Should I glue it so it comes out of the main rock like a branch, lay it down (with some of the polyps face down), or try to cut the rock to “unfold†it and expose all the polyps? Please advise!
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