pony_killer
New member
Hey guys I'm pretty new to saltwater fish & tanks and have a few questions for you guys. First off I'll start off with what I have.
46 gal bowfront (purchased in june of 06)
live sand
live rock (mainly from figi islands)
different types of corals purchased in july which were used by a friend that had a 200 gal tank
2 backpack protein skimmers
wet/dry filter system
coralife lighting (not sure how many watts & voltage its using..will check)
1 yellow tang
3 black/white/yellow striped clowns that i bought together from a friend
3 chromies
1 sand gobee (which i can't find)
1 fish that looks similar to the gobee that cleans the rock (name unknown)
4 hermit crabs
5 snails
1 anemonie
1 bubble coral
a lot more coral but just unsure of what the names are
1 clam
I bought the corals, anemonie, live rock, & 3 clown fish together from a friend in July and all are doing well. When we started setting up the corals & rock, the majority of his stuff had green hair algae growing on it, and we cleaned it out as best as we could, not thoroughly though. After a few weeks to a month I noticed that more green hair algae had been growing. So after some research I figured out that I had to decrease the phosphate level, nitrate level, and nitrite level. When I did my first water change & tank clean which was last weekend, I added phosguard & a new filter that is used to decrease nitrate/nitrite levels. I brushed off all the live rock and corals with a new soft tip tooth brush and got about 99% of all green hair algae out. Its been about a 1 week and so far so good...no trace of green algae. However I did have some other problems. One of the fish I purchased from my friend was an orange flame angel (retails for $50 or so), well when I bought my corals and rock from my friend, he included that fish as well as a few others. Anyways, before I did the water change the orange angel was fine, but after the water change I noticed that it wasn't acting right, and was not eating as much and was always in hiding, so I couldn't really do much. 3 days after the change I did not see the orange angel anymore, and looked through one of the rock holes and saw that it had died and was getting picked apart by the crabs. =[ Another incident that happened was I purchased a purple tang, that didn't look to healthy in the first place. After a few days I noticed it wasn't there anymore and I looked EVERYWHERE...so I'm assuming that the anemonie ate it, also ate 1 of my chromies, and 1 tomato clown...maybe the sand gobee? So right now I'm down to a yellow tang, 3 chromies, 3 clowns, and 1 rock cleaner or whatever its called. Any advice for the future? Also here's a picture of my tank but some people have been telling me that it's overstocked, any opinions? If it is overstocked, what can i do to reduce it but at the same time make it look decent? Also any recommendations on what kind of fish I can put in here that have a better chance at living then the ones I already have? Money really isn't an issue as long as it lives. Give me some feedback
46 gal bowfront (purchased in june of 06)
live sand
live rock (mainly from figi islands)
different types of corals purchased in july which were used by a friend that had a 200 gal tank
2 backpack protein skimmers
wet/dry filter system
coralife lighting (not sure how many watts & voltage its using..will check)
1 yellow tang
3 black/white/yellow striped clowns that i bought together from a friend
3 chromies
1 sand gobee (which i can't find)
1 fish that looks similar to the gobee that cleans the rock (name unknown)
4 hermit crabs
5 snails
1 anemonie
1 bubble coral
a lot more coral but just unsure of what the names are
1 clam
I bought the corals, anemonie, live rock, & 3 clown fish together from a friend in July and all are doing well. When we started setting up the corals & rock, the majority of his stuff had green hair algae growing on it, and we cleaned it out as best as we could, not thoroughly though. After a few weeks to a month I noticed that more green hair algae had been growing. So after some research I figured out that I had to decrease the phosphate level, nitrate level, and nitrite level. When I did my first water change & tank clean which was last weekend, I added phosguard & a new filter that is used to decrease nitrate/nitrite levels. I brushed off all the live rock and corals with a new soft tip tooth brush and got about 99% of all green hair algae out. Its been about a 1 week and so far so good...no trace of green algae. However I did have some other problems. One of the fish I purchased from my friend was an orange flame angel (retails for $50 or so), well when I bought my corals and rock from my friend, he included that fish as well as a few others. Anyways, before I did the water change the orange angel was fine, but after the water change I noticed that it wasn't acting right, and was not eating as much and was always in hiding, so I couldn't really do much. 3 days after the change I did not see the orange angel anymore, and looked through one of the rock holes and saw that it had died and was getting picked apart by the crabs. =[ Another incident that happened was I purchased a purple tang, that didn't look to healthy in the first place. After a few days I noticed it wasn't there anymore and I looked EVERYWHERE...so I'm assuming that the anemonie ate it, also ate 1 of my chromies, and 1 tomato clown...maybe the sand gobee? So right now I'm down to a yellow tang, 3 chromies, 3 clowns, and 1 rock cleaner or whatever its called. Any advice for the future? Also here's a picture of my tank but some people have been telling me that it's overstocked, any opinions? If it is overstocked, what can i do to reduce it but at the same time make it look decent? Also any recommendations on what kind of fish I can put in here that have a better chance at living then the ones I already have? Money really isn't an issue as long as it lives. Give me some feedback
