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I was given the tank and base for Christmas. I started off with the live sand and small amounts of live rock. The first fish I bought was a dragon goby 'Daniel' for $23 and I also got a snail and 3 hermits, probably 2-3 weeks in but my tank was cycled. I wanted something to clean the sand and to help get the tank started. After about a week or two I bought the fish I've wanted all of my life... the Lionfish. I got a medium sized lionfish for $65 aka 'LionO'. Within two days my goby was being stalked and eventually eaten despite the info I was given at the fish store (that's when I started checking compatability on my own).
After pleading my case, I was given a $10 credit on my next purchase which was a Coral Beauty Angel. Angel has been a great addition although she is very skittish. I say 'she' like I know if it's a male or female.
At this point in time I think I'm going to do a fish only aquarium and I had picked out several fish that I liked, that I knew would be able to live together peacefully. That's when I went overboard and made a purchase from liveaquaria.com. I bought a snowflake eel 'hannibeel lector', foxface lo (rabbitfish) 'foxy', yellow tang 'lemmy' and a blue tang 'dory'. My tank was complete. Dory scared me a little because she was smaller than I expected and I knew could potentionally be Lionfish meat. She's grown a lot since then but so has my tank.
About four weeks ago, I saw a scopas tang that I couldn't resist. All of my tangs were getting along well I decided it would be my last purchase. Man, was I wrong.
Just over three weeks ago, the local store got in an awesome lighting system that I couldn't pass up. It's an Orbit, 4 lamp 65w. I was in the store when it came in and everyone was drooling over it so why would I allow myself to leave without it? :lol: I also left with several more hermits and snails. Oh and a small frag off of something (can't remember what it's called but it was free- with MASSIVE purchase).
Two and a half weeks ago I was there when the shipment of new corals arrived. I caved in and bought my first corals: A bright pink Colt, a medium sized Hammer and a red fungia. Today, I added two Sea Urchins although I was offered 8 for the same price. I've added the Urchins but I read tonight that they aren't so reef friendly so I might be looking for new homes for them soon. I also realized, today, that I'm freakin BROKE. Talking about spending all your money in one place. Anyway, that leads me to the part where I realized I'm probably going to much too fast. Opinions and critisizms are more than welcome in this thread. Please comment/raise concerns about my tank. I know I need some help! I've been doing freshwater all my life but I'm only 3-4 months into marine.
Thanks for reading all this crap!
Ricky
I was given the tank and base for Christmas. I started off with the live sand and small amounts of live rock. The first fish I bought was a dragon goby 'Daniel' for $23 and I also got a snail and 3 hermits, probably 2-3 weeks in but my tank was cycled. I wanted something to clean the sand and to help get the tank started. After about a week or two I bought the fish I've wanted all of my life... the Lionfish. I got a medium sized lionfish for $65 aka 'LionO'. Within two days my goby was being stalked and eventually eaten despite the info I was given at the fish store (that's when I started checking compatability on my own).
After pleading my case, I was given a $10 credit on my next purchase which was a Coral Beauty Angel. Angel has been a great addition although she is very skittish. I say 'she' like I know if it's a male or female.
At this point in time I think I'm going to do a fish only aquarium and I had picked out several fish that I liked, that I knew would be able to live together peacefully. That's when I went overboard and made a purchase from liveaquaria.com. I bought a snowflake eel 'hannibeel lector', foxface lo (rabbitfish) 'foxy', yellow tang 'lemmy' and a blue tang 'dory'. My tank was complete. Dory scared me a little because she was smaller than I expected and I knew could potentionally be Lionfish meat. She's grown a lot since then but so has my tank.
About four weeks ago, I saw a scopas tang that I couldn't resist. All of my tangs were getting along well I decided it would be my last purchase. Man, was I wrong.
Just over three weeks ago, the local store got in an awesome lighting system that I couldn't pass up. It's an Orbit, 4 lamp 65w. I was in the store when it came in and everyone was drooling over it so why would I allow myself to leave without it? :lol: I also left with several more hermits and snails. Oh and a small frag off of something (can't remember what it's called but it was free- with MASSIVE purchase).
Two and a half weeks ago I was there when the shipment of new corals arrived. I caved in and bought my first corals: A bright pink Colt, a medium sized Hammer and a red fungia. Today, I added two Sea Urchins although I was offered 8 for the same price. I've added the Urchins but I read tonight that they aren't so reef friendly so I might be looking for new homes for them soon. I also realized, today, that I'm freakin BROKE. Talking about spending all your money in one place. Anyway, that leads me to the part where I realized I'm probably going to much too fast. Opinions and critisizms are more than welcome in this thread. Please comment/raise concerns about my tank. I know I need some help! I've been doing freshwater all my life but I'm only 3-4 months into marine.
Thanks for reading all this crap!
Ricky
) The Purple Urchins are doing great and they add quite a bit of flavor to my predator aquarium. They haven't gotten anywhere near any of my corals as of yet. If anyone is interested in some let me know, I still have the ability to get a few more if I want them!
