Why is my sandsifting starfish standing up?

[noahg2216]

Where should I put my circulation pump?(wave maker)

 

[noahg2216]

I put it in the opposite corner of my filter should I move it?

 

[noahg2216]

I put it in the opposite corner of my filter should I move it?

Should I move it? Hers a pic

 

[noahg2216]

And yes I bought the all in one test kit for 50$

Thank u and the anthias is getting a new home Wednesday instead of Monday because the person trying to buy it has a 10 gallon and keeps saying it will be ok but ik it wont and he said he will get a 20 gallon but it would still die.

 

[MSB123]

Should I move it? Hers a pic

Why is there an airstone?

 

[noahg2216]

Why is there an airstone?

A what? If u mean the bubbles read the first post

 

[noahg2216]

Why is there an airstone?

I took the bubbling tube out if that's what u mean

 

[DSC reef]

A what? If u mean the bubbles read the first post

Members are asking questions to help you

 

[MSB123]

A what? If u mean the bubbles read the first post

I did, no info.

 

[noahg2216]

Members are asking questions to help you

Ik and I'm just telling him to scroll up

 

[noahg2216]

I did, no info.

I took out a tube that bubbled that wut it was

 

[mattzang]

i think he's asking where to point the powerhead

the airstone is the thing making all the bubbles, powerhead is the wavemaker or circulation pump

i'd point powerhead/wavemaker at the surface to create better gas exchange

 

[norfolkgarden]

Based on your fish choices so far I'm going to say staying with all semi aggressive fish will work better. Firefish will never get a chance to eat with your other choices.


So you have a diamond goby (cool!)
Maroon clown ( tiny now, but grows to 5 or 6" long and possessive/evil when mature)
Beautiful fish but I know nothing about them other than huge eventual size and horrible temperament when mature.
They will certainly be ok in a 30 for a year.
I would need to check Liveaquaria.com for mature tank size.

Most of us use Liveaquaria.com because they won't waste time telling us just what we want to hear.

I was always a horrible offender for this. :-(

Fishing around for an answer until I could get someone to tell me just that whatever I was doing was ok. :-/

Liveaquaria.com is an excellent realistic resource and learning tool.

Glad You are rehoming the anthias.
Beautiful fish but they are 'rentals' in a small tank. :-(
75 or bigger, preferably much bigger and multiple daily feedings.
Problem delicate fish in general.

I saw the yellow tang baby in another thread. Lol, you do like tank busters. That needs to go to. Or to a minimum of a 75 gallon tank within a year, maybe just 6 months. :-/

What are the dimensions of your 30 gallon tank?
Tangs, even babies, need a minimum 4' lenght for proper growth.

Before you purchase anything else *please* go to Liveaquaria.com. Search for fish suitable for a 30 gallon.
Search tools/filters are on the left?
Basically most stuff that will stay under 3" when mature. (not 7 to 8" like the yellow tang. Take a dinner plate and "swim" it around inside your tank for a few minutes please. Lol, this is what I finally had to do to get over buying little baby tank busters.
Another easy way to visualize it is cut out a silhouette of a 7" fish and tape that to your tank.
It takes all the fun out of thinking everything is going to be ok. :-/

The wave maker looks good on the opposite side of the filter.

I use a Bubbler just because I like them.
They are kinda "poor form" for a lot of salt water people.
Lol, expect to "lose points" for that one. ;-)

The wave maker pointed towards the surface will give you way more oxygenation/air turnover than the Bubbler ever will.
That and my favorite deep sea diver bubbler is tacky in a $2,000 system is the main reason you don't see too many.

Also forget about wasting money on coral for now.
We can get to softies that *might* survive under your lighting later.
(Guessing the lighting didn't cost $600 all by itself. That's beginner stony coral lighting. :-/ )
The fish will usually have way more personality anyway.

Whew, let's start there.
*please* no more fish for now.

A royal gramma OR maybe 2 orchid dottyback (not strawberry, or any other for now. Most are pretty evil. ) would be a nice suitably color punch later.
1 small serpent starfish (4 to 5" max) would be cool.


Do you know what kind of damsels you have?
Some are reasonably friendly (for a damsel) and some are evil and 5" mature that might even give your future evil 5" maroon clownfish problems.
A few close up cell phone pics would help.

 

[RobW]

"Sandsifting Starfish" that is the keyword here. Not gravel sifting! Your starfish is going to struggle with that gravel. Your "sandsifting diamond goby will as well" the goby cannot pass gravel through his gills.

 

[noahg2216]

My corals tenticals havnt been out for a couple days cuz I irritated it cleaning my tank last time but now its pulsating and puffed out is this good or bad?

 

[noahg2216]

Based on your fish choices so far I'm going to say staying with all semi aggressive fish will work better. Firefish will never get a chance to eat with your other choices.


So you have a diamond goby (cool!)
Maroon clown ( tiny now, but grows to 5 or 6" long and possessive/evil when mature)
Beautiful fish but I know nothing about them other than huge eventual size and horrible temperament when mature.
They will certainly be ok in a 30 for a year.
I would need to check Liveaquaria.com for mature tank size.

Most of us use Liveaquaria.com because they won't waste time telling us just what we want to hear.

I was always a horrible offender for this. :-(

Fishing around for an answer until I could get someone to tell me just that whatever I was doing was ok. :-/

Liveaquaria.com is an excellent realistic resource and learning tool.

Glad You are rehoming the anthias.
Beautiful fish but they are 'rentals' in a small tank. :-(
75 or bigger, preferably much bigger and multiple daily feedings.
Problem delicate fish in general.

I saw the yellow tang baby in another thread. Lol, you do like tank busters. That needs to go to. Or to a minimum of a 75 gallon tank within a year, maybe just 6 months. :-/

What are the dimensions of your 30 gallon tank?
Tangs, even babies, need a minimum 4' lenght for proper growth.

Before you purchase anything else *please* go to Liveaquaria.com. Search for fish suitable for a 30 gallon.
Search tools/filters are on the left?
Basically most stuff that will stay under 3" when mature. (not 7 to 8" like the yellow tang. Take a dinner plate and "swim" it around inside your tank for a few minutes please. Lol, this is what I finally had to do to get over buying little baby tank busters.
Another easy way to visualize it is cut out a silhouette of a 7" fish and tape that to your tank.
It takes all the fun out of thinking everything is going to be ok. :-/

The wave maker looks good on the opposite side of the filter.

I use a Bubbler just because I like them.
They are kinda "poor form" for a lot of salt water people.
Lol, expect to "lose points" for that one. ;-)

The wave maker pointed towards the surface will give you way more oxygenation/air turnover than the Bubbler ever will.
That and my favorite deep sea diver bubbler is tacky in a $2,000 system is the main reason you don't see too many.

Also forget about wasting money on coral for now.
We can get to softies that *might* survive under your lighting later.
(Guessing the lighting didn't cost $600 all by itself. That's beginner stony coral lighting. :-/ )
The fish will usually have way more personality anyway.

Whew, let's start there.
*please* no more fish for now.

A royal gramma OR maybe 2 orchid dottyback (not strawberry, or any other for now. Most are pretty evil. ) would be a nice suitably color punch later.
1 small serpent starfish (4 to 5" max) would be cool.


Do you know what kind of damsels you have?
Some are reasonably friendly (for a damsel) and some are evil and 5" mature that might even give your future evil 5" maroon clownfish problems.
A few close up cell phone pics would help.

I dont have a blue tang ? I have 3 yellow tailed damsels no blue tang

 

[noahg2216]

"Sandsifting Starfish" that is the keyword here. Not gravel sifting! Your starfish is going to struggle with that gravel. Your "sandsifting diamond goby will as well" the goby cannot pass gravel through his gills.

He was for the 3 months I had gravel and I jus changed to sand

 

[noahg2216]

Based on your fish choices so far I'm going to say staying with all semi aggressive fish will work better. Firefish will never get a chance to eat with your other choices.


So you have a diamond goby (cool!)
Maroon clown ( tiny now, but grows to 5 or 6" long and possessive/evil when mature)
Beautiful fish but I know nothing about them other than huge eventual size and horrible temperament when mature.
They will certainly be ok in a 30 for a year.
I would need to check Liveaquaria.com for mature tank size.

Most of us use Liveaquaria.com because they won't waste time telling us just what we want to hear.

I was always a horrible offender for this. :-(

Fishing around for an answer until I could get someone to tell me just that whatever I was doing was ok. :-/

Liveaquaria.com is an excellent realistic resource and learning tool.

Glad You are rehoming the anthias.
Beautiful fish but they are 'rentals' in a small tank. :-(
75 or bigger, preferably much bigger and multiple daily feedings.
Problem delicate fish in general.

I saw the yellow tang baby in another thread. Lol, you do like tank busters. That needs to go to. Or to a minimum of a 75 gallon tank within a year, maybe just 6 months. :-/

What are the dimensions of your 30 gallon tank?
Tangs, even babies, need a minimum 4' lenght for proper growth.

Before you purchase anything else *please* go to Liveaquaria.com. Search for fish suitable for a 30 gallon.
Search tools/filters are on the left?
Basically most stuff that will stay under 3" when mature. (not 7 to 8" like the yellow tang. Take a dinner plate and "swim" it around inside your tank for a few minutes please. Lol, this is what I finally had to do to get over buying little baby tank busters.
Another easy way to visualize it is cut out a silhouette of a 7" fish and tape that to your tank.
It takes all the fun out of thinking everything is going to be ok. :-/

The wave maker looks good on the opposite side of the filter.

I use a Bubbler just because I like them.
They are kinda "poor form" for a lot of salt water people.
Lol, expect to "lose points" for that one. ;-)

The wave maker pointed towards the surface will give you way more oxygenation/air turnover than the Bubbler ever will.
That and my favorite deep sea diver bubbler is tacky in a $2,000 system is the main reason you don't see too many.

Also forget about wasting money on coral for now.
We can get to softies that *might* survive under your lighting later.
(Guessing the lighting didn't cost $600 all by itself. That's beginner stony coral lighting. :-/ )
The fish will usually have way more personality anyway.

Whew, let's start there.
*please* no more fish for now.

A royal gramma OR maybe 2 orchid dottyback (not strawberry, or any other for now. Most are pretty evil. ) would be a nice suitably color punch later.
1 small serpent starfish (4 to 5" max) would be cool.


Do you know what kind of damsels you have?
Some are reasonably friendly (for a damsel) and some are evil and 5" mature that might even give your future evil 5" maroon clownfish problems.
A few close up cell phone pics would help.

And thank u

 

[SandJ]

He was for the 3 months I had gravel and I jus changed to sand

Did you remove all the black sand/gravel and put in white sand?

If so, keep an eye on your ammonia. Removing it also removes a lot of bacteria and can cause what people refer to as a mini-cycle (your bacteria population has to rebuild to sea with the amount of ammonia in the tank).

 

[noahg2216]

Yes I did and ok thank u I cheaked it and nitrate and nitrite and amonia is 0 ph is 8.2 everything is normal rn!