Hi all,
I have perused these forums and asked for advice for a little while but I haven't really introduced myself. I started this tank in November, 2018, and I'm hooked. I have adjusted things as I have gone along, run into some minor problems and an ugly case of bristleworms, which I got from a rock with shrooms a friend gave me. I have come to terms with the worms and think they have settled into whatever they are going to be (population has not exploded and maybe even subsided). And they do seem to be doing a good job keeping detritus down.
I started with a few chromis and a couple damsels. They pestered each other to death until there was only two crazy *** damsels left, and they had to go back to the store before I put any more fish in. I also lost my favorite fish, a diamond goby who had so much personality. "Bubba" committed suicide and jumped out of the tank, likely at some point while I was changing water and had my back turned (I have a cover but take it off for feeding/maintenance). My other biggest problem has been trying to get a bubble tip anemone to grow before my two amorous Clarkii Clowns love it to death.
Livestock:
Fish:
2 Clarkii Clowns
Banded Goby (Sifts the sand but not nearly as personable as Bubba.
Lawnmower Blenny
Neon Dottyback
Six-line wrasse
Inverts:
Skunk cleaner shrimp
Arrow crab (bristleworm eater...)
Nasarius snails, turbo snails, trochus snails, hermits
Corals:
Frogspawn branching
Hammer branching
Zoanthids
Palys
Blue shrooms
Mummy-eye chalice
Micromussa lords (3)
Favias (3)
Green Star Polyp
White Daisy Polyp
Green Birds Nest
Parameters:
Salinity: 1.026
Temp: 79
Amm: 0
Nitrite: 0
Nitrate: 10-20 ppm (seems to fluctuate a little)
Phosphate: 0
Calcium: 420
Alkalinity: 9
November, 2017
January, 2019
(Bubba, RIP)
February 2019
Mummy eye Chalice
March 2019
March 2019
Bristleworms...
April 2019
Trying to hide bubbletip from clowns...
April 2019
May 2019
