dustins first tank. 120 gallon(lots of pics)

[Bifferwine]

Yes. No name calling please. Good job.

[dustin_P74]

Originally Posted by ccCapt

being your only 16,

also im 17

[yote]

Originally Posted by dustin_P74

also im 17

Aint much difference

[dustin_P74]

still, it was just another inaccuracy in his post

[ccCapt]

OK...so I wasn't 100% accurate.

March 31

Originally Posted by dustin_P74

OMFG people im getting so frustrated with my tank. its taking so long to cycle. its coming up on a month now and the rites and rates are off the chart still, and whats really frustrating me is that the ammonia has been at zero for atleast two weeks now so when that happened i got all excited that the cycle would soon be over after that but the rites and rates wont freakin budge.

April 5

Originally Posted by dustin_P74

ok another update: my ammonia and rites are at 0 and my rates are under 25 mg/l, i dont remember the exact number because i tested it this morning. so now im kinda in the boring wait a week or so stage before i can start stocking. but as far as that goes im thinking about going to the LFS and seeing what they have im either gonna make my first fish a diamond goby and if i cant find that at the LFS im just gonna get two clowns. and if i do get the clowns how long can they really go without an annemenie (or however the hell you spell it) comfortably? and can i get a cleaner crew immediately or should i wait a little while?

April 26 - sorry, was a koran angel, as if that makes such a difference.

Originally Posted by dustin_P74

ok so new additions today. pics will come later, most likely tomorrow. the stock in the tank now is two percs, one small juvie koran angelfish, and a small sohal tang.

May 21 - sorry, thought it was the unicorn.

Originally Posted by dustin_P74

ok so today i had my first lost, my lieutenant tang died, he was finally starting to un-stress and then i found him towards the back of the tank in between two rocks covered in hermits and my emerald crab. i was really hoping this fish would make it because they are rare fish that i have never seen before

May 25

Originally Posted by dustin_P74

ok so more bad news, my orange shoulder tang stopped eating in my tank and started getting picked on by everyone and started having alot of stress spots it was getting bad so i quarantined him but it was to late to save him and this morning my mom called and woke told me that he was dead at around 7am. im very sad about him, he was an awesome fish to watch swim around the tank, so i had to replace him and the loss of my lieutenant tang because my tank just looked empty without them in it. i dont have any pictures of the replacement yet but i do think i am the only person on this forum with this fish. until i get a good pic of him ill just let you speculate on what it is, but ill be nice and give you some hints to ponder on. the hint is: biff once owned this fish but it died in her tank.

July 6

Originally Posted by dustin_P74

ok so i am having a system crash an i have no idea what is causing it, none of my fish are showing any signs of disease but this morning i wake up and my clowns are dead, my regal tang is missing almost all of his top fins, my orange shoulder tang and unicorn tang are hiding and not moving for anything but to eat, i havent added anything in a month at least and i have no idea whats going on. any ideas

RESPONSIBLE REEFKEEPING...look into it.

[dustin_P74]

wow i made some mistakes, ill send you a million dollars if you can tell me you never made any when you were first starting

[ccCapt]

LOL Would that be $1,000,000 in disposable income?

[dustin_P74]

not with economy the way it is

[Piggy]

All that really matters is that you learned from your mistakes. Nobody is perfect. What a boring world it would be if we all were.

[cgoodman381]

maybe if you gave ccCapt some cash he would stop being jealous your family is more well off?