kevinsimons
Reefing newb
Just past the 2 month mark and time to take inventory:
1 Maroon Clown
1 Yellow Tang
1 Flame Angel
1 Cleaner Shrimp
2 Engineer Gobies
1 Coral Banded Shrimp
Zoanthus colony
Xenia
Nasarius & Astrea Snails
Sand Sifting Starfish
My thoughts: The flame angel, while beautiful and happily settled in, will go the instant he starts grazing on the Xenia, and the star will probably also go back as the tank is too young to support him. Right now I am hand-feeding him, and it's a challenge to keep the other critters away long enough for the star to consume the food I'm placing under him.
The Flame, star and xenia were all sold to me at the same time, and I'm more than a little PO'd, as the entire transaction was based on mis-information - the LFS knows I am building a community of fish and coral - let the buyer beware, yadda yadda yadda - we all know the drill: research first, buy later, move slowly - none of which I did when I bought those 3 items).
Obviously, I digress. Today's chemistry test yielded Nitrates of 5, everything else good. So - do y'all (thanks for the spelling lesson, Yote) think I've gone as far as I can with fish population in a 55? I have 2 powerheads, 1 Remora Skimmer, and an in-tank Tetra filter (4 sources of water flow)...
1 Maroon Clown
1 Yellow Tang
1 Flame Angel
1 Cleaner Shrimp
2 Engineer Gobies
1 Coral Banded Shrimp
Zoanthus colony
Xenia
Nasarius & Astrea Snails
Sand Sifting Starfish
My thoughts: The flame angel, while beautiful and happily settled in, will go the instant he starts grazing on the Xenia, and the star will probably also go back as the tank is too young to support him. Right now I am hand-feeding him, and it's a challenge to keep the other critters away long enough for the star to consume the food I'm placing under him.
The Flame, star and xenia were all sold to me at the same time, and I'm more than a little PO'd, as the entire transaction was based on mis-information - the LFS knows I am building a community of fish and coral - let the buyer beware, yadda yadda yadda - we all know the drill: research first, buy later, move slowly - none of which I did when I bought those 3 items).
Obviously, I digress. Today's chemistry test yielded Nitrates of 5, everything else good. So - do y'all (thanks for the spelling lesson, Yote) think I've gone as far as I can with fish population in a 55? I have 2 powerheads, 1 Remora Skimmer, and an in-tank Tetra filter (4 sources of water flow)...