Thank you all for the welcome! I am glad to have found a place with real people to help with any questions I may have. Although I have had my sw tank almost a year, I still know little about them. I have kinda just let it go on it's own with what I had to start with. The local fs I started with has since closed so now I have to travel about 50 miles to get my water (which is a lot easier & cheaper than making it myself) & supplies or go online. I do the water changes about once a month which has seemed to work well. I have the old standard filters from when I had a fresh wayer tank (that I hope to replace wit a canister soon!) I also have a heater & 2 addtl. pumps just to move the water. I am still in the process of obtaining more LR (which I should be receiving any day now) I have a small zoo & a feather duster and a colt coral, though small, they all seem to be doing well. I also have an anemone which the blk. & wht. clown has taken to well. I am trying to promote the coralline algae growth now as there is little in there. I DID have a problem with an unwanted algae that starts out a really pretty purple & I was told to use the eurythromycin (sp) which seemed to do the trick & it all turned black & went away but I see traces of it again. I suppose I will need another treatment.? Anyway....I got a protien skimmer for a Christmas present & I took it out because the foam would leak out around the rim & was going back into the tank, which I KNEW was not good. My kids got it off ebay for me & for some strange reason, after Christmas, they sent a second one to my daughter who lives in Tn. She called & said she got it but we have no idea why. Anyway, I am meeting her in Ky. (half way) this weekend for m birthday & she is bringing it to me & I am hoping it will work w/o leaking as this one did. If it does, I will have to get yet another one! geezzz!~~ I am trying to learn all I can & what I really "need" to have a beautiful tank. I am hoping to find a place this weekend in Lexington Ky. (where I'm meeting my daughter) that may have some good (reasonably priced) corals, mushrooms, ect, that I could get. I know the big thing with SW tanks is patience, but mine really does need some frags to get going & to add more color & life! I may add some more fish later, one of which I am wanting is something that is red or orange since I have yellow, blue, black & white already. I am not sure what would be com patible with the ones I have. Everytime I find one I like it says it's agressive or won't live well in a reef tank. I want both! Reef & Fish! lol I will list again what I have. Yellow tang, 2 blue damsels, firefin goby (had 2, 1 died) blk. & wht. clown, chocolate chip star fish & 2 snails. Any suggestions on what else I can add would be greatly appreciated. I also am a little leary about getting live things online (except LR)...not real sure if it is too much a risk or what.
I was also wondering what all the tiny white things are growing in my tank. I can't get a picture of them to show up. I was told they may be feather dusters but they don't seem to be growing fast at all so I can't really tell. But they are growing on all the LR & on the glass too. They are a tube like thing w/ tiny tiny things sticking out from the end. and they are all white. Any ideas? (My feather duster also amazed me...1 day I looked & the feather part had detatched & was laying away from the tube...so I thought ok well it has dies...but now there is a new "feather" on it & seems to be doing well. I didn't know they did that...or was that just a freaky thing?? lol) Anyway...I am glad it's doing better. And oh yeah...I am adding Purpleup to try to get more CA growing. Was wondering how long I should keep adding it? Hopefully it works
I am looking forward to all the help I can get. And thanks again for the Welcome!!
I was also wondering what all the tiny white things are growing in my tank. I can't get a picture of them to show up. I was told they may be feather dusters but they don't seem to be growing fast at all so I can't really tell. But they are growing on all the LR & on the glass too. They are a tube like thing w/ tiny tiny things sticking out from the end. and they are all white. Any ideas? (My feather duster also amazed me...1 day I looked & the feather part had detatched & was laying away from the tube...so I thought ok well it has dies...but now there is a new "feather" on it & seems to be doing well. I didn't know they did that...or was that just a freaky thing?? lol) Anyway...I am glad it's doing better. And oh yeah...I am adding Purpleup to try to get more CA growing. Was wondering how long I should keep adding it? Hopefully it works
I am looking forward to all the help I can get. And thanks again for the Welcome!!
