Dixie's 10gal mixed reef

[dixiegirl21191]

Yes fishy, I plan on buying a powerhead sometime next month. And maybe turning my bio wheel into a mini fuge.

I got a few snails and a blue leg today! Acclimating them as we speak.

 

[chichimom79]

Yay for the first tank inhabitants!! :D

 

[dixiegirl21191]

Ok this may sounds crazy but I'm praying for an algae bloom. My 5 snails have already eaten all of the algae in the tank and are acting sluggish (as sluggish as a snail can be) Some of them just sit at the bottom of the tank. They aren't dead but I am worried.

 

[dixiegirl21191]

And all of my params are normal

 

[chichimom79]

What kind of snails are they?

 

[dixiegirl21191]

Astrea and margarita, I lost an astrea the other day and have no idea why.

 

[chichimom79]

Hmmm, I know margaritas don't last long in reef tanks. The temp is too warm for them, but all of my astreas do well. You might have just gotten a few too many, depending on how large they are.

 

[dixiegirl21191]

They aren't big at all.

I found a guy on Craigslist that is a soldier here and he is selling everything in his reef tank and he is going to sell me a bunch of corals, hemits, and his yellow watchman goby for $60.

But I haven't decided if I want the watchman because I also want a pinkbar goby. I know I cant have both so I have to decide on which one I want more.

Which one do yall think I should get? Pinkbar or watchman?

 

[little_fish]

I personally would go for the pink bar, mostly because several people on here have a watchman. So not a real reason :)

 

[dixiegirl21191]

I was leaning towards one of those but my lfs never has them in stock so I will have to special order it through them.

 

[dixiegirl21191]

I'm back from my vacation :( But today was a big day for my tank. I stopped at a few lfs and got myself my first legit corals! :D I got 2 different kinds of candy canes, a Duncan, and a bunch of star polyps. Also added a few more snails and a red leg hermit. Oh and a pom pom crab!! Pictures to come after the dust settles.

 

[dixiegirl21191]

Pictures!
Still waiting on my candies to open up

 

[little_fish]

Looks good! That first coral is a trumpet coral, and it needs some TLC. However, they are a super hardy coral and should recover with good water quality! Excellent choice for coral!

 

[dixiegirl21191]

Aren't candy cane and trumpet corals the same?

 

[little_fish]

yes, but we call them different things for reason I dont fully understand :)

 

[dixiegirl21191]

I thought so. It looked ok at the store but it was in the bag for a while due to traffic on top of my already long commute but I think it will pull through.

 

[little_fish]

that kind of damage happened over a few weeks, but it should turn around, they are super tough :)

 

[dixiegirl21191]

Just bought my new light! :mrgreen:

Odyssea T5 Aquarium Lighting

 

[dixiegirl21191]

Trumpet coral day 2, inflated a little more

 

[little_fish]

Yep! Looks good! The totally skeletonize heads wont recover, so if you want you can break them off.