My First Salt Water Tank 29 Gallon!!!

[Bifferwine]

That's common behavior for new clowns. They should settle down in a few days.

 

[Patrick76]

What is the best ay to vacume sand in my tank?

 

[dustin_P74]

dont vacuum sand

 

[Bifferwine]

Yup, leave the sand alone. You should have a cleaner crew of nassarius snails to keep it stirred and keep crap from settling on the top of it. But you don't want to disturb the sandbed.

 

[Patrick76]

Will i have some stuff floating on the sand be and the snails are not eating the stuff. And tons of diatoms.

 

[dustin_P74]

the diatoms will go away its just part of the algae cycle that happens in new tanks

 

[Patrick76]

How long does it usually take?

 

[Patrick76]

I have been stiring the sand up every couple days to make the tank look a little better so i wont see the diatoms stuff as much. Should i not do this?

 

[dustin_P74]

i wouldnt do it

 

[Bifferwine]

Nope, I wouldn't either. Diatoms are a normal part of the cycling process, and nothing's going to get rid of them besides waiting them out :(

Stirring up your sand could do a couple bad things: disturb the bacteria that you're trying to grow in the sand bed and release detritus into the water causing a spike (which could hurt your animals).

 

[Piggy]

Where are the pics of the new additions?

 

[Patrick76]

Will post some tonight.

 

[Teixeira29]

I agree a skimmer is very importent to have. I have just learned it on this site!

 

[Patrick76]

 

[Piggy]

Nice additions. The purple firefish is one of my favorites.

 

[Rushy]

Looking good Patrick! Purple Firefish is very cool! :D

 

[Hornet]

+1 on the purple firefish. I think I'll add one of those to my stock list.

 

[Alexander]

nice new fish. it will be interesting to see what those clowns start to host with no corals in there. probably a powerhead or something.

 

[daugherty]

tank looks great.

 

[Patrick76]

Thanks for the comments people!!! I know my firefish is my fav. I also have a Keyhole Angelfish but its kinda hard to get him to stay still long enough to take a pic. My diatoms are fading away!!!