Newbie on the block

[NotiReef]

Hello All....

Just wanted say a quick hi :wave: to everyone. I just got into the hobby with my 55 gal reef tank. I setup my tank with live rock, sand and some cleaning crew..thats about it. Gonna wait a few more weeks until I start adding to it ;-) I am so excited!!!!!
Look forward to getting to know you all!

 

[yote]

Welcome to the reef.
Post any questions you have,and somebody will have the answer.

 

[dustin_P74]

welcome to the reef, since your tank is new, its going to cycle so all your clean up crew will probably start to die off soon

 

[NotiReef]

Well i m there now...some hermits have been dying and a few snails as well.

 

[reeffreak]

Welcome!

Wait until the cycle is complete before adding more.

 

[Bifferwine]

Hi and welcome! I agree with what everyone else said -- animals will rarely survive a cycle. Don't add anything more until your tank is done cycling.

 

[daugherty]

welcome

 

[NotiReef]

Thank You everyone!
My cleaning crew includes hermit crabs, a couple of emerald crabs, some snails and a serpent sea star. The sea star hids in back of the tank behind rocks since i got him. Is this normal? I see him moving around but not that much. Do i need to feed him???

 

[yote]

Serpent stats are nocturnal,so its perfectly normal for them to hide.

 

[dustin_P74]

but since you are cycling its best you take everything out, since the high ammonia and nitrites will kill it and all inverts in the tank,

 

[NotiReef]

Oh....i didn't know that I had to take them out while the tank cycled. My LFS said to just let everything be the way it is until the levels were back to normal and then start adding to the tank.

Confused!!:confused:

 

[dustin_P74]

you need to take them out because the cycle will actually kill them

 

[Bifferwine]

If you have ammonia and nitrite in your tank (which occur while the tank cycles), even small levels of those two things can be fatal to inverts, which are especially sensitive to water parameters. It's normally recommended to not add any animals, fish or cleaner crew, until the tank is completely cycled and the water is safe for them.

 

[Piggy]

Welcome to the reef. If the LFS told you to dd them to your tank it's time to find a different one.

 

[daugherty]

find a new lfs they are going to tell you anything just to make money

 

[NotiReef]

ugh!!!

i guess it's time to find a new LFS.........grrrrr :grumble:

 

[dustin_P74]

hey, its not like itll be hard, you live in georgia, there are lots of good ones. you just have to find em

 

[NotiReef]

Dustin where do you shop? I see you are in Marietta...have you heard of any good ones closer to Duluth?

 

[RyanG]

Welcome to the site! House music huh? Had a couple of friends in the Army that were really into that as well, must be a Georgia thing(both were from Buck Head) I just dont get it.

 

[dustin_P74]

i hate it too ryan so its not a georgia thing, although my brother likes it so maybe im just the minority. i prefer screamo. and i have been to a store in duluth. i shop online or at marine fish and reef in east cobb. check out the sponsors page on atlantareefclub.org