We want to report that our tank improved rather quickly after are last posting. We have been somewhat patient. Amazingly we tested our tank one day and all levels seemed perfect so off to LFS with a water sample to confirm. Woohoo....we can add a cleaner crew.
There was a particular cleaning crew pack offered at a different LFS that we intended on purchasing consisting of 12 bumblebee snails, 12 hermit crabs (red & blue legged), 2 emerald crabs, 12 turbo snails & 1 lawnmower blenny.....that just wasn't enough. Also added 1 green brittlestar, 1 linkia starfish, and 1 sally lightfoot. This still wasn't enough since we only had one fish so I had to get blenny a buddy. LFS suggested a damsel but the hell with those mean suckers....we had our hearts set on a purple tang. For only $40 we figured GO FOR IT! We also picked up a DigiTemp thermometer.
Upon arriving home to acclimate the new inhabitants some startling news...the tank was 84 degrees. No lights had been on for over 3 weeks and the temp in the house had never gone over 78 degrees. How can this be?
The first day the tang only stayed in one corner of the tank. He finally noticed the blenny swimming around and they became fast friends (or so the Tang thinks). The blenny just puts up with him.
Because of the temp we thought alll inhabitants were goners. It's now 4 days later and temp has been running 81-85.8, but everyone is still alive and active. The purple tang seems always hungry and eats everything from live seaweed to frozen mysid shrimp.
Since this was intended to be a coral tank from what we understand we will have to get a chiller in order for corals to survive....is this true? I have purchased a nice rock of purple mushrooms that I will introduce later this week to see if it will survive w/o the chiller.
Is it normal for my temp to be this high? I have 60 G tank with dimensions: 48x15x18, custom made hood 12" high containing 4x54watt T5 bulbs with 4 3" fans (2 sucking 2 blowing), approx. 10 G sump containing live rock, remora hang on skimmer w/rio 1200 pump in sump, and finally a Little Giant Pump.
Here is a pic of the new best buds
There was a particular cleaning crew pack offered at a different LFS that we intended on purchasing consisting of 12 bumblebee snails, 12 hermit crabs (red & blue legged), 2 emerald crabs, 12 turbo snails & 1 lawnmower blenny.....that just wasn't enough. Also added 1 green brittlestar, 1 linkia starfish, and 1 sally lightfoot. This still wasn't enough since we only had one fish so I had to get blenny a buddy. LFS suggested a damsel but the hell with those mean suckers....we had our hearts set on a purple tang. For only $40 we figured GO FOR IT! We also picked up a DigiTemp thermometer.
Upon arriving home to acclimate the new inhabitants some startling news...the tank was 84 degrees. No lights had been on for over 3 weeks and the temp in the house had never gone over 78 degrees. How can this be?
The first day the tang only stayed in one corner of the tank. He finally noticed the blenny swimming around and they became fast friends (or so the Tang thinks). The blenny just puts up with him.
Because of the temp we thought alll inhabitants were goners. It's now 4 days later and temp has been running 81-85.8, but everyone is still alive and active. The purple tang seems always hungry and eats everything from live seaweed to frozen mysid shrimp.
Since this was intended to be a coral tank from what we understand we will have to get a chiller in order for corals to survive....is this true? I have purchased a nice rock of purple mushrooms that I will introduce later this week to see if it will survive w/o the chiller.
Is it normal for my temp to be this high? I have 60 G tank with dimensions: 48x15x18, custom made hood 12" high containing 4x54watt T5 bulbs with 4 3" fans (2 sucking 2 blowing), approx. 10 G sump containing live rock, remora hang on skimmer w/rio 1200 pump in sump, and finally a Little Giant Pump.
Here is a pic of the new best buds
