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add 24 more snails to my tank? that seems a bit excessive, I already have 6 hermit crabs and they seem to be everywhere.

I had a nassarius snail when I got the rest of my clean up crew but I haven't seen it in days. I'll look into a few cerith snails

Thats correct; now its at 1.024 SG, I tested my nitrites and ammonia yesterday and they were at zero. It's been a couple of days since checking my pH but it was up to 8.1 last time I checked. my lighting is the standard nano 24; the dual 36 watt compact flourescent with the blue and white bulb.

Correct; I had some bad advice in the beginning. Didn't get onto this forum right away to figure out the correct order of things. Was told that the damsel would be a good indicator of whether my tank was doing well.

So I have posted several pictures on here, but don't have them all in one place. So I figured I'd start a diary a lil late. I am currently at day twenty. I have a 24 gallon nano, I started with 26 lbs of rocks, 20 lbs of sand. I currently have the standard mechanical sponge filtration...

Sweet, thanks for the tip. I'll try some grated scallop or fish in the vita-chem. I'll try to keep progress assuming he lasts for a while. Are mysis and artic-pods live or frozen?

As promised here is a picture. Too bad on the survivability; I am not planning on returning to that shop for purchases unless I've researched it independently. He has eaten frozen brine shrimp thus far; and seems to be very interested in sand sifting and picking algae off my rocks (strange since...

I was recently in the market for a new clown fish. While at the LFS (one I had not gone to previously), I was looking in their clown tank and noticed a brightly colored brown fish with white creame spots. It swam like a clown and looked similar despite its long tail. It was such a stunning...

Tank is looking great. Those are some huge snails. Nice shot of the shrimp too. I get all my stuff from Orange County. I live in Huntington Beach. I would recommend Tongs on Magnolia and Warner in Fountain Valley; thats where I've bought most of my frags and my torch and my flame shrimp...

Fish wise, I have a blue damsel and I just got a yellow watchman goby. For CUC I have 5 hermits, 3 turbo snails and a Narcus snail. I have a flame shrimp. Otherwise there's a torch (or hammer) (not sure on the specific name). In terms of the polyps I have like 5 colonies started. I also have a...

Yeah, none of my good friends have tanks, so its nice to chat with somebody with the same setup. So anyways, I had a bit of a loss; I had changed 5 gallons of water this weekend and adjusted my thermometer; apparantley too much as my clown got iche in the course of an afternoon and died...

I installed a Koralia over the weekend, I just added the suction/magnet in my mechanical filter compartment after removing the sponge, then just put the sponge back in after I got it in place. Just be sure to have enough room to get your cord out. You may need to make another hole in the back...

Ah, I'm still getting the hang of all the parameters to keep in check. I have to admit I'm looking forward to my tank being a little more mature. I've only had it for a little over two weeks. So all the levels are still a bit iffy until the bioload levels out.

Thanks ChickenHed, yours looks like its had some time to grow. When did you set it up?

So my tan algae diatom bloom is completely gone now. Some of my macroalgae is starting to grow more (from what I've heard thats a good sign). Did a 5 gallon water change yesterday, brought the SG up to 1.024 and the pH has gone up to about 7.9 Everyone seems to be doing well. The clown fish has...

I have a 24 gallon nano, about two weeks in. Parameters : 1.024 SG 8.0 pH Ammonia, Nitrite and Nitrate at 0 I run a single Koralia I currently have the usual CUC; a damsel and a small clown I've also started several small polyp clusters and a torch. Was interested in getting either an emerald...

Even though I've added some salt water, its just up to 1.023 now. I'll get it up slowly as more water evaporates. The Koralia seems to have done a great job in improving the amount of settled debris on the bottom and rocks. Seems to keep it suspended so it gets taken out with the mechanical...

I just set up a 24 gallon nano, almost two weeks ago. I've been reading your posts to try and anticipate what I am going to encounter. My tank is set up with 26 lbs of fijian cured live rock 20 lbs of live sand I have a blue damsel 5 small hermit crabs and 3 turbo snails. Last night I got a...