frozenguy
Member
Hi folks-
I'm just getting back into the hobby after a break for about four years. I just started my 10gal nano on the 17th of august.
I mixed my water and salt (Tropic Marine) for about 25 hours in the tank with a heater and my powerhead. Then I added about 16.5 pounds of live rock and 20 pounds of live sand. Within 18 hours I saw a spike in ammonia that maybe hit .5. Shortly after (that night) i saw some activity with my nitrites. The following morning my nitrates were climing to peak at 15 and ammonia and nitrites were 0 and have been since. My nitrates have since dropped to about five. One to two days after my ammonia and nitrites were 0 I added a raw scallop to the tank which started to decompose very quickly. The scallop was in the tank for 72 hours with no activity in ammonia or nitrites. I removed the scallop, waited a few more days and decided to start with my tank inhabitents(sp?).
I decided to go with a small fish first and a crab. I went with a beautiful Purple Fire Fish about two inches long and an Emerald Green Crab. I drip acclimated the crab for about an hour and a half and then floated his bag for about 30 minutes to reach tempurature. The fish acclimated for close to 2 1/2 hours and floated for another 30 minutes. Here are some pictures:
I'm just getting back into the hobby after a break for about four years. I just started my 10gal nano on the 17th of august.
I mixed my water and salt (Tropic Marine) for about 25 hours in the tank with a heater and my powerhead. Then I added about 16.5 pounds of live rock and 20 pounds of live sand. Within 18 hours I saw a spike in ammonia that maybe hit .5. Shortly after (that night) i saw some activity with my nitrites. The following morning my nitrates were climing to peak at 15 and ammonia and nitrites were 0 and have been since. My nitrates have since dropped to about five. One to two days after my ammonia and nitrites were 0 I added a raw scallop to the tank which started to decompose very quickly. The scallop was in the tank for 72 hours with no activity in ammonia or nitrites. I removed the scallop, waited a few more days and decided to start with my tank inhabitents(sp?).
I decided to go with a small fish first and a crab. I went with a beautiful Purple Fire Fish about two inches long and an Emerald Green Crab. I drip acclimated the crab for about an hour and a half and then floated his bag for about 30 minutes to reach tempurature. The fish acclimated for close to 2 1/2 hours and floated for another 30 minutes. Here are some pictures: