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[reefman22]

any more comments or anythin?

 

[fishieness]

how many fish do you have?
are the anenomes and flame scollope still alive?

 

[fishieness]

and i also see you have two different species of clown, are they fighting?
what about all the damsels/cromii (haha). is everyone getting along and are you death free?

 

[reefman22]

well I have had some deaths. the blennys niped and bit at the flame scallop which ended in a death today

other than that 2 blenny deaths and everyone is getting along

inventory count:
hatian annenome
long tentacle annenome
8 searjent majors
7 blennies
purple/yellow psdochromis
2 falce percs
sebea clown
2 green chromises
thats it. :cheer: or

???

 

[fishieness]

7 blennies?!!!!!!!!!!!
wow.... if that number is right, i hope you arent planning on getting more.... even if that number is more like 2, i still wouldnt add more.
but i must say, i am surprised that the anenomes are alive. lol
good luck

 

[jayc]

Wow! Nice looking tank Reef man!

I just setup a 55gal not to long ago.

 

[wanabebell]

Originally Posted by fishieness
haha way to go man
im also 16. and also new at this. been doing it since january... i just spend hours a night here instead of doing my hw. hee hee. wouldnt change that for the world though
most people keep reef tanks at a salinity of 1.024-1.026
if they get too low, even to 1.021, then some inverts will die although your fish will still be perfectly fine.
many animals like anenomes, i believe are something like 95% water. or maybe that is jelly ifhs. either way, thats still a lot of water so a lot is changede from sudden salinity changes. this goes with salinity as well as just about everything in this hobby; go slow!

Your salt is too high
it should be at .022 to.024
not to much higher

 

[fishieness]

no it is not.... 1.022-1.024 is the recomend salinity levels for a fish-only or a FOWLR tank.... Reef tanks do better with higher salinity. As i said, many types of corals can die if the salinity drops as low as 1.021..... Like for an anenome, they are 95% water.... what do you think happens when the salinity changes and is low? The water pressure is low. The anenome will not survive.
1.024-1.026 is a good salinity level for a reef tank....
not too much lower

 

[shark bait]

how much live rock did you get?

 

[jacknjill]

i agree with fishieness. .022 is much too low and i would say .024 is suitable only for a FOWLR. any reef or tank with inverts should be at least 1.025. i keep my reef at 1.026.

 

[reefman22]

thanks for the compliments sorry I wasnt here to respond, I was out of town. my salinity is 1.025- 1.026 so that sounds good and I purchased about 30 lbs of LR and I got about 25 lbs of dead coral from the beach and since I am adding purple up to the tank, it has some good coraline alge growing on it. and 2 of my blennies died

so i dont have as many now. thanks for all the compliments. any suggestions?

 

[shark bait]

BEACH SAND??? :scared: Um i hope you live in Tahiti, how are ya gona clean it?? And a good rule is 1-2 lbs per gallon. good luck with that. live rock will help.

 

[fishieness]

now when you say dead coral, are you talking about like live-rock type things? Because a lot of live rock is the skeletons of coral that died many years ago.... or are you talking like freshly dead? lol
did you do anything to clean it.

 

[reefman22]

noo not freshly dead its just white rock but I can tell that it was coral. and i just rinsed it off to clean it. Nothin big. I should have cleaned it better but about 2 weeks later and everythings perfect so I guess its ok. lol.