partyarty25
New Member
Greetings all!
I'm new to the salt water tank hobby and I'm really excited. I purchased a 14 gal Oceanic Biocube. Set it up On Sept. 6th. I added the sand, live rock and water and have let it be.
Question I have is...how slow do I go? Today I noticed the first couple of changes....1) parts of the sand is "aging" I guess you'd say..it has some brown spots on it (I assume is algae). So I imagine I need to add hermit crabs and snails now. If so, how many of each should I get?
and 2) I saw my first "creature." It actually looks like a small star fish. I captured it in picture and was wondering if someone could ID it and if it's good or bad for the tank?
Below Picture 1: My tank set up with 8 lbs of live rock
Below Picture 2: My tank after the water has completely cleared up and with 14 lbs of live rock (added a little more to give the tank more character).
Below Picture 3: The "creature" I saw today
I'm new to the salt water tank hobby and I'm really excited. I purchased a 14 gal Oceanic Biocube. Set it up On Sept. 6th. I added the sand, live rock and water and have let it be.
Question I have is...how slow do I go? Today I noticed the first couple of changes....1) parts of the sand is "aging" I guess you'd say..it has some brown spots on it (I assume is algae). So I imagine I need to add hermit crabs and snails now. If so, how many of each should I get?
and 2) I saw my first "creature." It actually looks like a small star fish. I captured it in picture and was wondering if someone could ID it and if it's good or bad for the tank?
Below Picture 1: My tank set up with 8 lbs of live rock
Below Picture 2: My tank after the water has completely cleared up and with 14 lbs of live rock (added a little more to give the tank more character).
Below Picture 3: The "creature" I saw today