New Pics Finally Of My 2 Month Old Tank!

ohiorn67

ohiorn67

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FULL TANK CLOSEUP BUT DO HAVE A FEW MORE CORALS NOW, SO WILL POST A PIC TOMORROW WITH THE REST OF THE GOODIES....
 
ohiorn67

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THIS IS SUPERMAN OUR CLEANER SHRIMP....HE GOT HIS NICKNAME BECAUSE WHEN FEED THE TANK, HE FLIES LIKE A CORKSCREW THROUGH THE TANK...IT IS AWESOME....
 
ohiorn67

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DECIDED TO TAKE THE PICS NOW...EXCUSE THE FINGER PRINTS...MY DAUGHTER LOVES TO VISIT HER STARFISH SHE HAS NAMED STRAWBERRY!
 
pohtr

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Ohiorn,
Your tank is beautiful. Mine is 5 wks old and is very bare. I like the way you did your rock too!
 
ohiorn67

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This is my jealous doggy Molly who is sad because we look at the fishies now and she thinks more than we look at her...NOT!
 
sw65galma

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Looks great.
But I'd slow down a bit on adding things.
A star and corals in a 2 months old tanks is usually a bit too soon.
You'll need a month or so before adding anything else.
Best of luck!
 
ohiorn67

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THANKS so much for the advice!! So far all is great. My parameters have been great and we have been very careful to pick only hardy things. My star actually is a tank raised and my lfs has tons and they have been very hardy for them. So far so good, I also have heard not to get the star yet but he talked me into it and so far he is doing fine. I am not adding much else for a bit. My next additions will be a few more soft corals and a tang..and that is it.....but taking the rest very slow. I added these slow....about every week did one coral/one fish/one coral, one fish...etc.....
 
pohtr

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My dog Molly looks just like your dog Molly!!!!!
Very beautiful, of course. In fact, the best looking dog I know.
 
ohiorn67

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pohtr, thank you for the compliment....it took us several attempts and patients to try and get the rock that way. I wanted to make sure I could get a tang in my tank that had enough free swim room in the caves!! post a pic of your tank!
 
fishieness

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hahaha!! my cat is the same way!! shes sleeps with me at night and we are very close. But whenever i leave my bed to look at my fish tank shell hop off and come join me. Either trying to jump on my lab when im sitting on the ground or jsut rubbing her head up against me. B ut msot of the time she jsut sits on top of the tank looking at me
 
ohiorn67

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Molly is so jealous, it is like she KNOWS......my inlaws made me a FISH cake for my birthday for my new hobby, or should I say OBSESSION!!
 
sw65galma

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Originally posted by ohiorn67
THANKS so much for the advice!! So far all is great. My parameters have been great and we have been very careful to pick only hardy things. My star actually is a tank raised and my lfs has tons and they have been very hardy for them. So far so good, I also have heard not to get the star yet but he talked me into it and so far he is doing fine. I am not adding much else for a bit. My next additions will be a few more soft corals and a tang..and that is it.....but taking the rest very slow. I added these slow....about every week did one coral/one fish/one coral, one fish...etc.....
It's not so much the water parms that's the problem in immature tanks. It's the Lack of bacteria to handle the bioload.
it'd be like going to gym and lifting 100lbs, then next week thinking you can lift 200lbs then 300lbs, You have to work up to 300lbs.
Same thing with bacteria, you have to "work up" to that point.
And bacteria takes longer than a week to grow.
When we say slow, we mean more like 2 week in between adding things, a Month would be Ideal, but it's hard to hold out a month...So Proceed with caution or you'll "throw you back out" or what we call a tank crash.
When your bacteria can't keep up and your tank will be over run with Amonia and Nitirite and kill everything.
This can happen very quickly and kill everything.
Good luck!
 
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