Etomp's 34 Red Sea Max

[EmilyT]

:biggrinpa :biggrinpa :biggrinpa yes! today is the best day ever! i went down to greenwich and got me a tank at house of fins. they were having a 25% off sale :shhh: i also got to visit greenwich aquaria. im getting all my livestock there! oh, and i met jhale but thats not important. lol jk. so i got about 30 lbs of live rock. one might have some yellow slime algae?? and i have one with alot of shrooms on it. idk if theyll make it through the cycle. i got some hitchikers on my lr too. got an emerald crab, a teeny weeny hermit, and a conch! i also have some feather dusters and a couple of bristle worms, which of these should i get rid of? is the slime algae a threat??? dont ask for my peramiters im buying the test kits tomorrow. ill have more Q's on my question thread and some pics are coming later.
thanks to everyone here at mr who helped me out. i have learned so much! the guy at house of fins was impressed at how much a 14-year-old knew about reefkeeping

 

[Pedro]

Congrats! Just make sure you don't have any mantis shrimps or bad pests. Sit back and wait for the cycle to run it's course. And yes, some good tests kits are in order. Personally i would get rid of the bristleworms for now, and any sponges etc.

 

[ming]

Like Pedro said.
Also, that yellow slime is probably a yellow sponge. If its large, try to scrap it off. Its probably going to die and cause a bigger cycle. The bits that you miss will probably grow back after the cycle is done.

 

[EmilyT]

im attempting to load pics as we speak. the yellow stuff isnt porous at all. it just looks like some sort of algae

 

[jhale]

congrats, it was good to meet you and your dad also

testing a pic...

 

[Awibrandy]

:Hydrogen:Congratulations Miss E.:hb2:

 

[EmilyT]

heres the pics guys

the first FTS ever!!!

aquascape!

more detailed aquascape

heres that weird algae sponge thingy

heres my little doomed mushroom rock

last one for today p.s. i will be posting religiously on this thread lol:approve:

 

[jhale]

it's full of water already?
what kind of water did you use to fill it?

 

[DEEPWATER]

Congrat E ,,welcome to the tank thread

I would say that rock is cured ,with all the littel hitch hikers ,how can it be dead

Hope youre not using tap water


good luck

Ronen

 

[drunktank]

congrats on the new tank... it wont be the first one

PS: I was at both of those stores this afternoon, what time did you go?

 

[ellebelle]

What kind of lights are in it?

 

[EmilyT]

haha guys no im not using tap water, although i do get drunk off of it, i got some natural seawater. i know, i know, its not as good as the dissolved sea salt, but i wanted to add water quickly with the lr at stake. plus it was only 25% off for the rest of april. i can fix its deficiencies because there nothing inhabiting the tank yet.

i was at greenwich aquaria at about 11:10 and at house of fins at about 11:40 if you were there when i was, then im the cute little girl in the black shirt :biggrin:

 

[drunktank]

hahaha, i was there around 2pm, what kind of livestock did you get?

 

[Liz]

:flower: Congrats!

 

[EmilyT]

well i just started today so i just got my lr, ls, and tank. p.s. anyone who goes there this month if they say CTfishstores.com at the counter, you get 25% off the whole order:shhh: i should of told you all earlier

lissa, im using the stock lighting composed of teo 55-watt T5's (10,000K) with aluminum reflector. it even has a timer! yippee! let me say that the photos do no justice. the lights makes the red mushrooms pop!

oh and the foam in the protein skimmer isnt bubbling over. do i have to add more H2O?

 

[EmilyT]

uh oh. i just witnessed a few mantis popping in and out of my rock. they're so cute, but they gotta go. can you guys post some pest solutions on my Q thread?

 

[EmilyT]

oh btw if youre heading down there soon, i just took i part of this bunch of live rock that they got from someones old tank. its got mushrooms and HUGE coralline coverage, but i didnt get it cuz it weight 25 pounds and i wanted smaller pieces for aquascaping, but i think its still availible!

 

[Chiefmcfuz]

uh oh. i just witnessed a few mantis popping in and out of my rock. they're so cute, but they gotta go. can you guys post some pest solutions on my Q thread?

 

[LeslieS]

Congratulations!!!!

 

[EmilyT]

yeah im not sure if its a mantis. i looked them up mine are only 1/4 inch max so i dont know. theyre greenish in color. ill try to snap a pic.