Dro and Mermer's first 29 gallon reef"

[Droskie20]

re: Dro and Mermer's first 29 gallon reef"

pics coming soon!

 

[beeguiles]

re: Dro and Mermer's first 29 gallon reef"

Welcome to the site, you are off to a great start!

 

[Droskie20]

re: Dro and Mermer's first 29 gallon reef"

any one know why a few pieces of my rock are growing brown spots?
sorry for the bad quality pic

 

[little_fish]

re: Dro and Mermer's first 29 gallon reef"

looks like diatoms, normal for a new tank, as long as you arent using tap water they should go away on their own pretty quickly

 

[Droskie20]

re: Dro and Mermer's first 29 gallon reef"

2m I am going to add my first coral frags and I was wondering how long do I have to wait before I can add more?

 

[little_fish]

re: Dro and Mermer's first 29 gallon reef"

You can add corals as often as you like and as many as you like at one time

 

[Droskie20]

re: Dro and Mermer's first 29 gallon reef"

so its only fish I have to wait for?

 

[little_fish]

re: Dro and Mermer's first 29 gallon reef"

yep, because they add so much more waste to the tank than corals or inverts

 

[Droskie20]

re: Dro and Mermer's first 29 gallon reef"

picked up 3 frags today for 5 bucks a piece, one hasnt opened yet. didnt have the feather duster i wanted, have to wait till 2m for that lol if you guys can name them please itll help, i forgot what the fish guy at lfs told me they were called

 

[Bifferwine]

re: Dro and Mermer's first 29 gallon reef"

Red mushroom
Hard to tell on this one -- looks like a small goniopora (flower pot coral) frag? Can you get a better pic? Or it could be a zoanthid? I'm hoping it's a zoanthid frag.
Last one is another type of mushroom. It doesn't look completely open yet, so maybe a fuzzy mushroom.

 

[Droskie20]

re: Dro and Mermer's first 29 gallon reef"

just picked up 2 more pieces for my tank what do you guys think? like em??

 

[little_fish]

re: Dro and Mermer's first 29 gallon reef"

looks good

 

[beeguiles]

re: Dro and Mermer's first 29 gallon reef"

Very nice

 

[Bifferwine]

re: Dro and Mermer's first 29 gallon reef"

Those look great -- the zoas should spread quickly.

 

[Droskie20]

re: Dro and Mermer's first 29 gallon reef"

just got home and my damn snail broke my flower pot coral "/ what do I do?

 

[Droskie20]

re: Dro and Mermer's first 29 gallon reef"

its safe and blooming no worries lol


now next question, diatoms have fully taken over my rock and I'm not worried but how long before they go away and is there anything I can do to help? (any reviews on adding bacteria would help too)

 

[little_fish]

re: Dro and Mermer's first 29 gallon reef"

patience on both accounts, but the exact length of time depends on your individual set up

 

[Droskie20]

re: Dro and Mermer's first 29 gallon reef"

I have about a 2 inch sand bed of black and white sand, I've noticed that its getting pretty messy, is there any thing I can add to clean it up?

 

[Droskie20]

re: Dro and Mermer's first 29 gallon reef"

added the 10 pounds of live sand looks so much better!

 

[BL1]

re: Dro and Mermer's first 29 gallon reef"

Looking good so far. If your sand is getting messy looking, add some more sand sifters to help get the crud up.