55G reef and fish tank Journey

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paranoid006

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Today I finished installing the DYI skimmer and the algae scrubber, because some miscalculation from my side the scrubber "net" was not long enough, it is about one inch above the water. I attached a plastic bag to it in order to prevent big splashs, meanwhile I get a larger one.
 
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paranoid006

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Today I checked Nitrates for the first time. The test resulted in zero!
Nitrites are also in zero, so I suppose that I can start adding livestock.

What do you recommend me to start with?
 
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paranoid006

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Lately I have seen many of these hitchhikers during nights, it seems that they like eating diatom algae.

what's the name of them?

they are on the back glass

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paranoid006

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It has been 35 days since I started my tank.

I tested my water and the results were:

Nitrite: 0 ppm
Nitrate: 0 ppm
Calcium: 500 ppm
Alk: 10 Dkh
Salinity: 1.025
Temperature: 25`C
PH: 8.0

Because all the parameters looked under control, during the last week I decided to add some softies and fishes to my tank. This is the first time in my life that I do this so I was extremely excited. I was waiting for this moment since the first time I saw a salt water tank (almost 15 years ago).

zoanthids added on March 12nd

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green polyps added on March 14th, the guy at the LFS gave me this softie as a present not sure of the name though.

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Tanked raised Ocellaris Clownfish and Red Scooter Dragonet added on March 15th

Pedrito:
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Xenia pom poms added on March 19th:

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This is how my tank looks now:

Algae scrubber:
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The Halimeda algae has been growing:
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Full DT:
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PghFishNerd

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paranoid006 said:
RIP Pedrito :sad:
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:( Is Pedrito the Clown? What happened to him? I was just about to say the scooter may have been a bad idea because you need a really large copepod population to keep these guys, which you probably don't have yet since your tank is so new.

On a side note, I do really love your aquascape. All the different heights will be great for your reef, not to mention it looks awesome :girlthumb:
 
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paranoid006

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PghFishNerd said:
:( Is Pedrito the Clown? What happened to him? I was just about to say the scooter may have been a bad idea because you need a really large copepod population to keep these guys, which you probably don't have yet since your tank is so new.

On a side note, I do really love your aquascape. All the different heights will be great for your reef, not to mention it looks awesome :girlthumb:
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Yes, Pedrito was the Clown :(
He died, unfortunately I dont know the cause. He was eating well, in the morning before he died he was pretty active.
My parameters seem to be OK. Nitrates: <0.3, Nitrites: <0.2, Ammonia: <0.1, Calcium:400, Dkh: 10, Salinity: 1.025, pH: 8.0

I am starting to worry since I have a second Clown (I dont see any sign of ICH or rare behavior)

I had a large copepod population, since I added the scooter I rarely see one,
by the way he is doing fine.

Thanks for the comments about the aquascape, I like it too, it is too bad that it is pretty difficult to clean the sides of the DT.
 
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paranoid006

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buuuuuuuuuump
I am in Japan right now, I havent seen my tank during 4 months I hope all it is ok
I will update you next week when I am back at home
 
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paranoid006

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my fish stock is:

1-Yellow Tang (Zebrasoma flavescens)
1-Red Scooter Dragonet (Neosynchiropus moyeri)
1-Fire Goby (Nemateleotris magnifica)
1-Clown tang (Acanthurus lineatus)

Corals

-Eeuphyllia divisia (frogspawn)
-Caulastrea furcata
-Montipora capricornis
-Red lobophyllia
-Plerogyra sinuosa
-Cladiella sp.(colt coral)
-Sarcophyton sp.
-Lemnalia sp. (Spaghetti coral)
-Heteroxenia sp (Xenia pom pom)
-Discosoma sp
 
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