fishyfish
New Member
Hi I live in Naples, Florida. I have a 72 gal bowfront tank that I've had for about 4 yrs. It started as a fish only tank with live rock and live sand.
I did go too fast even though I read all the info and was warned not to.
I guess I was thinking weeks and they meant months (hee hee)
I started with damsels to cycle. Added a hermit crab and several small snails.
Then a mythrax crab.
My first 3 purchases of fish was a Coral Beauty Angel, a Maroon Clown and 3 chromis. We discovered a stray crab that must've come with the rock. We also found another mythrax crab. Both the mythrax's died within a month, maybe that bigger stray crab got them. The Angel fish died in 3 days, he was injured. Maybe from the crab (it was quite big) or maybe the Clown picked on him.
One of the chromis fish died. We then bought a Keyhole Angel, a Racoon Butterfly and 2 more chromis and more snails as they died off pretty quickly.
The chromis fish fought and killed each other off.
We had the Angel fish several months and he died. The Butterfly fish lasted a full year. He died suddenly but we did have an anemone that he nipped at and then wouldn't eat for a few days but that was several months before he died.
We still have the maroon clown. We bought a rose anemone that he just loves
We bought a yellow tang a month after the butterfly died Finally we started a few corals. We bought some mushrooms.
Then a polyp which didn't last long. I think we didn't have enough
filtration. We now have a brain which is doing good.
This is an expensive hobby but well worth it to me.
I enjoy changing water and messing around with the rock and discovering
new fish.
We learned a lot. Like angel fish aren't necessarily good for a new tank
and an inexperienced aquarist.
We've lost many fish. Had a dragon wrasse, a couple of scooter bennies
an engineer goby (wouldn't eat, lasted 3 days) a royal gramma, several
angels over the 4 yrs. We had a starry blenny that we loved that disappeared. Maybe he died inside a rock and the crabs got him.
We're still looking to get into more corals. We try to keep a nice variety.
My mate likes fish mostly and I like critters and corals and just a few fish.
So we now have 4 fish, a hermit crab, an anemone, several mushrooms, a brain coral and a shrimp.
It's a fun hobby, an expensive hobby and at times aggravating.
I did go too fast even though I read all the info and was warned not to.
I guess I was thinking weeks and they meant months (hee hee)
I started with damsels to cycle. Added a hermit crab and several small snails.
Then a mythrax crab.
My first 3 purchases of fish was a Coral Beauty Angel, a Maroon Clown and 3 chromis. We discovered a stray crab that must've come with the rock. We also found another mythrax crab. Both the mythrax's died within a month, maybe that bigger stray crab got them. The Angel fish died in 3 days, he was injured. Maybe from the crab (it was quite big) or maybe the Clown picked on him.
One of the chromis fish died. We then bought a Keyhole Angel, a Racoon Butterfly and 2 more chromis and more snails as they died off pretty quickly.
The chromis fish fought and killed each other off.
We had the Angel fish several months and he died. The Butterfly fish lasted a full year. He died suddenly but we did have an anemone that he nipped at and then wouldn't eat for a few days but that was several months before he died.
We still have the maroon clown. We bought a rose anemone that he just loves
We bought a yellow tang a month after the butterfly died Finally we started a few corals. We bought some mushrooms.
Then a polyp which didn't last long. I think we didn't have enough
filtration. We now have a brain which is doing good.
This is an expensive hobby but well worth it to me.
I enjoy changing water and messing around with the rock and discovering
new fish.
We learned a lot. Like angel fish aren't necessarily good for a new tank
and an inexperienced aquarist.
We've lost many fish. Had a dragon wrasse, a couple of scooter bennies
an engineer goby (wouldn't eat, lasted 3 days) a royal gramma, several
angels over the 4 yrs. We had a starry blenny that we loved that disappeared. Maybe he died inside a rock and the crabs got him.
We're still looking to get into more corals. We try to keep a nice variety.
My mate likes fish mostly and I like critters and corals and just a few fish.
So we now have 4 fish, a hermit crab, an anemone, several mushrooms, a brain coral and a shrimp.
It's a fun hobby, an expensive hobby and at times aggravating.
