JeF4y
Member
Well, after lurking for a week & reading pretty much everything I can, I figured I should probably say HI and ask a few questions, etc.
We're brand new to saltwater anything, and are looking to ease into things, keeping it simple and successful (hopefully).
Where we're at today is all in the signature. I suppose it won't benefit anyone for me to type it out again.
Right now we simply have 30# of fully cured liverock in the tank (as well 30# crushed coral). It's been there for about a week now. There has been no remarkable spike in ammonia or any of the other levels, but everything on the liverock seems to be doing well.
There are some tiny shrimp in the tank from the rock, as well as some very small snails, and what I guess are tube-worms.
Our ultimate goal is to have some LPS corals and a pair of clownfish and a mandarin blenny (and the obligatory CUC).
Our thought/gameplan is to add a few (3) corals and a CUC at the same time, likely late this week.
And after that sits for a month or so, start adding the fish.
Questions...
1. Is this a reasonable plan? Is there any reason I should not add Corals & CUC at the same time? If so, which should be in first?
2. Regarding CUC, I would like to get a cleaner shrimp, a peppermint shrimp, and assorted other critters, but I don't exactly know what is reasonable for this tank or my fish goals. Thoughts?
3. We have a small spot (about the size of a nickel) of clear algae that appeared on a piece of liverock. At this point I'm not overly concerned about it and figured the CUC would snack on it, but is this something I should worry about further?
Well, that should cover it for now. Thank you all for your replies in advance...
Cheers.
-Jeff
We're brand new to saltwater anything, and are looking to ease into things, keeping it simple and successful (hopefully).
Where we're at today is all in the signature. I suppose it won't benefit anyone for me to type it out again.
Right now we simply have 30# of fully cured liverock in the tank (as well 30# crushed coral). It's been there for about a week now. There has been no remarkable spike in ammonia or any of the other levels, but everything on the liverock seems to be doing well.
There are some tiny shrimp in the tank from the rock, as well as some very small snails, and what I guess are tube-worms.
Our ultimate goal is to have some LPS corals and a pair of clownfish and a mandarin blenny (and the obligatory CUC).
Our thought/gameplan is to add a few (3) corals and a CUC at the same time, likely late this week.
And after that sits for a month or so, start adding the fish.
Questions...
1. Is this a reasonable plan? Is there any reason I should not add Corals & CUC at the same time? If so, which should be in first?
2. Regarding CUC, I would like to get a cleaner shrimp, a peppermint shrimp, and assorted other critters, but I don't exactly know what is reasonable for this tank or my fish goals. Thoughts?
3. We have a small spot (about the size of a nickel) of clear algae that appeared on a piece of liverock. At this point I'm not overly concerned about it and figured the CUC would snack on it, but is this something I should worry about further?
Well, that should cover it for now. Thank you all for your replies in advance...
Cheers.
-Jeff