First anniversary of saltwater tank in July.
Apr 6, 2015 13:29:36 GMT -5
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Post by saltwatermama on Apr 6, 2015 13:29:36 GMT -5
Hello to all hobbyists.
My husband and I are new to the hobby. Our one year anniversary is coming up in July. I originally bought a small 20 gallon for him for his birthday but I quickly learned smaller isn't better with this hobby. We ended up purchasing a 55 g and made the decision to go saltwater. We went into this blind. We didn't take the time to learn about all the equipment we would need. We knew nothing about the cost and time needed.
Don't get me wrong though. I have absolutely no regrets. I love our tank and all our livestock. At this time we are running a fowlr tank. Eventually I would love to get into corals as well. We need more equipment for that though. We are running 3 filters right now. The Whisper Power 60, Tetra whisper ex70 and Fluval 406. When we bought the fluval I was hoping to switch to only that filter. I was told to keep running all 3 as the more filtration the better.
Our current livestock are as follows: 2 False percs, Blue Hippotang, Yellow Tang, 4 Chromis, Flame Angel, 2 Cleaner Shrimp, 2 Camel Shrimp, numerous hermit crabs and snails and a Sandsifting Goby. We went through a few problems in the beginning with high levels of nitrates and ammonia but weekly small water changes corrected that. We ask a lot of questions when we go to the LFS and we always research our purchases first. Some say we have too much in our tank but all our levels are good and all our livestock are thriving and getting bigger. They all get along and some even buddy up.
It's nice to know there is a forum to ask questions and research that is local. I know I will make good use of this forum just for equipment research alone.
My husband and I are new to the hobby. Our one year anniversary is coming up in July. I originally bought a small 20 gallon for him for his birthday but I quickly learned smaller isn't better with this hobby. We ended up purchasing a 55 g and made the decision to go saltwater. We went into this blind. We didn't take the time to learn about all the equipment we would need. We knew nothing about the cost and time needed.
Don't get me wrong though. I have absolutely no regrets. I love our tank and all our livestock. At this time we are running a fowlr tank. Eventually I would love to get into corals as well. We need more equipment for that though. We are running 3 filters right now. The Whisper Power 60, Tetra whisper ex70 and Fluval 406. When we bought the fluval I was hoping to switch to only that filter. I was told to keep running all 3 as the more filtration the better.
Our current livestock are as follows: 2 False percs, Blue Hippotang, Yellow Tang, 4 Chromis, Flame Angel, 2 Cleaner Shrimp, 2 Camel Shrimp, numerous hermit crabs and snails and a Sandsifting Goby. We went through a few problems in the beginning with high levels of nitrates and ammonia but weekly small water changes corrected that. We ask a lot of questions when we go to the LFS and we always research our purchases first. Some say we have too much in our tank but all our levels are good and all our livestock are thriving and getting bigger. They all get along and some even buddy up.
It's nice to know there is a forum to ask questions and research that is local. I know I will make good use of this forum just for equipment research alone.
