Adopted Tank Has Been Moved

[Queen Bee]

Thanks to all of you who gave advice and help for a successful move. Fish are happy in the new home, water stats look good. Received lots of additives for the tank and food supplies.Only took an hour to tear down old tank and get them moved to new tank also an hour. (Couple of hours to get skimmer going and what a mess doing it )

I think I have some soft coral in the live rock. Pictures below. They are soft and spongy. Any idea what it is in the photos? Need help to identify so I can look after them properly.

Thanks again everyone! It was easier than I first thought.
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The thing is in the middle of the picture. Not very clear, but looks like a mushroom if it were upside down.



This one is red, and small flat knobs on the top. Middle of the picture.



The adopted tank in new home.

 

[seffieuk]

Probably sponges but difficult to tell - so, what are your plans now?

Seffie x

 

[Queen Bee]

Funny you should ask. Just spent a couple of hours at lfs. I want to build a false wall with opening and proper air currents to hide the equiptment without effecting the way they are working. Saw some examples there and we are in the designing stage right now.

Need to empty my freshwater quarantine tank and convert to a saltwater quarantine. My freshwater tank is fully stocked now anyways. Was only using the tank to breed snails for the clown loach.

Wrote down the names of fish I liked and going to do research on them. Got a helpful book that tells what to look for when buying fish ect. to ensure maximum health. Really like the gobies, blennies and mandrin dragonet. Need to watch compatibility with clowns and blue damsels which came with the tank. Want some bigger fish, but not a good idea with only a 29 gallon tank.

Don't want to rush anything, let fish settle in and new filter get going. Changed from noisy filter to one that is a lot more quiet. Used old filter sponges and trying to seed new sponge.

Really wanted to come home with fish, but quarantine not ready.


Question: Read that I should not buy live rock and add to an existing live rock aquarium. Why is that? Can I buy some the regular rock that is used in freshwater aquariums and add that to the salt tank? Fire gobies like cliffs and ledges, and I don't have enough live rock to do that.

All in all, very happy and now the adventure begins!

 

[Morri]

I would not use any sponge filters at all in a marine aquarium unless you clean the sponge every week they are good at converting to Nitrate but they cannot get rid of nitrate and become a problem in a marine tank.

As for adding LR you can add addtional LR to a exsisting tank by adding in small quantities but they must remain wet (In salt water) from the LFS to your home the other option is to buy some dead rock (LR that is not cured) soak it in RO for a week then add it to your tank this will seed over time and become LR

One thing to bear in mind with LR in a marine aquarium you can have to much rock if your flow over the rock is to low the LR will do very little filtration it is better to have less rock with good flow in my experience it leaves more room for the fish to swim in and when you start adding corals to the tank gives them more room to grow.

I would also be tempted to take the Damsel to your LFS if possible these can be a royal pain in the bum which species is it?

Just checked your pics you do need a few more Kgs of rock in there

 

[Queen Bee]

There are 2 female blue damsels in the tank right now with 2 clown.

I thought I would need more live rock as the original tank was 20 gallon and I moved it to a 29 gallon.

Thanks!

 

[seffieuk]

Take a look at BigCs nano journal, he did the 'wall' thing in his tank plus his journal is a good read


http/www.fishforums.net/index.php?/topic/202153-dawn-on-the-reef/page__hl__bigC__fromsearch__1
Seffie x

 

[Queen Bee]

Thanks for the link. Gave me some other ideas about hiding equiptment while still functional and nice looking.

Back to the drawing board!