Aquamarine 900 Journal - My First Marine Tank

[ainsy]

Good - You would be amazed at the number of keepers who just stick things in because it says so on the label....Another one of my mantras is Never add it unless you can test for it.

 

[FishAreFriendsNotFood10]

Very true sir very true!

How far off a nano are you now? surely now ur a mod you have to have a tank all that power and nowhere to practice with it muahahaha

 

[ainsy]

Yep - you'd think wouldn't you.

Still working on Mrs. A. ....may have to offer to decorate or something.

 

[guppy_man]

Yep - you'd think wouldn't you.

Still working on Mrs. A. ....may have to offer to decorate or something.

I like that comment, "offer to decorate"

 

[FishAreFriendsNotFood10]

Now you're a mod you have the power to just demand a tank ! she needs to bow down to ur power!

 

[FishAreFriendsNotFood10]

God i wish i lived somewhere else because of the bank holidays the only 2 marine fish stores i have near me are now 2 weeks behind with their deliveries ANDDDD i may not even get what i want as apparently "yellow leathers are hard to come by" im sure if i lived somewhere like america i could of filled my tank with the corals i want by now

Rant over patience mode back on lol

 

[guppy_man]

Same with most shops near me, all behind, hardly any stock until friday!

 

[sleeky]

My lfs are really organised so they don't have probs like that. They know there's a bank holiday coming up and make sure they work their orders around it. They're great.

 

[GGtank]

soo today i wake up and i notice these lil feathery green things sprouting up through my sand

spent the last 2 hours on google reading about hair algae (thinking its that lol) so if it isnt that atleast im clued up lol

test results
0ppm ammonia
0ppm nitrite
10ppm nitrate (mixing RO and salt now for water change tommorow)

on a lighter side of the daily news heres a cool pic of my starfish playing nice!

Had a nice read through your journal, well done so far!

Wanted to ask one thing, does the orange starfish that you have, have tiny black pores on it?? I only ask because it resembles my starfish which is actually of the genus Fromia. The species you linked (linckia) I've seen a few times and they look a bit different to that.

Here's a link I found http/www.liveaquaria.com/product/prod_display.cfm?c=497+528+868&pcatid=868

you can see mine in my sig, I think its the same!

 

[FishAreFriendsNotFood10]

Nah mine was (note the was < as I took him back for now until my tank is matured) a linckia I saw his order label my was pure orange no black whatsoever. I'll get anuther 1 probably next year now

Thanks for the thumbs up on my progress been tricky at times since I was a complete beginner. Now i believe I can offer basic help

I wish my LFS was organised

 

[FishAreFriendsNotFood10]

Who wants to play Name The Macro Algae!? LLJ, Ainsy?
(oh and dont mind my flame angel charging the camera he's totally woke up on the wrong side of the cave today! moody lil sod

oh this rock has tons of other stuffs on it!

 

[ainsy]

Do you mean the Caulerpa Racemosa in the foreground or the nasty Valonia in the background?

 

[FishAreFriendsNotFood10]

You tell me

 

[lljdma06]

I see caulerpa racemosa as well, but not sold on Valonia...

More sold on this...

Neomeris annulata possibly for the long stringy green algae, because of the white calcification at the base and that it's not translucent like Valonia often is. There is also a red macro in there that is a bit of a pest as well. Hehe...

L

 

[FishAreFriendsNotFood10]

Which is which