Nee to salt and very excited!

[SwimLittleFishy]

Hello!
New to salt water but not to fish. Have had cichlids for many years and an outdoor koi pond.

Started in Dec 18, added fish Mid Jan 19 (2 clown and a damsel) and fish March 19. A Blenny and a tang. First water change in a couple weeks. Have a small clean up crew(crabs)

Looking for any and all new person advise. So far so good seemingly

[Jason9488]

What size tank? What kind of filtration? Pics?

[Uncle99]

Originally Posted by SwimLittleFishy

Hello!
New to salt water but not to fish. Have had cichlids for many years and an outdoor koi pond.

Started in Dec 18, added fish Mid Jan 19 (2 clown and a damsel) and fish March 19. A Blenny and a tang. First water change in a couple weeks. Have a small clean up crew(crabs)

Looking for any and all new person advise. So far so good seemingly

40g is small for the tang, I believe the minimum is around 75.

What are your current parameters and how do you keep them stable?

[SwimLittleFishy]

Originally Posted by Uncle99

40g is small for the tang, I believe the minimum is around 75.

What are your current parameters and how do you keep them stable?

Supposedly he will only grow to 4" and be the largest in tank. He counts as 2 fish and is a yellow eyed kole tang. The store I work with is very reputable but that doesnt mean I didnt get bad advice.

Are you referring to testing water when you ask about perimeters?

[SwimLittleFishy]

Originally Posted by Jason9488

What size tank? What kind of filtration? Pics?

40 gal. tank 36L x 18D
Closed fulvi filtration. 3 compartment filter

having trouble with phone. pictures coming. It looks awesome

[Uncle99]

Originally Posted by SwimLittleFishy

Supposedly he will only grow to 4" and be the largest in tank. He counts as 2 fish and is a yellow eyed kole tang. The store I work with is very reputable but that doesnt mean I didnt get bad advice.

Are you referring to testing water when you ask about perimeters?

Yup, while fish tolerate some flux, corals, especially SPS do not.
It's not bad advice, glad it's a Kole.....

There are 8 major parameters which must remain in the range, not counting Ammonia and Nitrite which are only really relevant during cycle.

It would be impossible to create, maintain and grow corals in a reef tank without these, but I see you only have fish so forget CA, MG and ALK.

So that leaves you with 5, Of course the goal is to maintain water in these ranges, the less flux the better. So temp, salinity, PH, nitrate and phosphates. PH is nice to know but anything 7.8 to 8.3 is fine, however, corals calcify better at a consistent 8.3, but do not chase this.

Sounds like things are going well, good luck and have fun!