new to rc..

dinthbrgh · 08/31/2012, 05:48 PM

hi all!

wanted to introduce myself and tell you little bit about me and my setup...if you can call it that!

am a brandy spankin' newbie to sw. have a 29g been up for 3 weeks. running with 2 koralia 550 ph's and no skimmer. i realise this means good husbandry, weekly wc's and siphoning out the toilet. started with fully cured lr, and a mix of ls (i know...not really live) and crushed aragonite. i believe i have already been through a mini cycle. the first week i had my ammo, then nitrite spikes, and have been avg between 10 and 2.5 no3 ever since. currently at 2.5. it has been steadily dropping. salinity is at 1.022 and trying to increase it slowly by adding sw instead of rodi. i am using storebought rodi at the moment.

diatom bloom started about 2 weeks ago, right after nitrates went up and ammo and no2 zeroed. added 2 cerith and 2 nassarius. 6 days ago i let my lfs talk me into my first fish. i really wanted a fire shrimp because i knew it was too early for a fish. but i let 'em talk me into it, and, already knowing what fish i want, i brought home a tailspot blenny. def a juvenile, and we crossed our fins. lfs confirmed my tests as accurate and assured me he'd be fine. and he is! i'm amazed at how beautifully he has colored up. he looked good at the store, but sooo much better now. he's eating diatoms and spectrum pellets and kelp wafers. he's progressing exactly as he should and slowly getting comfortable and gaining confidence. very shy fish! that's why he went in first.

so... that's the good, bad, and the ugly. glad to be here!

dzfish17 · 08/31/2012, 05:57 PM

Welcome to RC. Sounds like youve got a good grasp of things for a newb. By the way... we like pics so get one up for us.

dinthbrgh · 09/01/2012, 03:01 PM

so...hi! thanks for the welcome dave! just thought i'd say hi again...really expected someone to tell me what a dope i am for putting a fish in there already...well in nicer words i expect...lol!

Misled · 09/01/2012, 04:05 PM

To Reef Central

bnumair · 09/01/2012, 04:07 PM

welcome to RC and good luck.

chrisfont23 · 09/01/2012, 04:44 PM

Good luck. Welcome aboard

dinthbrgh · 09/01/2012, 05:11 PM

and right after this hello, i do the dumbest thing of all time!! i've been running fw for years and have never dumped fish food into my tanks like this! i know better! well...apparently not...

08/31/2012, 05:48 PM	#1
dinthbrgh Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2012 Posts: 163	new to rc.. hi all! wanted to introduce myself and tell you little bit about me and my setup...if you can call it that! am a brandy spankin' newbie to sw. have a 29g been up for 3 weeks. running with 2 koralia 550 ph's and no skimmer. i realise this means good husbandry, weekly wc's and siphoning out the toilet. started with fully cured lr, and a mix of ls (i know...not really live) and crushed aragonite. i believe i have already been through a mini cycle. the first week i had my ammo, then nitrite spikes, and have been avg between 10 and 2.5 no3 ever since. currently at 2.5. it has been steadily dropping. salinity is at 1.022 and trying to increase it slowly by adding sw instead of rodi. i am using storebought rodi at the moment. diatom bloom started about 2 weeks ago, right after nitrates went up and ammo and no2 zeroed. added 2 cerith and 2 nassarius. 6 days ago i let my lfs talk me into my first fish. i really wanted a fire shrimp because i knew it was too early for a fish. but i let 'em talk me into it, and, already knowing what fish i want, i brought home a tailspot blenny. def a juvenile, and we crossed our fins. lfs confirmed my tests as accurate and assured me he'd be fine. and he is! i'm amazed at how beautifully he has colored up. he looked good at the store, but sooo much better now. he's eating diatoms and spectrum pellets and kelp wafers. he's progressing exactly as he should and slowly getting comfortable and gaining confidence. very shy fish! that's why he went in first. so... that's the good, bad, and the ugly. glad to be here!

08/31/2012, 05:57 PM	#2
dzfish17 Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Fresno,Ca. Posts: 2,545	Welcome to RC. Sounds like youve got a good grasp of things for a newb. By the way... we like pics so get one up for us. __________________ 600g (96x36x46) FOWLR

09/01/2012, 04:05 PM	#4
Misled RC Mod Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Pittsburgh, Pa Posts: 11,440 Blog Entries: 11	To Reef Central __________________ Jesse I'm not saying I'm Batman. I'm just saying nobody has ever seen me and Batman in a room together.

09/01/2012, 04:07 PM	#5
bnumair Dr. Reef at ur service Join Date: May 2009 Location: Tulsa, Ok, USA Posts: 7,751 Blog Entries: 15	welcome to RC and good luck. __________________ Water Quality: NO3 0,Phos 0,Cal 440,Alk 7.5,Mag 1300 "Reef Fast, You Crash, Reef Slow, You Pass" Mike's Reef 3:16 Current Tank Info: 350g DT,95g sump, 50g Frag tank, 4800gph return 4x Sea swirls. 6x AI Vega Color. 200# Pukani rock, dual recirculating skimmer, Biopellet, GFO Carbon rx's, Cal rx. Closed loop. 1.5hp chiller, genesis renew. Apex & RKE

09/01/2012, 03:01 PM	#3
dinthbrgh Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2012 Posts: 163	so...hi! thanks for the welcome dave! just thought i'd say hi again...really expected someone to tell me what a dope i am for putting a fish in there already...well in nicer words i expect...lol!

09/01/2012, 04:44 PM	#6
chrisfont23 Reef Monster Join Date: Sep 2011 Location: Long Island Posts: 1,343	Good luck. Welcome aboard

09/01/2012, 05:11 PM	#7
dinthbrgh Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2012 Posts: 163	and right after this hello, i do the dumbest thing of all time!! i've been running fw for years and have never dumped fish food into my tanks like this! i know better! well...apparently not...