thank you! but i just started the tank and there is not much in it. the larger fish i got from a friend to start my tank, dont know what it is. but he told me that its a very high end fish. i have a few damsels as well in there.What is that larger fish?
I assume this is already cycled? (fingers crossed)
Very pretty tank
What kind of lighting is on it?
Regarding the lighting, i have very poor lighting now. im currently using the light that came with the tank, its a t8 bulb 15w. but i plan on getting the metal halide if you could help me with that i would appreciate it.What is that larger fish?
I assume this is already cycled? (fingers crossed)
Very pretty tank
What kind of lighting is on it?
the tank is up for 3 weeks now.And he only gave me the fish to start out, he's taking it back from me.Specifically when was the tank started..a date?
You sincerely need to ask your firends what kind of fish it is. It is onluy a 20g tank, so you will have no idea if it will be too large for the tank, or if it will eat any other fish or whatever you put in there...
..a 'few' damsels? as in 3? Do you know what size they get to be when they are adults? Did you cycle this tank using the damsels?
Have you researched MH lighting? What do you think you want to put on the tank? What type of corals do you plan to keep?
We are forever suggesting that new reefers read as MUCH as they can!didnt test the water yet, but i was planing on teasting it at the end of this week. so should i take out the fish?The expectation is that when someone wants to start a SW tank, that they will do at least some research on setting one up prior to actually doing it. If you wanted to take up skydiving, would you ask questions AFTER you jumped out of the plane? Dangerous you say eh?
You need to learn about the 'nitrogen cycle' - commonly called 'cycling a tank'..I'm sure you will get something like a million hits of you Google it.
(oops, I checked... 2 1/2 million...)
Some research on your own would be a good idea
...why you shouldn't be using fish to cycle a tank...because the ammonia generated by the cycle burns their gills, for days & days...causing damage and often killing the fish.
There are so many ways that are humane to cycle a tank without harming fish in the process.
Water from someone else's tank contains so little bacteria, there isn't any point in using it. The bacteria that is important is on the surfaces or everything in the tank. The water column supports only a tiny percentage of the bacteria.
What are your water parameters at this point? Specifically your Ammonia, Nitrite and Nitrate levels?
thank you!
do you have a eheim?
:smile:The expectation is that when someone wants to start a SW tank, that they will do at least some research on setting one up prior to actually doing it. If you wanted to take up skydiving, would you ask questions AFTER you jumped out of the plane? Dangerous you say eh?
You need to learn about the 'nitrogen cycle' - commonly called 'cycling a tank'..I'm sure you will get something like a million hits of you Google it.
(oops, I checked... 2 1/2 million...)
Some research on your own would be a good idea
...why you shouldn't be using fish to cycle a tank...because the ammonia generated by the cycle burns their gills, for days & days...causing damage and often killing the fish.
There are so many ways that are humane to cycle a tank without harming fish in the process.
Water from someone else's tank contains so little bacteria, there isn't any point in using it. The bacteria that is important is on the surfaces or everything in the tank. The water column supports only a tiny percentage of the bacteria.
What are your water parameters at this point? Specifically your Ammonia, Nitrite and Nitrate levels?
They are called Diatoms - part of the cycling process...
pssst...parameters?
thank you sooo much! i was starting to get worried.
