Another noob question

[aquawolf]

Looking very good Richard. Congrats and continued luck with it.

[Suziq21]

Looks great! Did you ever figure out the cause of your pH issues?

[Richard938]

Originally Posted by aquawolf

Looking very good Richard. Congrats and continued luck with it.

Thanks aquawolf

Originally Posted by Suziq21

Looks great! Did you ever figure out the cause of your pH issues?

Hey thanks, this is my first tank ever and I'm really happy it turned out this well I've never even kept a goldfish before this so I'm pretty happy with it.

As for the PH issue I think it was the Chemi-pure elite keeping my PH stable at 7.3
I took the Chemi-pure out for a few days and Buffered my tank to 8.3 using Seachem Reef builder then put the chemi-pure back in now it holds at 8.3.
I'm not saying for sure it was the Chemi-pure but...

[Richard938]

okay, just a little update on the tank. I got a couple of fish the other day and I wanted to share A picture with you.

I got a Maroon Clown and a yellow tail Damsel
I was a little nervous about getting some more fish after the Ocellaris clown incident but hopefully these fish will do better.

Oh! can anyone give me some advice on how to pick an anemone for my clown?

[AZINDY]

I'ld give your clown some time to get comfortable in the tank. It might choose to host in a coral that you already have. We have two clowns and after they got comfortable in the tank they started hosting in our hammers, anthelia (sp), and our pulsing xenia. Clowns will host in more then just anemones from what I have read and seen, but I'm still a noobie too so I could be wrong.

[Richard938]

Originally Posted by AZINDY

I'ld give your clown some time to get comfortable in the tank. It might choose to host in a coral that you already have. We have two clowns and after they got comfortable in the tank they started hosting in our hammers, anthelia (sp), and our pulsing xenia. Clowns will host in more then just anemones from what I have read and seen, but I'm still a noobie too so I could be wrong.

Hi AZINDY,
Well I did end up getting a Bubble tip and my clown hosted it as soon as it hit the water,,, Well almost
but the BTA has just split and now I have 3 (Need One?)

[Richard938]

Hi Everyone
I just wanted to give you all an update on my tank.
Everything is growing and looks fantastic thanks to everyone's help on this board.
If your new to this hobby your in the right place ,These nice people are excellent at giving advice and helping through most problems associated with reef tanks,
With that being said.
here are some updated pics of my tank.
I have added a lot of zoos and a few sps also got rid of my finger leather it was getting too big for my tank and I did not want to cut it up.

[aquawolf]

Things are looking very good indeed, and I see you even have a little frag rack now. Good job.

[exodave]

Hows that BTA doing? Is your clown feeding it, and are you giving it any kind of special attention? I just put in a GBTA, and had pretty much the same reaction from my perc. Instant Love.

[Richard938]

Originally Posted by aquawolf

Things are looking very good indeed, and I see you even have a little frag rack now. Good job.

Thanks Aqua,
yep, fragging corals so I can set up my old 12g again.

Originally Posted by exodave

Hows that BTA doing? Is your clown feeding it, and are you giving it any kind of special attention? I just put in a GBTA, and had pretty much the same reaction from my perc. Instant Love.

Hi, yes I still have all three BTAs and they are doing fine my clown takes great care of his/her Nems.

[crvz]

Looks really good, thanks for sharing the new pictures!

[Richard938]

Thanks Chris

[Richard938]

Hi everyone
I just thought I would give an update on my tank.
It's been almost a year and now my tank is really starting to take off I guess it just needed some time and also it helped to stop moving things around so much and I switched back to a 10k bulb instead of the 20k.
it seems the only thing that grew well under the 20k was hair and bubble algae.

well anywhoo here is an updated picture.

[aquawolf]

That is looking good. You have quite a few nice pieces tucked away in there. Congrats!

[Loverotties]

Very Nice!