Thanks for the read dsoz! Like I said, I have above average knowledge of marine life but I still have much to learn. I was an aide for a very good Marine Biology teacher named John Borowski so I learned alot from my experience with him. After that Ive done a LOT of reading and research to figure out what to do when I finally join this hobby. Now that I have, I've taken peoples advice on taking it slow.
My tank has been set up for a few months. I let hair algae completely swarm my tank and I never touched it thinking that eventually it would use up all its food and take care of itself. After a while of that I got nervous thinking that it would never end so after about a month of algae growth I took it all out by hand and did a fairly good job of cleaning it. Shortly after I introduced a cleanup crew.
30 Blue Legs, 20 Astraeas and 10 Nassarius.. thats all I have to start off and thats why I made this post.
Right now I have a basic little setup going on. Im running blue/super actinics, a dual biowheel filter and a couple powerheads on a 50 gallon acrylic tank. My sand is a combo of crushed coral and aragonite. I dont know how much live rock I have but you can take a guess by the pictures. Im debating on setting up a sump with an overflow box to put my filter below the tank and eventually Im going to upgrade my powerheads and install a skimmer. But that comes later.
And dont laugh at my little lawn in the middle of my tank!