I found you thru searching for good forums last night looking for local groups. All the groups down this way just seem to be more intrested in talking bout girls and cars than thier tanks.
So I have only seen this 1 bristle worm, is this ok? And the sponges? They are begining to build up on the back of the tank. Also it seems that I am getting a lot of the grey gunk settling on the rocks and the floor by the end of the week. I've been told it's waste from sand worms. But it seems an awful lot for some sand worms. What can I do about this. I think it could be from over feeding as well. But obviously I am a novice at this and don't know a whole lot yet.
I feed with spirulina 20 flakes, frozen mysis and DT's premium reef blend everyother day. Occationally I will ad some zooplankton and Formula One Marine Pellet but not recently since most my corals and fish are now gone...
When my tank was doing good I was supplementing with 1 drop Coral Accel & 1 drop Liquid Calcium bi-daily. And Strontium&Molybdenum and Iodine at 1/3 water changes.
I had since been told by one of the bigger shops I frequent to ad Tech M then they said not to do that and just use the 2 part Nano Reef and Tech M because I was starting to get red slime. I also switched to the higher priced carbon that's supposed to help with that (forget what it's called but comes in a black tub and costs about $20) I replace it every 3 months. The carbon I like but I'm not sure if I'm using the 2 part and the Tech M like I should because seems like everything has died or been eaten.
edit: What I found I had a lot of after the 4 month of set up were Amphipods not Copepods as I has thought.
I have been travelling a lot so I haven't been able to care for my tank as I can now. I have lost any flower pot, torch, and angel I have had in this last yearDOH!
Check out the photos with what I have found in my tank. And what I used to have... (sad)