cellowithgills Posted August 24, 2010 Share Posted August 24, 2010 Hi, I bought a 20 gallon saltwater aquarium about 10 months ago from someone off craigslist.com. I didn't know what I was getting into! (I keep freshwater mostly) When we got the tank it had no fish and a nitrate level of 160 ppm, at least that's as high as the range goes on my test kit(nutty). Anyways, after about a billion water changes I got a, Round Goby, Ocellaris Clown, 6-lined Wrasse, and a rosy bubble tip anemone. After things like pH drops, bad advice, and evil filters(flame), I lost the anemone (as well as a condylactics), the clown, and the wrasse (it jumped ship), and upgraded to a 29 gallon BioCube, and gained a Toadstool Leather coral, Montipora Capricornis, Banggai Cardinal, Red Banned Snapping Shrimp, and a Skunk Clown. So, now I'm working on setting up a 55 gallon. I just wanted to get on a SW forum so I can get some advice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dee77 Posted August 24, 2010 Share Posted August 24, 2010 nice cant wait to see pics Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoobtoSalt Posted August 24, 2010 Share Posted August 24, 2010 Welcome to the forum! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael7979 Posted August 24, 2010 Share Posted August 24, 2010 Welcome!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThePremiumAquarium Posted August 25, 2010 Share Posted August 25, 2010 Welcome to the club! you have a ton of great reefers down in your neck of the woods! Let me know if I can help with any questions or get you anything in particular! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReeFit Posted August 25, 2010 Share Posted August 25, 2010 You've come to the right place. I'm sure we can help you kill off the rest of your livestock. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stylaster Posted August 25, 2010 Share Posted August 25, 2010 Welcome to the club! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J.R Posted August 25, 2010 Share Posted August 25, 2010 Sorry to hear you had some pets die already. Welcome to the board! This is a good place for advice and reading up on how other people do their tanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CA2OR Posted August 25, 2010 Share Posted August 25, 2010 Re: New with a 29 BioCube The key is a billion and one water changes....newb.....just kidding...welcome to the club Sent from my Droid using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cellowithgills Posted August 25, 2010 Author Share Posted August 25, 2010 I didn't add anything until the nitrates were down in the teen's. But the RBTA and the clown died from a pH drop, the Condy got sucked into the intake on my filter, and the wrasse jump tank. Working on getting some pictures Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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