Hi everyone....
im new to talkingreef...well at least i just joined today...ive been a "forum lurker" for quite awhile now! haha
well on the first of july, my bday, my parents split a 20g long saltwater set up with me!
-20g glass aquarium
-biowheel
-salt
-hydrometer
-heater
-fluorescent lighting
-3 lbs of
LR
^^ all for $200 (i thought it was a deal)
well that night i set everything up and got it running.
then a few days later i added 8.5 lbs
LR.
in 2 weeks i got my water checked at
LFS and everything looked great except my
phosphates...used tap water i didnt no ne better...
so he told my i could add some livestock...i added 2 true percs, 6 hermys, 2 snails..
everything was good
a week later i did a 50% water change with
LFS premixed saltwater... to lower
phosphates..
everything was GREAT up until then prolly
cus i have read soooo much on this forum!
well on the 21st..... we had a HUGE!!!! storm tornad0!! ahh... well our power went out...and i had nooo back up power source... we not expecting to get power back for 3-5 days... so that day i just every once in a while would go and blow bubbles... using airline tubing to just get something going in the tank... so on sat. a family friend who worked at a car dealership..had power sooo i loaded all my
LR snails, hermys, and of course fish into a bucket with the filter hangin on the side and took it there..
well of course this would happen!! 2 hours after taking the bucket to the dealership we got power back!!! ergggg and the dealership was closed until today (only one day) so i just had to wait it out!
today i got the bucket back and everything is living and happy!!! yay... so they all went back into the tank which had a bubbler in there while everything was gone. and i found bristle worms in one of my
LR like 3-4" eekk trying to figure out how to remove them!!
thanks for reading....
any suggestions would be apprieciated!!!!
-kenji
