hello all,
i found
talking reef on google and you guys have really helped me understand more just by reading the forums,
i ahve some questions,
first off when i went to my
lfs he had given me saltwater the nutri water and i filled my 30 gallon with it as well as about i think 10 or 15 pounds of
live rock, and 2 bags of live sand, he told me come back a few days later to buy some fish, me being new ot this followed his instructions, as well as he sold me a skilyer whihc i honestly hate, in any case the level sin the tank seem to be doing very well and the
live rock has color coming on to it and seems to be moving along very well, he sold me three fish a tomato clownfish and blue tang and another clown, they are eating well and seem to have acclimated well to the tank, and he also sold me a cleaning crew,
now i hate the skilter so i purchased the eheim pro 2 canister filter and installed and love it, but still ahve the skilter up as i have not had time to buy a hang on back
skimmer (any suggestions?)
again as i said before im new ot this and as im reading all that is written here i should have not gone so fast but now i dont have as much time as i tought i would meaning instaed of 5 hours tinkering with everything i only have about an hour a day, and not every day can i go to the
lfs as they are a 20 minute drive from my house and in the evening its no picnic.
so my questions are what suggestion do the experts have for me in terms of keeping this tank going in the right direction, my
ph was a drop low so i am using the buffer,
btw i found a much better
lfs store in the city but cant go there everyday as that would just be commiting suicde, and yesterday i put the cleaning crew into action and now i realize some are missing and my eheim moved all the sand around and covered some of the cleaning crew so the ones that didnt make it i took out and the ones that are still there are just moving their way through the
live rock like they havent ever been fed, i ahve
trace elements for the
live rock and give it about twice a week, and i change the water once a week, please dont come down to hard on me as the guy in the store really seemed to know his stuff, but im reading here that maybe he thinks he knows more than he should suggest.
thanks for all the help you guys can give and a happyt new year
