falconleader
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Quick summary.
18 years old - I go to Elmhurst College - I've lived in Elk Grove(near schaumburg) my whole life
My saltwater taste goes as so= Coral>Inverts>Coral Stacking>Fish>Equipment
I'm gonna try to post a sequence of how my tank has changed over the last 3 months.
OKay so I dunno how to make the picture smaller.
This first picture is the sand airborne when I first finished putting things in.( I got pre cycled water)
A day after (3 1/2 months ago) I moved a bit around
Moving and adding (2 months)
2 Months again but with a black backgroung
1 month
Added a Firefish, diamond goby. and more coral Btw I started the tank with two black clowns you can see their color change over time
Present Sorry for the shaky picture -
So Now i have like 5 different ricordeas, couple zoas, favias, polyps my recent favorite hammer, small tree, other things with names that escape me.
I successfully brought in a blue tang about the size of my clowns who loves to hump my cleaner wrasse/skunk and chase my clowns through the liverock while scaring my firefish/goby everytime he goes by their prized hole( also the goby stacked shells for the roof of his hole if you could see it) he occasionally throws snails on it too. I actually don't run a skimmer. I use 2 200 something fans on top blowing opposite directions which is almost too much current I feel like. I'd love to hear any criticism or suggestions or compliments. Throw it all out there. Hello chi town fish world!
18 years old - I go to Elmhurst College - I've lived in Elk Grove(near schaumburg) my whole life
My saltwater taste goes as so= Coral>Inverts>Coral Stacking>Fish>Equipment
I'm gonna try to post a sequence of how my tank has changed over the last 3 months.
OKay so I dunno how to make the picture smaller.
This first picture is the sand airborne when I first finished putting things in.( I got pre cycled water)
A day after (3 1/2 months ago) I moved a bit around
Moving and adding (2 months)
2 Months again but with a black backgroung
1 month
Added a Firefish, diamond goby. and more coral Btw I started the tank with two black clowns you can see their color change over time
Present Sorry for the shaky picture -
So Now i have like 5 different ricordeas, couple zoas, favias, polyps my recent favorite hammer, small tree, other things with names that escape me.
I successfully brought in a blue tang about the size of my clowns who loves to hump my cleaner wrasse/skunk and chase my clowns through the liverock while scaring my firefish/goby everytime he goes by their prized hole( also the goby stacked shells for the roof of his hole if you could see it) he occasionally throws snails on it too. I actually don't run a skimmer. I use 2 200 something fans on top blowing opposite directions which is almost too much current I feel like. I'd love to hear any criticism or suggestions or compliments. Throw it all out there. Hello chi town fish world!
2nd When I started my tank after about 2 months my rock was covered in red slime algae then what I did was ordered a clean-up crew from live aquaria... 
