First saltwater tank

[alooooha]

Hey Guys,

Thankful that we have such forum locally which provided me with so much great information. After gathering the information needed to start a marine tank over the past 6 months and with the liking of nano tank look, I started my first 16L marine tank

Gonna share my journey here and hopefully can pick up more advice from the gurus!

Picked up minimal rocks and trying to keep it neat.

After 1 day of cycling

[alooooha]

I am thinking of adding either of the three shrimp as cleaning crew in a week's time but not sure if they does the cleaning work properly?

• Thor amboinensis (Sexy Shrimp)
• Periclimenes brevicarpalis (White Spot Anemone Shrimp)
• Ancylomenes pedersoni (Pederson Cleaner Shrimp)

Learnt that Sexy Shrimp & White Spot Anemone Shrimp always stay around anemone and if i have a clown fish in the tank, it will not tolerate shrimp in their anemones and will kick the shrimp out. Anyone can help to advise on this?

[asg]

Let the cycling continue for few more weeks. Keep testing your ANN till you get 0 0 <20 before adding any LS. Your light might not be strong enough for anemone tho. And pay attention to the flow rate too.

[alooooha]

Thanks for the inputs, andtsg. Planning to add a Par38

I am using Ehiem compact 300 pump at it's maximum l/h. Should this be sufficient or is there any nano wave maker for me to add on?

[Bunster]

Looking good bro! Congrats on yr new tanks.

I agree with andtsg, one week is a bit short for a cycle. Especially so if you intend to add sensitive creatures like shrimp.

My sexy shrimp will stay ard the coral they prefer but they will also wander off in search of food. My clown doesn't bother them though.

[Bunster]

Tank I mean. And sexy shrimp don't really do much in terms of cleaning

[alooooha]

Thanks Bro

Wanted Harlequin Shrimp but need to feed starfish thus gonna forgo the thoughts...

[Planted]

Keep a close monitor on your temperature as the light may increase heat transfer and increase tank temperature. The first few months of a tank can be a nightmare. Start simple until all algae bloom etc are dealt with.

[calvin f.h]

A good start... learn to take care of water first. Basic ph, kh, salinity, nitrite. Happy reefing

[Snoopyhamburger]

The scape is interesting,resembles a tree stump.

[alooooha]

Yeah, will monitor the temperature and water parameters. Thanks peeps.

Snoopyhamburger: Haha. Somehow it does look like. Left a little hole for fishes to hide inside .

Btw, I am seeing this white transparent stuff on the rock and wonder what are they. After removing part of it, it grew back the next day. Any help here?

[KyawMinNaing]

I m also hving those skins stuffs, i thought it was because I cured my live rock soak in white vinegar, hv u done this? Or my salt mix were not long enough to dissolve...no idea..,

Will get some test kits to find out later..

my iq5 tank also is cycling in 3 weeks and dosing microbacter7,

Me also new to this hobby and hope someone will kind enough to shed some lights...

pls share your tank journey, waiting here....thank you.

[Patrick]

Bro my 0.2 cents worth, the white stuff could probably some living things on rocks died and decomposed, nothing to worry about just check water para and cycle tank adequately.

[alooooha]

KyawMinNaing, yeah those stuffs are still around..

Patrick, thanks for sharing.. Thought my reef journey ended when I just started.

[dinGdinG]

Yeah, will monitor the temperature and water parameters. Thanks peeps.

Snoopyhamburger: Haha. Somehow it does look like. Left a little hole for fishes to hide inside .

Btw, I am seeing this white transparent stuff on the rock and wonder what are they. After removing part of it, it grew back the next day. Any help here?

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Hey bro i had the same problem, went to a lfs and was told I probably overdose bacteria. I reduced my dosing and the white stuff reduced significantly too!

[Admiraltian]

What r u using to cool ur tank?

[alooooha]

dinGdinG: oh cool, I didn't dose any bacteria but luckily they went off on the third week of cycling. Thx for sharing!

Admiraltian: I am using that nano chiller from China

[Bunster]

Hello my friend... How's everything going?

[alooooha]

Hey Bun!

All good. Just slowly stocking up on live stocks and trying to find some nice zoas.

Added a couple of sexy shrimps and a clown fish hehe.

[Edmund Koh]

Love that tiny cave you got there. Reminds me of those red indian huts

[alooooha]

Yup . For shy inhabitant to hide inside LoL .

[shaohao85]

is a really small cave O.0
i think in time to come u will add more rocks as the top surface is a little too small to glue the corals there ....

[asg]

V shape arrangement is tough to place other LR or corals on ah.