Parys salt adventure

[Bagelfish]

This is a journal I am starting to record and share my progress on my first salt water tank.
(I have already started it and recently joined BAR) ((the tank is about seven months old))

 

[Bagelfish]

I am always open to suggestions on anything and tips are very helpful as I have very basic salt water knowledge

 

[Bagelfish]

Tank info -
I have a 32 Fluval flex
I have a few pieces of live rock in there
Live stock -
two clown fish
Marine Betta
Lawn mower
Watchman goby aswell as a pistol shrink partner with him
Numerous emerald crabs
Handful of hermit crabs
Assortment of snails including a army of zombie snails
(I have coral but I have no idea what any of them are called)

 

[Matthew Meyer]

Your Crabs will end up being food for your Marine Betta sir. Look forward to your Journal.

 

[Bagelfish]

Your Crabs will end up being food for your Marine Betta sir. Look forward to your Journal.

Thank you that would explain a number of broken crab shells

 

[newfly]

You’re likely not going to be able to keep the beta for long in 32g.

 

[Bagelfish]

I have no idea what this Fosh is called but I have this one aswell

 

[Bagelfish]

This is temporary layout of my tank for now until I rescape it because i really don’t like this scape

 

[Bagelfish]

I have a few starter mushrooms that u have placed around my rocks

Aswell as a leather coral that looks very sad please share if you have any ideas

 

[Kensington Reefer]

I have no idea what this Fosh is called but I have this one aswellView attachment 42735

Scissor tail goby

 

[Coral reefer]

Look into becoming a supporting member. Lots of benefits to be had

 

[Kensington Reefer]

For nearly the price of a bagel with lox you can be a full $upporting member.
Most newby’s give up within the first year.
How dedicated are you?

 

[Bagelfish]

For nearly the price of a bagel with lox you can be a full $upporting member.
Most newby’s give up within the first year.
How dedicated are you?

I will definitely become a member sounds fun to participate in the coral trades and access to the equipment

 

[Darkxerox]

What do you have for providing water flow in the tank? An equipment list helps us know how to give advice too. Welcome to the club and reefing!

 

[Bagelfish]

What do you have for providing water flow in the tank? An equipment list helps us know how to give advice too. Welcome to the club and reefing!

I just have what came with the tank it’s a simple intake that gets ran through sponge filters and a bunch of media the through a return pump and back into the tank through this dual nossle flow thing

 

[Bagelfish]

Any fast growing beginner corals that anyone recommends

 

[H2OPlayar]

Any fast growing beginner corals that anyone recommends

Leathers, mushrooms, zoas.

IMO, ditch the bio balls and use crushed coral or live rock chunks. Also, heaters are usually the first point of failure. Look into an Inkbird thermostat.

 

[Bagelfish]

Replaced bio balls with crushed rock

 

[Bagelfish]

Plate coral is looking a little sad for some reason don’t know why

 

[Darkxerox]

Plate coral is looking a little sad for some reason don’t know why View attachment 43292

You usually want plate corals on the substrate since they like to inflate and scoot around a bit. The long tentacle varieties were on the more expert level in the past, so I'm not sure if they're improved recently or not.