New Member, new interest, just saying hi and what i got

[Kgrizzle]

Hey Guys/gals,

Just wanted to say hey, and let u know a little about me. Just getting into salt water tanks and have decided to get into it and learn alot about reef tank. I have a 29gal tank with a eheim classic250 canister filter, 550gph power head, a glo 24" balast with blue and white light t5 HO.

I had my tank set up with sand and water with no live rock for 4-5 days and just got live rock two days ago. when i went to get the rock person selling it was shutting down his tank to move to the states and he gave me 5 corals.

He gave me a nice big chalice about 4-5", a torch coral, a chili coral, a hammer coral, and a bubble coral, along with some mushrooms. Unfortunately my rock has some fire worms in my tank and i woke up this morning after feeding my coral last night to notice one of the heads of the torch coral is half plucked out.

I am going to be trying to make a trap along with getting a coral banded shrimp.

I also have some fuzzy purple growing on my live rock. Talking to a local i was told to turkey baster it off, and that is what i intend to do. I will add pictures soon, i'm still new to forums so it may take me a little.

Any information will go a long way with me, as i am very eager to learn.
Thanks in advance for any help.

[Kgrizzle]

still need to figure out how to upload pictures

[gqlmao]

Use photobucket and copy the IMG code into the post. That's the best way since canreef gives such small space for pics

[Kgrizzle]

thanks will do that now

[Kgrizzle]

Here are my photos

Tank - http://i1177.photobucket.com/albums/...zle13/Tank.jpg

When i was given the coral this is what they looked like

Chalice - http://i1177.photobucket.com/albums/..._first_day.jpg

Chilli and bubble - http://i1177.photobucket.com/albums/..._first_day.jpg

Torch - http://s1177.photobucket.com/albums/...h_at_first.jpg

Hammer- http://i1177.photobucket.com/albums/..._first_day.jpg

[Kgrizzle]

The second day i had them i took more pictures and they seemed alot happier

Chalice - http://i1177.photobucket.com/albums/...second_day.jpg

Chilli - http://i1177.photobucket.com/albums/...second_day.jpg

Bubble - http://i1177.photobucket.com/albums/...second_day.jpg

Torch - http://i1177.photobucket.com/albums/...Second_Day.jpg

Hammer - http://i1177.photobucket.com/albums/...second_day.jpg

[Aquattro]

If you choose the IMG code, you can imbed the pics directly...

[Kgrizzle]

I also have a couple questions about somethings in my tank.

what type of snail is this? was told barnicle

http://i1177.photobucket.com/albums/...3/IMG_2087.jpg

when i woke up this morning one of the head on the tourch was plucked out, i have a fire worm i need to get rid of could this be why this happened?

http://i1177.photobucket.com/albums/...3/IMG_2076.jpg

also when i got 1 other head was dead from the start is it possible to bring back

http://i1177.photobucket.com/albums/...3/IMG_2084.jpg

My chalice seems to be getting a hint of blue not sure what it is

http://i1177.photobucket.com/albums/...3/IMG_2083.jpg

i have wierd growths on the rock i bought... some purple fuzz and one rocks top is yellow and another little one has purple/green stuff on it


purple around zoo - http://i1177.photobucket.com/albums/...3/IMG_2080.jpg

yellow on rock - http://i1177.photobucket.com/albums/...3/IMG_2088.jpg

pruple/green stuff- http://i1177.photobucket.com/albums/...3/IMG_2077.jpg


sorry for some many questions ...like i said i'm new :S

[eli@fijireefrock.com]

Originally Posted by Kgrizzle

The second day i had them i took more pictures and they seemed alot happier

Welcome to canreef and here you go

[Kgrizzle]

Ok awesome so just regular iodine... And what about the diatom is it bad or good?how do I remove it cause its spreading... And is the purple stuff bad or good?