let there be water

[michika]

Pictures of my auto-top off or livestock?

Your list seems really good. Are you intending to upgrade in the future? There is lots of talk about what size tank is or is not appropriate for tangs. Just remember to do you reasearch on tangs, and remember they grow *very* quickly. How are you choosing your livestock? Based on what they look at or their functionality? e.g. choosing cleaning shrimp for their looks, or the fact that they make a good cleaning crew addition?

I don't know much of anything about sexy shrimp so I have no advice to offer to you about them. Like Ruth mentioned some shrimp won't live with others.

Snails you have a few options, turbo, cerith, spiney, etc. Make sure you know what size they'll grow to. They do occasionally grow too large and tend to knock over coral peices, or disrupt precariously perched rocks.

Your may have had a mini-cycle, and missed it. How long have you been testing? Just to be sure I would suggest testing every second or third day for a week or two. Record your test results in a book and look it over before you add anything. If everything is staying at 0ppm, after about two weeks, you could try to start adding a few parts of your cleaning crew.

Ask around see if you can get a cup of live sand from a local. I saw you were looking for marco algae too. That will help your pod population and growth.

Everything looks good in your pictures. Just give it some time to settle and double check that there is no cycle happening.