180g peninsula tank build - First ever aquarium

[mike31154]

Originally Posted by Milad

ya i just poured salt in the tank when i filled it up. why is that bad? I poured just a bit every few hours until i finished a bucket.

Have you checked/confirmed the current salinity? I realize a bucket of IO (if that's what you're using) is for 160 gals and the build is 180, but the rock and sand will displace a good amount of water. A bucket is probably pretty close the the correct level in your case, but confirmation by measurement is something you'll need to do before adding any livestock. For water changes in the future, you'll want a dedicated container to mix the solution for at least a day before the intended change. An extra heater and a couple of cheap powerheads will come in handy as well.

[Milad]

currently for water changes im using a 26 gallon Rubbermaid trash can i bought new

the gravity was 1.020 but im trying to slowly raise it to 1.025

[Milad]

I went to buy some more clean up crew and I came home with fishies!
dammit. They were so cute though, i couldnt pass them up

Bought 7 turbo snails, around 15 other snails, 7 hermit crabs, 2 cinnamon clowns, 1 yellow clown goby, 2 shirmp (not sure what they are but one of them had tons of eggs on her)

Here some pics! im so excited i got some clowns!!




Turbo snails, i love these guys, they zoom across the rock


My buddy came over and saw some hair algea on one of the rocks so he gave me some of his red algea to put in my sump
I put it right where the return comes (i still need socks on it)
hopefully it will help. I also got a bunch of brown stuff on the rocks you can see on the second picture. It wasnt there this morning!