sitandwatch's first tank

[sitandwatch]

Thanks for the suggestion about the epoxy, I have the rock sitting on the bottom glass with the sand around it but it could still shift. Any suggestions on what to use and how?
I also just read your Tank cycling and wish I would have read it earlier it has some good advice.

[sitandwatch]

Just got back from my vacation and found these swimming around in the tank, any ideas on what they might be there are about 50 or so of them?

[Leah]

Hey, I can't remember having those (bad memory) Did you find out what they are?
I am curious. They look like very small tadpols.

[fishytime]

Look to me like amphipods. No worries.

[sitandwatch]

Looking around I think they look like Copepods so that is cool, I looked for them this morning and think that most of them hit the skimmer last night as I was only able to see a few this morning.

Fun to watch.

[loveless]

When I first got my tank the same thing happened to me. The glass was covered in them. Then I got 6 chomis' who really enjoy eating them. Now there arent too many around.

[sitandwatch]

Well its been almost a month since I got started and since this is a tank journal I decided to add an update.

The tank looks to be at the end of the cycle on Friday my levels were.
Nitrate-7
Nitrite-0
Ammonia-0

So I picked up some wee beasties.
4 algae craps
3 Turbo Sails
3 Trochus Snail
3 Nassarius Snail, one seems to be missing in action?

Got a couple of mushrooms from Red Coral and they are really enjoying there new home.

Did a 10% water change this morning, cleaned my filter stuff.

I then did some more water tests some stuff has gone up today but I think that its just doing its thing

Nitrate-5-10
Nitrite-0
Ammonia-.25
Calcium-430
Phosphate-2-5
Carbonate-12+ I think
PH-8.2

Some of the numbers are high Phosphate and Carbonate I assume they are high due to it being a new tank.

Here are a few photos.
Front tank shot


My mushrooms


One more tank shot



Thanks for looking Brian

[sitandwatch]

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