hello guys.
im very new to sw aquarium hobby.
my 1st experience in sw fishkeeping was when Finding Nemo came out long time ago. my dad brought me to the lfs and was super excited to see the nemos. was young, no money and no internet back then. only able to keep some fishes for a year (many deads too).
now im back to try again.
watched tons of youtube videos about sw fishkeeping, decided to go with fishes before corals.
told my brother about going into this hobby, because he goes fishing at sea once in awhile, told him maybe he can get some small fishes later from the ocean.
basically got all the stuffs needed to start cycling a new tank and also some test kits.
last week, my brother went fishing, he called, telling me to start cycling the tank.
because the tank is going to be new, i asked him not to get fishes instead get some tiny live rocks so maybe i can jumpstart the cycle.
idk, maybe he was being funny, brought me a live coral instead.
looks like a goniopora or a variant of it, but i could be wrong.
i put it in a QT tank with the sea water for several days, dips with coral revive for 15 mins, rinse it with fresh sw and put it in my display tank.
coral going in 4th day of tank cycle. pictures and videos below are on 5th day after about 20+ hrs.
what do u guys think, is it looking stressed? or normal?
the coral still looks almost exactly the same as when its arrived.
on the side (2nd row pics), its pale, or light colored, is it bleached? or just very young arms?
and brown-ish on the back side (3rd row pics), is it dying? or maybe was lacking lights?
and here is my water parameters.
Aquaforest Sea Salt mix.
4ft tank with 2 ft sump. about 280L - 300L sw in total.
SeaChem Ammonia badge only showing yellow (safe).
fishless cycling with small dead shrimp and daily dose with MicroBacter 7.
charts below only tested with API test kits. whatever available to me atm.
now it looks like im cycling with coral. what else should i do to keep this coral healthy? i have not yet feed anything to the coral, but i have the Red Sea Reef Energy Plus ready.
im still learning, i appreciate any inputs. thank you!
and sorry for the long post.
im very new to sw aquarium hobby.
my 1st experience in sw fishkeeping was when Finding Nemo came out long time ago. my dad brought me to the lfs and was super excited to see the nemos. was young, no money and no internet back then. only able to keep some fishes for a year (many deads too).
now im back to try again.
watched tons of youtube videos about sw fishkeeping, decided to go with fishes before corals.
told my brother about going into this hobby, because he goes fishing at sea once in awhile, told him maybe he can get some small fishes later from the ocean.
basically got all the stuffs needed to start cycling a new tank and also some test kits.
last week, my brother went fishing, he called, telling me to start cycling the tank.
because the tank is going to be new, i asked him not to get fishes instead get some tiny live rocks so maybe i can jumpstart the cycle.
idk, maybe he was being funny, brought me a live coral instead.
looks like a goniopora or a variant of it, but i could be wrong.
i put it in a QT tank with the sea water for several days, dips with coral revive for 15 mins, rinse it with fresh sw and put it in my display tank.
coral going in 4th day of tank cycle. pictures and videos below are on 5th day after about 20+ hrs.
what do u guys think, is it looking stressed? or normal?
the coral still looks almost exactly the same as when its arrived.
on the side (2nd row pics), its pale, or light colored, is it bleached? or just very young arms?
and brown-ish on the back side (3rd row pics), is it dying? or maybe was lacking lights?
and here is my water parameters.
Aquaforest Sea Salt mix.
4ft tank with 2 ft sump. about 280L - 300L sw in total.
SeaChem Ammonia badge only showing yellow (safe).
fishless cycling with small dead shrimp and daily dose with MicroBacter 7.
charts below only tested with API test kits. whatever available to me atm.
now it looks like im cycling with coral. what else should i do to keep this coral healthy? i have not yet feed anything to the coral, but i have the Red Sea Reef Energy Plus ready.
im still learning, i appreciate any inputs. thank you!
and sorry for the long post.