Hey all! This is my first ever saltwater tank, please bear with me while I navigate through the lingo and learning process. Starting goal is for clownfish and compatible tankmates, possibly moving onto corals in the future future.
The tank: aquatop recife eco 40. Came with all the basic stuff. Definitely am open to input on upgrades if needed. Filled with live sand, live rock from the LFS, and saltwater from the LFS. Ad
Added some bottle bacteria, and a couple pieces of cut up shrimp to "ghost feed" for the cycle.
It's been up for just now around 4 days. I've tried aquascaping... and I think i'm pretty pleased with it so far. Tried to create some hiding spots as well.
One of my live rocks has a lot of ...well... life on it as well. Any of this look familiar? Anything I should be concerned about? I did my best with the pictures.
This morning I found my first hitchhikers. Which, I'm sure as most of you can imagine was beyond exciting. What I believe is a very small starfish - with only 2 and a half legs(??), and a teeny tiny hermit crab (????). From a quick starfish search - I may need to get rid of them? Can anyone help to ID it?
The tank: aquatop recife eco 40. Came with all the basic stuff. Definitely am open to input on upgrades if needed. Filled with live sand, live rock from the LFS, and saltwater from the LFS. Ad
Added some bottle bacteria, and a couple pieces of cut up shrimp to "ghost feed" for the cycle.
It's been up for just now around 4 days. I've tried aquascaping... and I think i'm pretty pleased with it so far. Tried to create some hiding spots as well.
One of my live rocks has a lot of ...well... life on it as well. Any of this look familiar? Anything I should be concerned about? I did my best with the pictures.
This morning I found my first hitchhikers. Which, I'm sure as most of you can imagine was beyond exciting. What I believe is a very small starfish - with only 2 and a half legs(??), and a teeny tiny hermit crab (????). From a quick starfish search - I may need to get rid of them? Can anyone help to ID it?