Updated pics of the tank and inhabitants

[Muddy357]

Here are some new pictures of my tank so far. I pick up the new light tomorrow night. Let me know what you think.

[EGKS]

Off to a good start. Want kind of light are you picking up?

[Coral Hind]

I like the black sand. How long has it been running?

[Muddy357]

Thanks guys, it has been running a little over 2 months I have been testing the water every other day and almost 0 nitrites, almost 0 nitrates, .25 ppm Ammonia, PH 8.2, salinity 24. The light is an IceCap 2x250 watt MH, LED, and T5 combo. The tank has 2 fire fish 2 clowns, and one small yellow tang, 4 peppermint shrimp, 1 fire shrimp, 1 blue legged hermit crab, 2 emerald crabs, 5 Astraea snails, 2 bumble bee snails, 1 sand sifting star fish, and 8 Nassarious snails. it has 72 pounds of live rock, 40 pounds of live sand, 1 1400gph powerhead, I also have a 1050gph powerhead I will put in this weekend to give more flow for the corals I will end up have, an aqua C remora skimmer, and a 250gph ehiem filter. So far everything is running great.

Edited March 3, 2012 by Muddy357

[schenktank]

ammonia? sounds like it hasnt fully cycled. pretty heavily stocked already, maybe try using some prime to detoxify the ammonia.

[Muddy357]

Yeah the ammonia is the only thing that is still up a little bit when I tested the water a few minutes ago the color was almost 0 but not dark enough to be .25 ppm but it is hard to tell the ammonia was at 0ppm 4 days ago before I added the yellow tang. I am planning on doing a water change tomorrow and I will pick up some prime just incase it doesn't go back to 0.

[schenktank]

oh... if you are using those api tests then it might be 0. i know what you mean

[Muddy357]

Yeah I am trying to find a good digital tester but I can't find one, I hate trying to match up the colors because under 2 different lights I can get 2 different results.

[zygote2k]

I'd recommend that you move all rocks away from the glass enough to run a mag float in between. this prevents accidental breakage in small tanks and also eases in cleaning.