Thanks Amber, glad you enjoyed the photos. The mandarin is my newest addition, got her about 6 - 8 wks ago. As pretty as they are, that is a VERY difficult fish to keep. They require a massive amount of natural food supply and a single mandarin needs a minimum of a 75 gallon tank to do well. She is the reason I didn't mind the planaria issue that got into that tank, since that is food for her, but I had to let it build up for a few months before it was safe to add her. That is one fish that you won't be able to keep with your tomato clown, since the tomatoes are just too aggressive for something like that.
The only substrate I have ever used in my reef tanks is live sand. (Aragonite sand) As for yours, if you can get me a clear close up photo of your substrate I should be able to tell you what is in there... the last photos showed something that looked "green" and appeared larger than sand in your tank. I was going to ask you about that because it looks like green "gravel" mixed in. Freshwater gravels are not a good idea in marine tanks, in case that is what it is.
Sorry for the delays in my posts, please bear with me. Whatever this illness is that I'm battling is getting worse instead of better. I fear I may have bronchitis, which means I may once again end up with pneumonia. (I'm prone to it) My time online is going to be very limited until I get well again, hopefully that won't take real long. Keep posting and asking your questions though, because I usually can at least get here to read through them daily, it's just a matter of the time to type up a reply. The more I can answer in a single post the easier it will be for me to keep up with you right now.
Thanks for your understanding.
Dawn
--- In AquaticLife@yahoogroups.com, Amber Berglund <arberglund@...> wrote:
>
> Pictures are gorgeous Dawn, I love the mandarin goby, saw some on
> aquabid a few weeks ago and thought they were so neat.
> I'm curious because my gravel looks just like the gravel you have in
> that same tank, was it a mixture of crushed coral?
> I might be wrong about what kind of gravel I have, it was used and the
> woman never really told me what kind it was, just that it was live sand
> for her saltwater tank. I guess I assumed it was a mixture of
> sand/crushed coral. Is there a way to find out what I have? Maybe I can
> bring some to the fish store and ask, but they mainly keep freshwater
> fish, they just have 1 display tank that's saltwater (the owners).
>
> Amber
>
> On 9/22/2012 3:10 PM, dawnshungryeyes4u2c wrote:
> >
> > I've just uploaded some photos to the album "Dawn's reef" but they are
> > waiting for moderator approval. Hopefully that won't take real long.
> >
> > Dawn
> >
> > --- In AquaticLife@yahoogroups.com
> > <mailto:AquaticLife%40yahoogroups.com>, Amber Berglund
> > <arberglund@> wrote:
> > >
> > > I've just recently dipped my toes into trying a Saltwater tank (reef
> > > tank). Oh and that's figuratively of course, I'd never stick my toes in
> > > a fish tank, LOL.
> > > My boyfriend had a lonely little tomato clown fish (Grumpy Jr.) in a 48
> > > gallon bowfront tank, the tank was in serious need of cleaning, and
> > > since he's working on moving into my condo we decided to move his
> > > fish/filter/and gravel over to one of my tanks until we can move his 48
> > > gallon over.
> > > There was a slight mini-cycle after the move, but things have evened
> > > back out and the fish is doing great and seems much happier in his new
> > > clean tank (even if it's smaller). I only have one large piece of live
> > > rock, so I'm pretty sure I need to purchase more, especially if we end
> > > of having 2 saltwater tanks running after he brings his over.
> > > I had a bunch of crushed coral/sand that had once been living and in my
> > > 125 gallon tank, but when I made it freshwater I changed the gravel. So
> > > I used about 1/4 of my boyfriends gravel and added it on top of my
> > > crushed coral sand to help seed the gravel with nitrifying bacteria.
> > > I'm excited to try out saltwater for a change, but nervous about
> > killing
> > > his fish somehow, LOL.
> > >
> > > Amber
> > >
> >
> >
>
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