I have LIFE!!!

[Rue]

Didn't get a chance to post yesterday...had 'outside' stuff to do (imagine that!)...

...when I went to check on the tank in the morning...nothing (except some macro - at least 3 species - that survived shipment)!

...when I went to check on the tank at supper: LIFE!!!

I have diatoms EVERYWHERE! LOL...on the rock and on my previously pristine white sand...

...and I have at least 3 polyps...I think they're aiptasia...but at this point I don't care...and if not...YAY!

Checked this morning...and the diatoms are dividing to beat the band!

[2manyfish]

Yay??


Don't think I've ever given a yay for diatoms before!! :ezpi_wink1:

[Rue]

...but it's a sign of progress! :19:

[Drumachine09]

...but it's a sign of progress! :19:

lol, congrats???

[Rue]

But of course! I'm as happy as an aiptasia without a predator in the tank!

[Rue]

Okay! Here we are...I've been a reef-keeper for one entire week!

This is the tank as of an hour ago...

...sorry...my point-and-shoot won't let the pics get much crisper than this...the glass I assume...

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[Element]

Am I the only one that can't see the pictures? :(

[Rue]

...that's odd! Nothing wrong with my site...let's try again...

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...it's day 20 today...and it looks even worse! Half the algae has died off...and the rest grew longer and hairier...

Hubby is running around calling it the 'Stephen King Tank'...:c11:

[Rue]

BTW...did I mention I bought my anemone...it's a baby Green Bubble-tipped! So cute!

But before anyone panics...it's staying at the anemone-sitters until my tank is ready for it...so it'll be a while yet...I still have to raise the salinity a bit and get a clean-up crew installed...

[RobbieG]

Looks like you are getting there!

[salman]

I've always wanted a saltwater aquarium. But i dont want to learn all these new things lol. I just learned how to keep freshwater fish alive. I dont want to kill anymore fish lol.