The second week of starting up a saltwater aquarium.
On 12-28-07 the little fish are starting to get settled down. It is nice to watch them swim around. My light came in and look great. It sure does make a difference. On 12-30-07 I started to see brown stuff growing on the rocks. I was told this is what should happen it is just part of the cycling. 12-31-07 I dont think it looks very nice any more. When I came home from work all the glass had it growing all over it and all the white sand is now brown and so is the rocks. I had to go buy a scraper at $17 dollars (but at leat it floats) so I could see the fish. 1-2-08 Ok it is starting to look a little better now. I went and bought some small crabs and they went to town on all of it. 1-5-08 It is almost all gone now and ever one is still growing good.
1-12-08 We went and bought 5 new white tail damels at $2.99 each and some live rock at 8.95 a pound. That is kind of high but that is what you get when you shop at local fish stores. And I just found a crab that came home with the live rock. I guess you can say that one was a really live rock. lol. Some people are tell me to get rid of him but I think he is really cute. He has parts from the live rock on him to make himself camuflage. 1-13-08 Well there goes the brown stuff again. I should not of added so much at one time. I just noticed that the rock has feather dusters growing on the that is so cool. That is one less thing I wont have to buy. Saved $20.00 dollars.