My name is Mariano and I live in Alhambra. I've been a freshwater Planted tank guy for over a year now and the wife decided she wanted a saltwater tank for her and the kids, so guess who is going to take care of it. I've always admired saltwater tanks but always heard they were too expensive and too much maintenance. I picked up a used 8 gallon tank that a fellow SCAPEr (Southern California Aquatic Plant Enthusiast) was selling when he was trying his hands in the saltwater world. It came with live sand, live rock, an HOB filter, a 24 watt light white/actinic, a circulating pump, salinity tester, and a whole lot of algae! He had it always running but just lost interest and let it go to hell so nothing was alive in it when i picked it up. I spent a week cleaning it every other day and letting it run till i got it as clean as i could. I did a 100% water change, threw in a small zoa frag, a turbo snail, a couple hermits, and nassauris snails. Everything has been surviving for the past month now so i bought 2 clown fish and a few more pieces of coral. I found this site while looking through Craigslist for frags so now here i am. Looking forward to learning anything you guys have to teach me, i know i have a lot to learn and i would rather not learn the hard way. Thanks in advance:hello:
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