New To Saltwater Maywood

[contrerasjl88]

Hi everybody,

I recently found a good deal on a 55 gal with Sump, Skimmer, Pump and all. The person i got it from was moving away and didnt want to deal with it. She had it for about 2 years. I have been dealing with freshwater for a couple of years so i thought i could do this. Boy was I wrong. lol So the tank has been set up for about 2 months now and running good. My water and flow are great. I decided to join this forum to gain more knowledge and meet new peeps. So anyone close to 90270 and wants to meet up and share knowledge or just hang out and check out each others tanks hit me up. :becky:

 

[El Dude]

Maywood? I work out that way. I'll stop by soon and shoot the ish with you. Welcome aboard. Ask lots of questions and laugh a lot. Trust me the laughing helps around here.

 

[Six2seven]

welcome!!

 

[contrerasjl88]

Let me know when you wanna stop by Dude and thanks Six2seven

 

[jeepsrt]

Welcome man! Lets see some pictures of your tank.

 

[subzero101]

Welcome to the forum
I'm not that far from you, any questions or help just let me know
you might come to realize that patience will become your best friend lol And yes lets see some pics

 

[anthony911us]

welcome .........i am close by in south gate

Hi everybody,

I recently found a good deal on a 55 gal with Sump, Skimmer, Pump and all. The person i got it from was moving away and didnt want to deal with it. She had it for about 2 years. I have been dealing with freshwater for a couple of years so i thought i could do this. Boy was I wrong. lol So the tank has been set up for about 2 months now and running good. My water and flow are great. I decided to join this forum to gain more knowledge and meet new peeps. So anyone close to 90270 and wants to meet up and share knowledge or just hang out and check out each others tanks hit me up. :becky:

 

[contrerasjl88]

Pardon My crappy Stand lol. As You can See i need help getting rid of those yellow bubbles. Any Ideas Anyone?

 

[bad santa]

Those look like sponges to me. They are good for your system.

 

[contrerasjl88]

Really? somebody told me theyre bad for your fish. they said it could be bubble algea. The emerald crabs dont seem to get close to it neither the turbo snails or hernits

 

[gr1mm]

welcome to the hobby and welcome to the forum!

 

[reefes pieces]

Yep looks like sponge. Welcome to the forum!

 

[bad santa]

Bubble algea looks like 5-10 round spheres bunched up together. If you look closely at the sponge you will see it really looks like a kitchen sponge

 

[BeanMachine]

Bubble algae is smooth and dark green. Sponges have pores if u look closely. They are filter feeders and good for your system.

 

[contrerasjl88]

Wow i didnt know they were good for my tank. I almost got in there and ripped them out yesterday. Theres some white ones as well. How do the sponges grow?

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[robert_ellis]

Excess nutrients... The bad kind. Let them be. They consume the nutrients you don't want in your tank. When I first set my tank up I had hundreds... Now I can count on 1 hand how many I see.

 

[contrerasjl88]

update got some zoas and went with a cheap LED in the meanwhile

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