Pics Of my 30gallon one month after set up

Here is my tank guys posted some pics when I was building here it is all set up and running everything seems good so far never really cycled I used cured live rock and live sand so maybe thats why....


The tank






if you look close in this one you can see some coraline on the back glass and power head starting.. The tang is shy..




best pic of mandrin I could get




My home made sump..


another of the sump



Please tell me what this is its spreading around the tank I hope its a good hitch hiker..






By the way I'm new at this so if you see anything I'm doing wrong do me a favor and tell me please thanks alot and I hope you guys like my tank.. Also I did have some algea for a short while and all snails and hermit crabs were happy but now there almost none as you can see and I have lost 2 blue legged hermit crabs I guess they starved not sure I have seen them eating the algea sheets for the tang if she does not eat them right away... So I think they are hungry not sure what do you guys think.. Also I have 130 watt pc lighting what kind of corals could I have I would like somthing for the clowns to host they are allways up in the corner of the tank and almost never leave there.. thanks everyone..

 

Looks Great, I like your rock placement that give your fish some room to swim towards the left side. How's your mandrin doing and how long have you had him? I've always liked the way they look but have been afraid to get one because I've heard they are hard to keep.

Cat4wisson

 

Looks awesome....

 

Mandrin seems fine I have a sump with lots of pods I see some in the tank so I guess there is plenty of food for him he seems happy not very fat though only had him for two weeks so hard to tell I hope the tang becomes less shy everytime I get near the tank he goes behind the liverock...

 

I wouldn't worry about your tang, I have a yellow tang and at first he was very skittish, but now after a couple months or so he will come up to the side of the tank anytime you sit near the tank almost like a dog or cat wanting to be pet. He loves to show off his fins if he knows you are watching, and swim back and forth right near where we sit.

as for the mandrin keep us posted, be interested to see if he does well over the long term.

Cat4wisson

 

n/p will def keep everyone posted I hope he does not go hungry he is very cool but I do not get to see him very often he hides in the back.

 

I'm also going to put some uncured live rock in would like maybe 6 more pounds on the right hand side plan to keep the left side pretty much open...

 

I don't think you are going to keep the mandarin happy unless you are dumping pods in often. Good luck with your Target.

 

looks very good

 

How often and how much would it be better to dump them in the sump or right in the tank?? Please help don't want to starve him....