Live rock question.

[blennydude]

Do you have some good flow in there? It will help w/ the brown stuff.

[punkroc701]

All I have is the filter thing that came with it. It seems to move the water good though. I was looking to add a sump filter to this with a nice pump but since I am not pushing the 5 gallon so much any more I figure I will let it go a little longer and when I add my CUC they will have some goodies to munch on.

[Parrothead]

I ended up paying 6.99 a lb and got it all put together last night. Now 3 weeks to go befor I can get coral and my other stuff for it. The guy at the LFS helped me pick out the rocks (he has a coral tank) and gave me some real nice porus rocks with some small sponges some coraline (I think he called it) and some other stuff. I will post a picture of it all set up later.

the rock you mention above, is that the rock in the tank in the picture?????????????

[ToddTT]

Sea cucumbers are very sensitive to changing water parameters, and need a large amount of sand in an established system to prevent starvation and a slow death.

I would get an AquaClear hang-on filter, larger than the one that you have. It will produce more flow in your tank, and allow you to easily add many types of filter media. They are also adjustable, and cheap.

Hagen Aqua Clear 20 Hang-On-Back Power Filter 100 GPH - Compare Prices

Hagen Aqua Clear 30 Hang-On-Back Power Filter 150 GPH - Compare Prices

I would try a single herbivore snail, and see what effect he has on the tank after at least a month.

Water changes can also help, assuming you follow guidelines like these:

How to Make a Successful Water Change

But in reality, the best use for this tank may be as a small quarantine tank, or a refugium for your larger system-to-be. If you make it your QT, you would move the current contents into your next, larger tank.

More QT info:

A Fish Quarantine Process

[punkroc701]

ParrotHead,

Yes it is the rock I mentioned. I asked for smaller rock due to the small size of my tank. I wanted to make sure when I added fish they had room to swim, but because of the small size of my tank I am not looking to add the 2 fish I was orginally.

Todd,

Thanks for the links and info. I am looking to start the frame to my new tank this week (after I finish the work on my truck). I was intending to move the stuff in my tank to the newer larger one but had a few ideas on what to use this one for but wanted to get some opinions for the experienced crowd as well.

As always thanks for all the help and info.