33g first tank

[1337cr3w]

I bought this tank used form reef_surfer and plan to house a dwarf lion in it. some specs on the tank are.

-33g tank 30.5"Long x 12.5"wide x 18.75" high
-seio 650 water pump
-25lbs live sand and coral rubble
-aprrox. 40 lbs live rock
-aquaclear 50 filter
-coralife super skimmer 65
-250W Metal Halide light with ballast

the tank was down for a week so its cycling now only been 4 days so far. I came across the topic of uv sterilizers and was wondering if it'd be something i should have, i plan to have a dwarf lion, a clown fish and a yellow tail damsel in the tank with a few corrals.


first on stand empty

halide only w/camera flash

in dark no camera flash

[1337cr3w]

so yesterday my amonia came down to zero and everything else was zero so today i got my fish put in

I added a false percula, a yellow tail blue damsel, an unknown anemone and a green star polyp.






I also slighty moved the live rock, making room for another piece i want to add on the right.



help identifying the anemone would be nice, i could not get a good picture of him, ill keep trying for a better picture.

[Reef_surfer]

hey bud the anemone i forgot to tell you is a sand sifting anemone. hope everything, one is doing good in the tank

[Reef_kid]

i would really suggest something to remove nitrate and nitrite, phosphate, and ammonia form the water. it will help eliminate green algae and promote Coraline algae. you may need to increase your filtration on the system if your going to increase the bio-load.

[saltynuts]

if you cut the tube from the pump to the skimmer. your skimmer will skimm much better.

[1337cr3w]

Originally Posted by saltynuts

if you cut the tube from the pump to the skimmer. your skimmer will skimm much better.

cut as in shorten?

and what would i add to reduce nitrates, nitrites, amonia and phosphate? i have coraline algae growing, it showed up a few days ago and is starting to grow faster and faster.