Monday, October 15, 2012

Major Update

So a lot of things have been happening with my Jellyfish keeping. If you look at my post before this, you can see my old 20 gallon combo tank. I did try this tank, and it was a disaster, however one I learned from. The 10 jellies came OK, but three were injured. Those died off without me knowing and it brought my ammonia up from a 0ppm to a 8ppm in just 4 days. The super powerful 8ppm of ammonia burned all my jellies and cleaner snails alive. I had a different type of gravel last time, and it was live pre-cycled sand. It did not work as the 8ppm tells me. It was sad cleaning out the tank, thinking of all the animals that died and when I may have done wrong. I know now, but that does not mean I gave up.

    After cleaning the tank, I decided to trade in the old 20 gallon high the 20 gallon long instead. The reason I chose this tank is because I decided that I was going to care for upside downs in this tank only, and make a different tank for other types like blubber and lagoon jellies. I did not just change the tank. I changed the gravel as well. The gravel used to be live sand, like explained above but it failed horribly. I went for a different type this time and found the perfect stuff. It is like these little pebbles and they are smooth. I made it nice and flat as well. I also upgraded the lighting to something a big more expensive. I chose reef sun 50/50 as it is a very good bulb for animals like the upside down jelly that need a certain type of lighting. The bulb I had last was a daylight bulb, but was not the right type of lighting for what the jellies needed. I'm exited for this tank, and I hope I will learn alot from it and not mess up! The jellies arrive this week.