This is my Picotope 3 gallon saltwater aquarium on day 8 (Feb. 27, 2010)
I added a polyp coral of some kind and a hitchhiker mushroom and also a mushroom frag from my other tank. The red coral is fake and will probably be removed later when the tank fill up.
Notice the cyanobacteria spots on the uncleaned glass and the color on the rocks and gravel from this same stuff. I put a couple small snails from my other tank in this one and there are lots of little bugs showing up already to hopefully clean up the tank.
With all the picture perfect aquarium videos out there this one show what really happens when starting a tank (at least for me).
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