My Little 3ft Marine

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• Oct 23, 2006

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just thought i would put a few pics up of my 1st attempt at a marine tank. been up and running for about 8 months, im just taking things really slowly and i have managed to keep everything alive so far (touch wood).

equipment:
2X sieo M620 PH
rio 1100 PH
maxi jet 300lph PH
red sea prizm skimmer
fluval 403 external running carbon and de-nitrate
running 3 T8 30" tubes 1 actinic 2 white

stock
4X damsels 2 blue and a 2 yellow paired.
2Xblue legs
2Xcleaner shrimps
4Xturbos
chili coral
green polyps
medusa (finger) coral
blue mushrooms
frag of pulsing zenia
star polyps
feather duster worm




my duster and blue mushers in the background.

love this shot of my female yellow damsel, she is really cheeky

my medusa coral

yellow damsel

 

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• Oct 23, 2006

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Looks good

Your Brain Coral - top right - looks like it is on the way out

 

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• Oct 23, 2006

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oops forgot to add that to the stock list, its gornapora i rescued it from the LFS it was burried half way under the sand and was pretty bleached, but its on the road to recovery now and getting some colour back.

 

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• Oct 23, 2006

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Your tank is very nice

 

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• Oct 23, 2006

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lovely looking tank you got there

 

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• Oct 25, 2006

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my chili coral, do best upside down but i have no where to hang it.

 

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• Oct 25, 2006

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May i compliment you on your tank!!!

It looks AWSUM!!!

If you don't mind me asking how much did it cost to set up your marine tank and how much is the monthly upkeep of it?

Well done again

Craig

 

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• Oct 25, 2006

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freerunner416 said:

May i compliment you on your tank!!!

It looks AWSUM!!!

If you don't mind me asking how much did it cost to set up your marine tank and how much is the monthly upkeep of it?

Well done again

Craig

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thanks bud

to be honest it didnt cost a great deal, i bought the initial setup second hand, included the tank, 2 skimmers, 403 external canister, 5 powerheads, all the lighting, 25kg of live rock, all the test kits and some mature sand to kick start my cycle, all for £200.

i have probably spent another £200 on stock, salt, ro water and 3 new powerheads. i have just been easing into the marine world so i tried to keep the costs as low as poss, i spent on average about £15 a month since i have had it.

 

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• Oct 25, 2006

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That is some smart tank u got der!!!

 

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• Oct 25, 2006

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Looks great.. what are you going to be stocking coral wise?

 

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• Oct 25, 2006

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Dude, that is beauitiful!

 

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• Oct 25, 2006

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Matthew5664 said:

Looks great.. what are you going to be stocking coral wise?

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to be honest i have no idea, i wouldn't mind a todey and some more mushers, maybe some riks. fingers crossed it will all be moved into a nicer tank soon. after a rio 180.

 

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• Oct 25, 2006

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OOOOOOh Nice one, looks really natural too

 

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• Oct 25, 2006

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great tank and glad to see you are ot rushing into it . Got to say i realy like the rock layout makes it look like you have far more than 25KG in there . ver very nice top job .

is the live rock just sat on top of each other or is it glued/pined in some way .

 

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• Oct 25, 2006

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its all just stacked up, has a slight tilt towards the back so it kinda rests a little on the glass.

the large bit in the RH corner had all fused together when i bought it, but there are loads of little caves in there. really amusing watching my 2 yellow damsels go in 1 hole and pop out another.