Jack's Marine Adventure!

[Truck]

Hello!

yes it the long anticipated journal!
here are a few tank specs and then i will give you pictures!

Tank Juwel Rio 125 (125 litres without displacement, im guessing 110 litres after displacement)

filtration Berlin filtration with live rock, and the addition of rowaphos to starve any algae

heating currently a Juwel 100 watt, but i will be upgrading to a Fluval E series digital

lighting 2*28 watts of T5 (1:4100k and 1:9000k will soon be swapping the 4100k to a 15000k)

substrate TMC coral sand

salt reef crystals

salinity 1.025

water circulation koralia 1, koralia 2, power head for the PO4 remover, equates to 4600lph.

skimmer a Boyu wg 310 (the same as what the orca comes with) i will soon upgrade to a TMC v2 400.

so here i am typing with wet hands and no doubt when i next come back my keyboard will be covered in salt dont you just love fish keeping

this is what i have done soo far!

this morning i filled with 35 litres of RO reading 0 TDS
then heated to 25oC using about 600 watts of heater (glad i dont pay the leccy bill! )
then i added 1.2KG of reef crystals to bring the SG to 1.025
then tried to fix the backing on with vaseline and there are sodin' bubbles everywhere
going out later for more RO

oh and the pics i supplied you with last week showed sand in the tank. i took the sand out to make adding salt easier.

live rock coming thursday, saturday or sunday...as you can see i am the most organized person in the world


before:

after shot will be put up tonight

 

[bagu]

Hey!

Nice journal, I'll be watching you hehe!

Hope all goes well, you deserve it

Baguuuuu

 

[ben1987]

good stuff, bet your right giddy

 

[Truck]

hey bagu...thanks

ive seen you lurking around the salt water board
im guessing it wont be soon before your starting your journal

of course ben! cant wait for my live rock...i must get the tank set up first though

 

[TigerIssey]

About time Truck.

Been a long time planning this one.

Has the Koralia quietened any.

 

[bagu]

hey bagu...thanks

ive seen you lurking around the salt water board
im guessing it wont be soon before your starting your journal

of course ben! cant wait for my live rock...i must get the tank set up first though

haha youve caught me red handed

soon i will be embarking on the salty side ^^

hehe

 

[BigC]

Bout time you got yer proverbial in gear Truck
Maybe a few pics would lighten the thread
Watching
BigC

 

[JoshH]

Now where've I seen a title like that before

Good luck dude, hope it goes problem free

 

[aaronnorth]

hope it goes well for you this time

 

[Truck]

About time Truck.

Been a long time planning this one.

Has the Koralia quietened any.

the planning was fun, but this just takes fun to another level! koralia knows its going back to the shop if it isnt quiet and i think it has shut up for me

Bout time you got yer proverbial in gear Truck
Maybe a few pics would lighten the thread
Watching
BigC

will take an FTS tonight when i can get a good pic and a good balance of black to tank. lol

Now where've I seen a title like that before

Good luck dude, hope it goes problem free

cheers mate, i will post a before picture of the tank

hope it goes well for you this time

thanks aaron, not long before youll be here i hope

picture now on

 

[seffieuk]

And Truck is off........................ can't wait to follow your progress, exciting isn't it, all your Christmas' come at once

Seffie x

 

[Truck]

And Truck is off........................ can't wait to follow your progress, exciting isn't it, all your Christmas' come at once

Seffie x

yeah, i made £120 yesterday and i got my wages today so thats up to £150. ive put a deposit on a toadstool leather and ive found a blue assessor. for a humble £50

 

[seffieuk]

Wow, you found a blue assessor - good work where is he coming from Truck?

Seffie x

 

[Truck]

Wow, you found a blue assessor - good work where is he coming from Truck?

Seffie x

from Australia, wild caught specimen.

will be the penultimate fish to go in. i am leaving a week or two between adding fish.

just got a job at my LFS too, so i get a 50% discount on all dry goods and some live stock

 

[seffieuk]

Congratulations Truck

Seffie x