My 735ltr Marine Aquarium

[l337dave]

This is my tank i got off e-bay cost me £500 biggest bargain ever! I had to travel 5 hours there for it and it was in a 2nd floor flat
Thinking of turning it into a marine tank? What you think?
http/cgi.ebay.co.uk/200x60x60-akvastabil...uarium_W0QQitem Z170034931363QQihZ007QQcategoryZ20755QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

wah that's massive!

how on earth did you get it down the stairs?


dave.

 

[sic0198]

Very nice. I like that stand.

 

[rl1oyd]

It was a mission getting it down the stairs! Thinking of maybe turning it in to a marine tank? Cant make my mind up though

 

[xd2-david]

Hey people,

sorry I haven't been on for a while I have been really snowed under with work and other life things

Just an update for those that want to know (if any) my tank is now fully functional at it contains:

3 Green Chromis
1 brittle star
1 banded serpent star
1 blue starfish
1 large hermit crab
6 small hermit crabs
11 small turbo snails
1 hairy crab (was going to remove him but he is cute and harmless came on rock)
1 sea hare

Some other random things that came on the live rock. All the levels have stayed fine and everything seems to be running smoothly

I do have more pictures just haven't got round to sorting them out yet but will hopefullt upload some soon ( i know i said that last time \ )

 

[maidenfan]

can't wait to see the pics 8) 8)

 

[SkiFletch]

pfft, updating without pics, dust off that digicam

 

[xd2-david]

1. 2. 3. 4.

5. 6. 7. 8.

1: George, my hairy crab that came hidding on piece of LR no.4. (think it's a gorilla crab)

2: Playdo, my blue starfish (Linckia Sea Star) so named because he looks like a clay model.

3: Frank, My Sea Hare, not sure what hes scientific name is but he is demolishing the algea.

4: This is the best piece of live rock I have bought, it has loads of life, coral and George, no.1.

5: My 3 Blue Green Chromis, I haven't named them yet but they are very active and happy.

6: My Brittle Star, he is very active but again I haven't named him yet.

7: Hermit (so original) My large blue legged hermit crab.

8: Just a shot of the right hand side of my rather large aquarium.

Still to come pics of my Regal Tang, Black Longspine Urchin, Banded Serpent Star and anything else I deem interesting enough to photograph.

I am also trying to convert a video I took on my mobile phone of one of the chromis trying to rob the large hermit of he's food .

 

[callum_parsons]

liking your tank mate it is going to be amazing when it is finished.

 

[maidenfan]

cool pics mate tanks looking good

 

[Gankutsuou]

liking your tank mate it is going to be amazing when it is finished.

IMO, a tank is never finished. The owner always has to do something to it

 

[xd2-david]

Thanks for your comments, I can't see myself ever "finishing" I have turned into a fish addict in only a couple of months

Things will look a lot better when I can replace the rest of the rocks with all live and get rid of all the algea though 'Frank' is doing a fantastic job of that so far

Hopefully ordering a 6ft halide lighting unit later on today and then I might be able to treat myself to a few nice corals or an anemone.

Anyway I will try to keep this thread updated

 

[sianeds]

I see you have a big green brittle str in there. Just to let you know, I also had one of those until it ate my hermit crabs, snails, corals.....

I did a little more research into it to find it is commonly known as the green death.

I hope you have more luck with yours than I did!!

Keep an eye on it though....mine ate everything then vomited its stomah and all of it's contents into my water and nearly killed everything it hadn't already eaten!!!!

 

[SkiFletch]

Agreed, be very careful with the stars and dont hesitate to remove them if they look sickly, they can nuke a tank. Also, watch Frank carefully, he could eat all your algae and starve himself. Be prepared to sell him to someone locally when he finishes his job. I know 5 Star General and Commander of the 1st Algal Demolitions Army General Eisenhart has much work left to do in my tank, yours has much less algae than mine

Pics look great, how about a full tank shot?

 

[xd2-david]

Thanks for the information on the brittle star I was not aware of any of this. I was under the impression they were quite piecefull.

He has a lot of room and rarly comes accross anyone he seems healthy and happy though I will keep an eye on him.

I was aware of the implications of keeping the sea hare. Once he is done I am going to take him back to the LFS as I don't have anymore tanks he can clean out

I have got a few more pictures to upload so I will try and get a nice full tank shot aswell

Thanks for all your help and advice
David

 

[Eelzor]

Nice tank!! Just one thing to be aware of with the Blue Linckia Starfish, I heard they unfortunatly have a low mortality rate in captivity. Apparently they can go on living looking perfectly fine for a year then suddenly die for no reason. Keep up the good work though - tank looks great.