My 90 Litre Marine Adventure

[fish_lover09]

so ever since i started keeping fish i have always wanted a reef tank of my own as they look so so stunning and after a friend got one i knew one day i would have to have one of my own. so i got loads of books and then i found this fourm which has been very helpfull to getting to where i am now.

so i started off buy getting the equipment needed to start this fantastic hobby which include

lee's marine 30 gallon skimmmer (sooon to be upgrading to Tmc 120 skimmer)
sun sun 3000lph wave maker
heater 200w

then i added the pre mixed saltwater to the tank put the equipment in place

next i got the live rock i got 5kg which i orded off reefstore and i got another 2kg from my LFS
and addded it in to the tank

after this i let the tank settle for 2 weeks and added 2 clownfish and soon to be gettin a pink xenia frag off my friend soon now will

next update will be picture of clownfish and coral and new lighting when they arrive next week

 

[seffieuk]

Look forward to following your progress - did you do a nice big water change when the cycle had finished?

Seffie x

 

[fish_lover09]

Look forward to following your progress - did you do a nice big water change when the cycle had finished?

Seffie x

oh yes i knew i would forget something lol i did a 50% water change but i didnt have much of a cycle as i got some good LR and didnt have much die off

 

[simonas]

Fish Lover we need more photos!!!!

 

[fish_lover09]

Fish Lover we need more photos!!!!

should be getting some more on here tomorrow light unit was delayed and the coral is being delivered tomorrow as well so should have a few pics to upload

 

[fish_lover09]

ok it been a long time since iv updated this mainly because i been waiting for my royal grama,yellow coral goby and peppermint shrimp to be shipped but because they didnt have them in stock im still waiting so i took a few photos of the clownfish and tryed to get a picture of the coral but i cant get a decent picture of it, its only small cuz all the heads died off but there growing back so give it a month and i should be able to get a better one

pictures of clownfish

picture of coral (not sure if you can see it its quite small)

a picture of top view of tank (bit bright when u look in, anyway i can make it so i can look in without gettting blinded)

The fish and shrimp should be arriving next week so if all goes well with that there be a few more pictures coming soon

few more pictures of clownfish at night

 

[seffieuk]

Those clowns look like they are wrestling, submit, submit the top was is saying

Seffie x

 

[fish_lover09]

Those clowns look like they are wrestling, submit, submit the top was is saying

Seffie x

lol they do this every night with out fail althro it has calmed down loads from when i first got them, its aways the same as well the one with the half a stipe in the middle pinning the other one but the one with the full stripe hardly ever fights back lol. its fun to watch

 

[fish_lover09]

hi all the fish arrived thursday unfortunately the royal gramma was a D.O.A
so i got a refund on that and should soon be gettin one from my LFS soon but in the mean time i took a few pictures of the yellow coral goby will soon get some of the peppermint shrimp he likes to hide behind the rock and i cant get a picture of him but as soon as he comes out ill get some.

also i have put a shelf above the tank to place food and test kit on and got myself a new therometer.

now for the part we all love the pictures lol and there is quite a few today got a bit picture happy when the goby came out from hiding under the cheato

therometer

shelf

clownfish and goby 1

clownfish and goby 2

clownfish and goby 3

clownfish and goby 4 (well the clownfish is sort of in there lol)

yellow coral goby 1

yellow coral goby 2

yellow coral goby 3

yellow coral goby 4

yellow coral goby 5

yellow coral goby 6

The peppemint shrimp came out of hiding of i ponced on him with the camara

peppermint shrimp 1

peppermint shrimp 2

peppermint shrimp 3

peppermint shrimp 4

peppermint shrimp 5

 

[simonas]

i love the goby, was admiring one in lfs the other day and have plottingto buy one next

tell me though does he rest on the corals? i only ask as a reefer i bought a coral off said his was a nuisance and sat on his corals causing them to die where he was sitting?

 

[fish_lover09]

i love the goby, was admiring one in lfs the other day and have plottingto buy one next

tell me though does he rest on the corals? i only ask as a reefer i bought a coral off said his was a nuisance and sat on his corals causing them to die where he was sitting?

hi m8 i not 100% sure as i only have 1 very small xenia coral and my goby doesent pay much attension to it, it hides behind my cheato alge most of the time but what i have seen on the youtube is that they seem fine with corals i seen them hiding in the middle poking there lil head out looks really cool. also i read that if they are breading they can rip at the coral host so they can lay there eggs on a patch but thats only if ur planning on breeding them im sure someone on here can tell u more.

http/www.youtube.com/watch?v=x2PE_A825O4

here a link of a yellow coral goby in a coral there videos on the side with loads of different coral host