My New Tank

[Matt_northants]

Thought I would start a post on my new tank, after 25yrs of fishkeeping decided to take the plunge LOL into marines.

My new tank is 90cm x 30cm x 38cm. Its got 10kg of Fijian Live Rock, and 72litres of salt water in it at the moment.

Its being run on a Fluval 3 and Fluval 4 internal filters, old ones that I wasnt using. One contains RowaPhos and the other Carbon.

Heating is via a Visitherm 100W

And lighting at present is just a 18W T8, though I am waiting for my new T5s to turn up, in a homemade hood built from UPVC and HDF.

My water has finally got 0 ammonia and nitrite so am getting some sand tomorrow and going to set everything up into its final position. Then on Saturday going looking for some snails and Hermits.

 

[SkiFletch]

Pics?

 

[Matt_northants]

Hi got my lights so now have 3 x 39W T5 marine white tubes and 1 x 18W T8 marine actinic tube. Could anyone please let me know what sort of intensity I will have at the top, middle and the bottom of the tank? I only want to keep low light and moderate light soft corals such as Mushrooms, a Leather Toadstool, Polyps and Button Polyps.
Didnt get my CUC as I was tempted by a pair of Apistogramma Elizabethae Red, cant seem to kick that Dwarf Cichlid bug!

 

[SkiFletch]

Should be fine keeping those corals with that light

 

[Matt_northants]

Thanks, so will my lighting intensity be moderate at the top and low in the bottom and middle layers? Just want to be careful when I get to adding my softies as I dont want to bleach them. All will they be ok at any tank depth as long as I start them at the bottom and slowly move them towards the surface?

 

[SkiFletch]

Gonna be tough to bleach most corals with that light, I wouldn't be that concerned...

 

[Matt_northants]

Thanks just didnt want to make a mistake.

 

[Matt_northants]

Finally got my clean up crew

4 Turbo snails

4 Dwarf Blue Leg Hermits

2 Red Legged Hermits

And also got a digital camera! LOL

I think I went slightly crazy on picking extra shells for my hermits, I dont think any will ever fit into the 5 large ones!

 

[fishwatcher]

Looks great! I did the same with my shells. During the first water change after fish were added I moved the shells all around and so much gunk came out I decided to remove them.
I like the setup though!

 

[nanocubeking]

Nice tank. It always fun to watch those hermit crabs fight over new shells.