Well after many questions and lots of advice from Seffie and others (thanks) my marine set up is under way
After 19 yrs asa fishkeeper stretching from coldwater, tropical and brackish I have finally taken the plunge and I am backto being a novice again and I didn;t have a clue where to start!!
The tank is only small its my sons 24x14x12 and it has been home to a breedingpair of snakeheads for a couple of years. He and my daughter want Nemos!!!
It will be live rock only with 2 clown fish and hopefully this will be the start of more marines as my eyes have been openedto how wonderful this hobby is, I;ve developed an interest in corals etcand really want more tanks now so I can try a reef tank
First job was to clean the years of algae that were all over the tank as the tank was previously a breeding tank for snake heads which like mess and no water changes it was messy!!!
I then used Ronseal royal blue tile paint to do the back and one side, It made a huge difference!!! Paint £16.99
I then added 8 kgs of tropical marine sand , there may be too much in there I shall keep an eye on it and maybe syphon some out when set up completed to my satisfaction 8kgs of sand £11.98
I then got ready mixed RO water from my LFS £5.50 for 5 gallon, I;ve added two so far and almost one more will be added today £11
Next item was a marine white T8 bulb,£15.99 the difference on the blue from the old style bulb was amazing
My search for live rock then started I was let down by a seller initially but then got some last night from a nice guy in Warrington £50 for just over 10 kgs, I only needed 7kg but surely I;m ok with this much??? I have no idea what I am buying but the guy said this was decent stuff?/ Caveat Emptor lol
Theres a couple of patches of purple one slight patch of algae on there as well. does it look ok to you?
Put it in the tank and the water was very cloudy, my koralia 1 hasn;t arrived yet so just using the old internal filter for water flow at moment
The rock watching started, ages spent looking at a inactive item!! the suspense was electrifying lol saw some tube wormsand thatwas the most exciting feeling so far!! I have life in my tank then a couple of white bugs that ferret at great speed over the rock with white feelrs at the front, about half an inch? no idea what they are!!! I shall keep watching lol
Next morning the cloudy water ad cleared to a great extent, need to clean the ghlass really but I will wait till the water is topped up today
The rocks are not set up how I want them to end, I;ll let things settle and have a good think how to change it once the power head in
My one problem at the moment is temperature, something has happened to the heater, its on minimum and showing 30 c, its only a 100watt heater
? I;m sure it was never that warm before with snakeheads in
I want too add a form of CUC can I have hermits and snails and if so how many and when?
I love the toadstool corals when could I add one if at all and lastly 2 young clownfish will be added!!! can;t wait!!!
After 19 yrs asa fishkeeper stretching from coldwater, tropical and brackish I have finally taken the plunge and I am backto being a novice again and I didn;t have a clue where to start!!
The tank is only small its my sons 24x14x12 and it has been home to a breedingpair of snakeheads for a couple of years. He and my daughter want Nemos!!!
It will be live rock only with 2 clown fish and hopefully this will be the start of more marines as my eyes have been openedto how wonderful this hobby is, I;ve developed an interest in corals etcand really want more tanks now so I can try a reef tank
First job was to clean the years of algae that were all over the tank as the tank was previously a breeding tank for snake heads which like mess and no water changes it was messy!!!
I then used Ronseal royal blue tile paint to do the back and one side, It made a huge difference!!! Paint £16.99
I then added 8 kgs of tropical marine sand , there may be too much in there I shall keep an eye on it and maybe syphon some out when set up completed to my satisfaction 8kgs of sand £11.98
I then got ready mixed RO water from my LFS £5.50 for 5 gallon, I;ve added two so far and almost one more will be added today £11
Next item was a marine white T8 bulb,£15.99 the difference on the blue from the old style bulb was amazing
My search for live rock then started I was let down by a seller initially but then got some last night from a nice guy in Warrington £50 for just over 10 kgs, I only needed 7kg but surely I;m ok with this much??? I have no idea what I am buying but the guy said this was decent stuff?/ Caveat Emptor lol
Theres a couple of patches of purple one slight patch of algae on there as well. does it look ok to you?
Put it in the tank and the water was very cloudy, my koralia 1 hasn;t arrived yet so just using the old internal filter for water flow at moment
The rock watching started, ages spent looking at a inactive item!! the suspense was electrifying lol saw some tube wormsand thatwas the most exciting feeling so far!! I have life in my tank then a couple of white bugs that ferret at great speed over the rock with white feelrs at the front, about half an inch? no idea what they are!!! I shall keep watching lol
Next morning the cloudy water ad cleared to a great extent, need to clean the ghlass really but I will wait till the water is topped up today
The rocks are not set up how I want them to end, I;ll let things settle and have a good think how to change it once the power head in
My one problem at the moment is temperature, something has happened to the heater, its on minimum and showing 30 c, its only a 100watt heater
? I;m sure it was never that warm before with snakeheads inI want too add a form of CUC can I have hermits and snails and if so how many and when?
I love the toadstool corals when could I add one if at all and lastly 2 young clownfish will be added!!! can;t wait!!!
phosphates are easy though
