Hello all and welcome to my nano diary,
(Please excuse if this first post doesnt flow properly,I was never good at writing when at school
)
Before we get into talking tanks Ill introduce myself..... my names Gareth,21 and live in the wonderfull city of Peterborough. I have been knocking around this site for a a good half a year now researching marines in the hope that one day I would own a marine tank.
This came on xmas eve last year when I was in my LFS and they had a second hand RSM 130 at a really good price,so I thought as its xmas why not treat yourself.So 10 mns later I was loading it as well as a RSM starter kit (wish I hadnt
) into the back of my car.
Anyways onto the interesting stuff
.....
Tank.
Red Sea Max 130ltr.
Lighting.
2 x 55 Watt T5 power compacts.
Heating/Cooling.
Standard Red Sea 150w heater.
Built in cooling fan.
Filtration/Media.
Activated Carbon.
Rowaphos.
Black sponge. (will be swapped with another weekly)
Filter floss. (will be used only when detritus has been stirred up)
Red Sea protein skimmer.
Salt.
Red Sea Coral Pro Salt.
Substrate.
I have ditched the horrid stuff that comes with the starter kit and brought 15lb of Caribsea Argonite Fiji Pink sand.
Circulation.
1 x Koralia 1.
1 x Koralia 2.
Still To Buy.
Refractometer.
A couple of water containers and buckets.
RO water.
Digital thermometer.
Live Rock (will be collecting 10kgs worth on the 1st of August).
Koralia nano (for mixing water).
I would like to buy another small bag of larger grain sand to mix in with the fiji pink, as I think this would give a better liking to the real ocean bed.
Stocking List.
I shall be running the tank with only the CUC and clowns for a good few months.This will give me time to get used to the salty side and when Im feeling confident enough I will start adding more livestock.All livestock will be researched before I purchase them.
Clean Up Crew-
Red leg hermits.
Snails.
Blood shrimp.
Cleaner shrimp.
Feather Duster - I really like these but have read that some species of wrasse and hermit will have the poor thing for lunch.So Im not 100 percent on this one.
(Quantaties have not been decided yet.)
Fish-
2 x Clown.
The rest I havent confimred yet , I wouldnt mind a midas blenny though.
Coral-
When I eventually start buying corals I will be limiting myself to only buying frags, this should help keep costs down a little and will be interesting watching the reef grow from frags.I havent really researched corals yet but will be looking for ones that are low maintance easy growing .
Now what everyone wants to see a few pics.
(Apologese for the quality of them they were taken on a iphone.)
When I have collected the LR it will not be going into the RSM straight away as I want to redecorate my living room before set up.Its temporary home will be a 90ish ltr tank that I have spare, it will have a heater, koralia 1 and koralia 2 to keep it alive.
Lastly a few questions.
If the cycle on my LR finishes before im ready to put it into the RSM will I need to add some sort of food to keep the bacteria alive? or will it be ok just as it is ?
Can you think of anything Ive over looked?
Many thanks for reading throught that lot . If you have any input please,please feel free to speak as all input would be greatly appreciated. 
gaz
(Please excuse if this first post doesnt flow properly,I was never good at writing when at school
)Before we get into talking tanks Ill introduce myself..... my names Gareth,21 and live in the wonderfull city of Peterborough. I have been knocking around this site for a a good half a year now researching marines in the hope that one day I would own a marine tank.
This came on xmas eve last year when I was in my LFS and they had a second hand RSM 130 at a really good price,so I thought as its xmas why not treat yourself.So 10 mns later I was loading it as well as a RSM starter kit (wish I hadnt
) into the back of my car.Anyways onto the interesting stuff
.....Tank.
Red Sea Max 130ltr.
Lighting.
2 x 55 Watt T5 power compacts.
Heating/Cooling.
Standard Red Sea 150w heater.
Built in cooling fan.
Filtration/Media.
Activated Carbon.
Rowaphos.
Black sponge. (will be swapped with another weekly)
Filter floss. (will be used only when detritus has been stirred up)
Red Sea protein skimmer.
Salt.
Red Sea Coral Pro Salt.
Substrate.
I have ditched the horrid stuff that comes with the starter kit and brought 15lb of Caribsea Argonite Fiji Pink sand.
Circulation.
1 x Koralia 1.
1 x Koralia 2.
Still To Buy.
Refractometer.
A couple of water containers and buckets.
RO water.
Digital thermometer.
Live Rock (will be collecting 10kgs worth on the 1st of August).
Koralia nano (for mixing water).
I would like to buy another small bag of larger grain sand to mix in with the fiji pink, as I think this would give a better liking to the real ocean bed.
Stocking List.
I shall be running the tank with only the CUC and clowns for a good few months.This will give me time to get used to the salty side and when Im feeling confident enough I will start adding more livestock.All livestock will be researched before I purchase them.
Clean Up Crew-
Red leg hermits.
Snails.
Blood shrimp.
Cleaner shrimp.
Feather Duster - I really like these but have read that some species of wrasse and hermit will have the poor thing for lunch.So Im not 100 percent on this one.
(Quantaties have not been decided yet.)
Fish-
2 x Clown.
The rest I havent confimred yet
, I wouldnt mind a midas blenny though.Coral-
When I eventually start buying corals I will be limiting myself to only buying frags, this should help keep costs down a little and will be interesting watching the reef grow from frags.I havent really researched corals yet but will be looking for ones that are low maintance easy growing .
Now what everyone wants to see a few pics.
(Apologese for the quality of them they were taken on a iphone.)
When I have collected the LR it will not be going into the RSM straight away as I want to redecorate my living room before set up.Its temporary home will be a 90ish ltr tank that I have spare, it will have a heater, koralia 1 and koralia 2 to keep it alive.
Lastly a few questions.
If the cycle on my LR finishes before im ready to put it into the RSM will I need to add some sort of food to keep the bacteria alive? or will it be ok just as it is ?
Can you think of anything Ive over looked?
Many thanks for reading throught that lot
. If you have any input please,please feel free to speak as all input would be greatly appreciated. gaz
to the salty side of life 
. Ive seen your flasher pics, hes a very handsome chap!
