Rod130
17-01-07, 20:56
Hi,
Here's my first attempt at a marine tank. Not much at the moment just LR and clowns but it's a start.
This should be the full tank shot:
http://www.ultimatereef.net/uploader/2006Q4/Marine2 031b.JPG
Hope that worked, next a close up of LR:
http://www.ultimatereef.net/uploader/2006Q4/Marine2 033b.JPG
and the two clowns:
http://www.ultimatereef.net/uploader/2006Q4/Marine2 017b.JPG
That's about the best of what I've taken so far never been good with cameras.
The tank is 30" x 12" x 15" took about 75L of water to fill.
T5 lighting 1 white 1 blue
Seio M620 p/head
Ex. filter with Rowaphos and polyfilter - about 400 LPH I think
Seaclone 100 skimmer
100w heater
10 kg LR
Temp: 25-26.5 C
pH: 8.00 - 8.10
S.G.: 1.023
NH4 nil (well <0.25)
NO2 nil
NO3 0-5 ppm
PO4, Ca and Mg ?
Along with the clowns i've added 2 red legged hermits, 1 zebra hermit, 3 turbo snails and a peppermint shrimp. The live rock seams to have a lot of life in it, but i obviously don't have anything to compare it to, so far i've spotted at least 2 small unidentified crabs, a bristle worm and 1 other unidentified worm. I've decided to leave them all in and deal with them at a later date if them seam to be pests. There's also a dozen or so mini feather dusters, a tiny brittle star or two, a couple of copepods and a nice little red christmas tree worm. Anyway thats enough of that.
Over the next 5-6 months I will be adding mostly soft corals and maybe some LPS. I would like to add one more fish, ideally a bi-colour blenny but i fear this may grow too big, any advice/suggestions for last fish?
I'm just about happy with the aquascaping - don't think i can do any better with just 4 rocks. I think I may have to boost the lighting though and maybe buy a better skimmer somewhere along the line. I also have to redo the background to get rid of some bubbles but happy with the colour. Any criticsm or advice gratefully received.
Cheers,
Rod.
Here's my first attempt at a marine tank. Not much at the moment just LR and clowns but it's a start.
This should be the full tank shot:
http://www.ultimatereef.net/uploader/2006Q4/Marine2 031b.JPG
Hope that worked, next a close up of LR:
http://www.ultimatereef.net/uploader/2006Q4/Marine2 033b.JPG
and the two clowns:
http://www.ultimatereef.net/uploader/2006Q4/Marine2 017b.JPG
That's about the best of what I've taken so far never been good with cameras.
The tank is 30" x 12" x 15" took about 75L of water to fill.
T5 lighting 1 white 1 blue
Seio M620 p/head
Ex. filter with Rowaphos and polyfilter - about 400 LPH I think
Seaclone 100 skimmer
100w heater
10 kg LR
Temp: 25-26.5 C
pH: 8.00 - 8.10
S.G.: 1.023
NH4 nil (well <0.25)
NO2 nil
NO3 0-5 ppm
PO4, Ca and Mg ?
Along with the clowns i've added 2 red legged hermits, 1 zebra hermit, 3 turbo snails and a peppermint shrimp. The live rock seams to have a lot of life in it, but i obviously don't have anything to compare it to, so far i've spotted at least 2 small unidentified crabs, a bristle worm and 1 other unidentified worm. I've decided to leave them all in and deal with them at a later date if them seam to be pests. There's also a dozen or so mini feather dusters, a tiny brittle star or two, a couple of copepods and a nice little red christmas tree worm. Anyway thats enough of that.
Over the next 5-6 months I will be adding mostly soft corals and maybe some LPS. I would like to add one more fish, ideally a bi-colour blenny but i fear this may grow too big, any advice/suggestions for last fish?
I'm just about happy with the aquascaping - don't think i can do any better with just 4 rocks. I think I may have to boost the lighting though and maybe buy a better skimmer somewhere along the line. I also have to redo the background to get rid of some bubbles but happy with the colour. Any criticsm or advice gratefully received.
Cheers,
Rod.