Vinnie Posted June 6, 2013 Report Share Posted June 6, 2013 Slowly getting everything sorted and setup. tank is 2000 x 650 x 700mm and sump is 1000 x 450 x 360mm ( W x D x H ) Tank has had water in it for about a month, and heaters and pumps have been running for 3 weeks. Have no idea what I'm doing but having a lot of fun reading what other people have done setting up there tanks. Ammonia 4 ppm Nitrate 20 ppm Nitrite 0.5 ppm not much to look at yet but here is a few shots Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
calculator Posted June 6, 2013 Report Share Posted June 6, 2013 Looks fun, what you thinking of stocking it with? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
livingart Posted June 6, 2013 Report Share Posted June 6, 2013 nice start good to see some patience being applied Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aer0 Posted June 6, 2013 Report Share Posted June 6, 2013 woah, 850l for your first marine tank! im quite Jealous tank looks good, loads of LR in there.. what are you using for lighting? Skimming? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vinnie Posted June 7, 2013 Author Report Share Posted June 7, 2013 woah, 850l for your first marine tank! im quite Jealous tank looks good, loads of LR in there.. what are you using for lighting? Skimming? for lighting untill I have the money for the LED setup I want, I'm going to use a 400w & 250w MH I've got lying around. As for skimmer, aqua one 220 till I have a few things in the tank. by then I'll have a better skimmer. nice start good to see some patience being applied Thanks Livingart, it has been a battle not to put anything in the tank so far Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SeaDragon Posted June 8, 2013 Report Share Posted June 8, 2013 Take your time and watch the algae grow for a bit. When it settles down I will find you some frags Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vinnie Posted July 8, 2013 Author Report Share Posted July 8, 2013 just an update Ammonia 0 ppm Nitrate 40 ppm Nitrite 3 ppm been slack with weekly water changes due to work, but going to do a good one in the next few days, then will test again Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
livingart Posted July 8, 2013 Report Share Posted July 8, 2013 she is a brewing :bounce: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DuchessofSquee Posted July 9, 2013 Report Share Posted July 9, 2013 Wow thats a huge tank for your first marine, I'm so jealous! But then we could never afford to keep up with all the salt so I shall stay happy with my little RSM! This part is soooo frustrating but the really fun bit starts soon! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sally J Posted July 13, 2013 Report Share Posted July 13, 2013 Use sea water!!! And go big!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vinnie Posted July 15, 2013 Author Report Share Posted July 15, 2013 Wow thats a huge tank for your first marine, I'm so jealous! But then we could never afford to keep up with all the salt so I shall stay happy with my little RSM! This part is soooo frustrating but the really fun bit starts soon! I was originally going to use a smaller tank, but after we lost all our freshwater fish we had in this tank, we decided to use this tank instead and have a good challenge. :bggrn: Use sea water!!! And go big!! I wish I could at the moment, but the weather has been really bad here lately. Used what I had left and now making the saltwater up as I go. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vinnie Posted July 19, 2013 Author Report Share Posted July 19, 2013 Update Ammonia 0 ppm Nitrite 0 ppm Nitrate 15 ppm Been a little impatient so over the last few weeks got a couple of fish, and looking at a leather or 2 today :bggrn: Will update some photos tonight Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
livingart Posted July 19, 2013 Report Share Posted July 19, 2013 naughty boy :lar: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vinnie Posted July 26, 2013 Author Report Share Posted July 26, 2013 Photos a week late... battles with photobucket flipping all the photos I uploaded :dno: Anyway 2 weeks ago I got a large bit of coral rock back off Craig who goes to one of the clubs I go to. I asked him a year ago to put it in his tank to help kick start my tank once I got it setup. So tonight took some more photos to show how much has changed in one week. The Kenya tree coral I got a week ago has stops sulking and is starting to look good again as well Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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