#!CrunchBang Posted October 26, 2014 Report Share Posted October 26, 2014 I've been building a marine tank since getting out of freshwater last year. Main tank is 110L, sump is 60L. I built My own stand, light, overflow box, screen for the top, sump baffling. Return pump is and eheim compact 1000, 2 x 1000Lph wavemakers. A 55W and a 150W heater. The light has 3 channels of 12 LEDs each for 36 total. A blue, a white and a mixed channel. Next step is to add rock and water, then cycle and get some livestock Tank with lights full Lights dimmed Side View The light with cooling fans, and Stainless steel or Aluminium hardware Top View Sump Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
livingart Posted October 26, 2014 Report Share Posted October 26, 2014 Nice, are you cladding the outside of the stand? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#!CrunchBang Posted October 26, 2014 Author Report Share Posted October 26, 2014 I have the plywood to do it bit at this point I don't intend to. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blueether Posted October 27, 2014 Report Share Posted October 27, 2014 I think I would clad it as at the momnent the looks to be very little lateral support Other than that looks nice and tidy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ira Posted October 27, 2014 Report Share Posted October 27, 2014 I think I would clad it as at the momnent the looks to be very little lateral support Other than that looks nice and tidy Yeah, agreed. Looks like it wouldn't take much to make it make it twist and fall over sideways. I'd at least put some plywood along the back, that would reinforce it hugely. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hovmoller Posted October 27, 2014 Report Share Posted October 27, 2014 Agree it looks really good and great work! and also agree that stand definitely need some form of lateral bracing or it might very easily fall over sideways when filled with water. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#!CrunchBang Posted October 27, 2014 Author Report Share Posted October 27, 2014 It stayed in place as a freshwater tank for about a year without falling over, I'm sure it's not going to fall over now. There is a sheet of ply on the top and 6 screws in each corner. Also, I did study engineering for a while, I know how to construct something strongly Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
livingart Posted October 27, 2014 Report Share Posted October 27, 2014 Also, I did study engineering for a while, I know how to construct something strongly you will understand the susceptibility of your design to excessive sideways force then Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#!CrunchBang Posted October 27, 2014 Author Report Share Posted October 27, 2014 It's also why I built it short, only 50cm high. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
livingart Posted October 27, 2014 Report Share Posted October 27, 2014 :slfg: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#!CrunchBang Posted October 29, 2014 Author Report Share Posted October 29, 2014 So I have the rock in a bucket Cycling with some mysis shrimp for food. A few days ago the Ammonia, Nitrite and Nitrate were at 1.5ppm, .5ppm and 5ppm, today they're at .75ppm, 1ppm and ~20ppm so it looks like the rock is cycling :happy1: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adrienne Posted October 29, 2014 Report Share Posted October 29, 2014 Just wondering why you are not cycling it in the tank itself to save any die off when you move it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#!CrunchBang Posted October 29, 2014 Author Report Share Posted October 29, 2014 1. Avoiding algae and diatoms 2. Don't want an empty tank in the lounge too long. 3. Haven't collected the water yet Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adrienne Posted October 29, 2014 Report Share Posted October 29, 2014 Just being nosey really. I did the same as you and I still have algae and diatoms 12 weeks in to the tank. Looking forward to reading your progress reports and seeing your pics Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#!CrunchBang Posted October 29, 2014 Author Report Share Posted October 29, 2014 Stocking I was thinking, and subject to change: 2 x Clowns 1 x Sixline wrasse 1 x Goby/Blenny, something like a Golden Headed Sleeper or Orange-Spotted Prawn or Canary Blenny or Rainford's Goby 1 x Citron Goby 1 x Anemone 1 x Zoanthids 1 x Toadstool 1 x Xenia Shrimp, snails, Hermit crabs, maybe a lobster, maybe a clam Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#!CrunchBang Posted November 10, 2014 Author Report Share Posted November 10, 2014 Collected 170L of NSW late lastnight. The ammonia levels are almost zero even when adding food, but the nitrite levels are still up. I add a cube of mysis when the ammonia drops to zero. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#!CrunchBang Posted November 18, 2014 Author Report Share Posted November 18, 2014 Nitrite is dropping down to .5ppm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#!CrunchBang Posted November 30, 2014 Author Report Share Posted November 30, 2014 So last Sunday it was all 0, so I set the tank up on Monday, and found the sump amplified and made more noise than desirable. So I removed the sump, stuck the skimmer, heater and an old internal filter with nothing in it in the tank where the overflow fitted. Got a small Six line Wrasse and two little Ocellaris Clowns on Tuesday, and after a small spike in Nitrite(0.25ppm) where I did 3 10L water changes a day, it's was all back to 0 on friday. All is good in the tank so far. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
livingart Posted November 30, 2014 Report Share Posted November 30, 2014 Was the sump, skimmer etc. not running before monday? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#!CrunchBang Posted November 30, 2014 Author Report Share Posted November 30, 2014 Nope. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#!CrunchBang Posted December 1, 2014 Author Report Share Posted December 1, 2014 So I collected more water at Takapuna on Thursday night before it rained, Just did a small water change, and noticed there are tiny jelly fish in it along with other zoo plankton, I removed the jelly, but is the other stuff ok to put in the tank? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
livingart Posted December 1, 2014 Report Share Posted December 1, 2014 jelly fish are probably ctenophores what shape are the zooplankton? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#!CrunchBang Posted December 15, 2014 Author Report Share Posted December 15, 2014 I think it was a mix of ctenophores and cnidaria So I got a diatom bloom, then hair algae. Hair algae is dying off and I have a phosphate remover in there. My clowns have started fighting to determine dominance, the one with better black outlines looks like it's the more dominate one, restricting the others eating Have a turbo snail and a lawnmower blenny also now. Next addition will hopefully be a BTA then some frags. Would like to get some things like brittle stars and pods to live in there as CUC and food. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kinnadian Posted December 23, 2014 Report Share Posted December 23, 2014 Brittle star and pods come with established live rock if you can get someone to sell you some. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#!CrunchBang Posted January 1, 2015 Author Report Share Posted January 1, 2015 Just found the tank at 22c :fshi: So that heater has been replaced with some spares. Heater was only use in this tank so I'll be visiting Ron to see what he can do. Lucky to get cold fish rather than cooked fish. :nilly: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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