SRC Member M&M Posted April 13, 2015 SRC Member Share Posted April 13, 2015 Hey, just wanted to share my journey on how I started keeping Marine and how the tank has evolved. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRC Member M&M Posted April 13, 2015 Author SRC Member Share Posted April 13, 2015 Got my first Marine tank at the end of last year, a 14L rainbow tank. Being foolish I was too impatient to wait for the water to cycle fully. So I added 2 clowns, 1 wrasse (not sure what species), 1 bicolour dottyback, 1 fireshrimp and 1 hermit crab. A few months into the tank,Algae started growing like nobody's business and the Nitrate was crazy high. Fishes started dying 2 months in starting with the wrasse which jump out, followed by the dottyback. Surprisingly the clowns and invertebrates survived. Desperate for a answer. I found out that the tank was not cycled properly (dur) and a small tank is hard to maintain. So I decided to decommission the tank and got a new tank. The tank is now a freshwater tetra tank. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRC Member M&M Posted April 13, 2015 Author SRC Member Share Posted April 13, 2015 My 1st tank. Now a tetra tank. Don't have pictures of it when it was Marine. It would be too embarrassing to post. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRC Member M&M Posted April 13, 2015 Author SRC Member Share Posted April 13, 2015 My second tank was a 32L skimz tank. This time I cycled the tank completely and transferred all my surviving creatures over, the 2 clown, 1 fireshrimp and 1 hermit crab before I decommissioned the 1st tank. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRC Member M&M Posted April 13, 2015 Author SRC Member Share Posted April 13, 2015 Second tank while cycling. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRC Member M&M Posted April 13, 2015 Author SRC Member Share Posted April 13, 2015 Besides the 2 clowns and the 2 invertebrates. I added 2 coral (flower pot coral and a star burst polyp) two weeks after the cycling was completed and 4 chromis and 1 yellow watchman goby and 2 tube worms. However, the clowns was being cheeky and kept disturbing the flower pot till it was showing signs of stress. So I got a long tentacle anemone got them... And annoyingly they didn't use it. Instead both clown had ich and died Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRC Member F&Mfishlover Posted April 13, 2015 SRC Member Share Posted April 13, 2015 Besides the 2 clowns and the 2 invertebrates. I added 2 coral (flower pot coral and a star burst polyp) two weeks after the cycling was completed and 4 chromis and 1 yellow watchman goby and 2 tube worms. However, the clowns was being cheeky and kept disturbing the flower pot till it was showing signs of stress. So I got a long tentacle anemone got them... And annoyingly they didn't use it. Instead both clown had ich and died bro, clowns r rough to the corals they host. my bubble coral used to open up very nicely until they started hosting it=( Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ahchris Posted April 14, 2015 Share Posted April 14, 2015 My second tank was a 32L skimz tank. This time I cycled the tank completely and transferred all my surviving creatures over, the 2 clown, 1 fireshrimp and 1 hermit crab before I decommissioned the 1st tank. Keep the updates coming :-) Quote Zoas Garden Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRC Member M&M Posted April 17, 2015 Author SRC Member Share Posted April 17, 2015 Continue.... So after my clowns were gone, all I had were 4 chromis and the invertebrates and corals. But at the same time I found a really great deal for a 200+L tank with a chiller... So I bought it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRC Member M&M Posted April 17, 2015 Author SRC Member Share Posted April 17, 2015 Got purified water, mix salt, new live sand and rocks and started cycling the water. To start of the cycling, I added bacteria tablets, a dead prawn and half of my bio balls from my 32L tank. In all it took 3 weeks for the whole cycle to complete. So I added my 4 chromis and left them there for a week just to be sure. And they survived =) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alexcyf Posted April 17, 2015 Share Posted April 17, 2015 Any fTs of the tank now? This tank looks quite low! Does it have a sump? Quote Follow Alex's Reefing Journey @ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRC Member M&M Posted May 1, 2015 Author SRC Member Share Posted May 1, 2015 Nope, it goes to the overflow at the back. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRC Member Bulldozer Posted May 1, 2015 SRC Member Share Posted May 1, 2015 Tank with a Good Size .... wouldn't it be nicer to have a taller stand ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admiraltian Posted May 2, 2015 Share Posted May 2, 2015 Waiting to see ur current fts. Quote Display Tank : 36" x 20" x 20" Herbie overflow box design, Sump : 36" x 21" x 17", Frag Tank : 16” x 20” x 16”, custom built by Tank Culture. Lightings : Ecotech Radion XR15 Pro x 2 for Main Display Tank, Inled R80 x 1 for Frag Tank. Chiller : Dalkin 1hp compressor with build-in drop coil. Skimmer : Skimz Octa SC205i Protein Skimmer. FR : H2Ocean FMR75 Fluidised Media Reactor with Hailea HX-2500 (Feeder Pump) running Rowaphos. CR : Skimz Monzter E Series CM122 Calcium Reactor. BPR: Marine Source Biopellet Reactor with Continuum Reef Biopellet Fuel. Main Return Pump : SICCE Syncra ADV 9.0 & Jebao ACQ-10000 Water Pump. Wavemaker : Jebao MOW-9 x2 for Main Display Tank & Jebao SLW-20M Sine Wave Pump for Frag Tank. Water Top Up: AutoAqua Smart ATO Lite. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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