Common Blevil
Community Member
So i already starting to buy everything i need for my easy low tech tank set up. I already bought a 60*30*30 cm(24*12*12 inch) tank, waiting for lamps to arrive, and also looking for tank gear in LFS'.
For rock I'm going to use live tank rock and sand. Sand and salt will be from Aquaforest (would like to hear any reviews)
Lighting is AliExpress 50 w freshwater spotlight, that showed itself good in Black Sea biotope macroalgae set up.(waiting for the lamp to arrive)
For filtration i'd like to use tidal 55(would love to hear any reviews too), and if it will not be strong enough maybe will buy a wavemaker to create these pulsing waves that make the tank look more natural.
For heating i'm planning to use aquael ultra heater, because these glass heater do not show themselves in a good way...(also would like to hear reviews)
It is all for gear, i don't like a lot of stuff in the tank that i need to look after + i plan to keep a lot of easy animals and plants in there, so i don't think that I'll have a problem. It's not completely low tech, but I'll hope it will do better then my black sea tank.
I want to make rockscape, so little fish can hide in it, and also to have some sand free space.
For future inhabitants I'd like to add(i may not add something in the list)
Corals:
Pulsing xenia
Anthelia
Briareum/pachyclavularia
Macroalgae:
Dragon's breath halymenia
Caulerpa lentilifera/prolifera/toxifolia(whatever i would be able to find)
Chaetomorpha(maybe not the most beautiful, but i saw how much worms, brittle stars and other critters live in the one at LFS, so i cannot not get it. As we don't have ocean live rock, i need to improvise)
Active inverts
Hermit/s(the Black sea ones, that are just blue legged hermits, that are not blue but red were completely useless, but look funny, so i maybe buy one or two)
Aquilonastra starfish(asterina)
Limpets(found them in few tanks at LFS, maybe will be able to get them)
Chitons
Columbella(euplia) snails
Tiger conch(a sandbed creature, that i will keep not because they eat the poop and poop in the sand or something, but because i like their derpyness)
Brittle stars and worms
Maybe pistol shrimp, but I'm afraid that it will not let me sleep(the tank is +- 1 foot from the bed)
Maybe something else but i dont know
Fish:
The main fish will be blenny, because they are the best. Either a tailspot (ecsenius stigmatura) or salarias segmentatus. Unsure about size of the second. Also would like to add a shrimp goby for simbiosis with shrimp. Either yellow cryptocentrus or wheeler's goby(better the second, especially if I'll get the next animal). The last animal is yellow clown goby. Or green clown goby, but i never saw one at LFS. Would love to hear about care of these creatures, especially - how long does it take for them to take food, will they all live together in harmony in such a volume, and other things that I'd need to know(I've done my research, but I'd live to hear the answers anyways). Also I'm planning to add the lid so don't worry)
Maybe that's all, stick around for updates, I'll hope this tank goes well)
For rock I'm going to use live tank rock and sand. Sand and salt will be from Aquaforest (would like to hear any reviews)
Lighting is AliExpress 50 w freshwater spotlight, that showed itself good in Black Sea biotope macroalgae set up.(waiting for the lamp to arrive)
For filtration i'd like to use tidal 55(would love to hear any reviews too), and if it will not be strong enough maybe will buy a wavemaker to create these pulsing waves that make the tank look more natural.
For heating i'm planning to use aquael ultra heater, because these glass heater do not show themselves in a good way...(also would like to hear reviews)
It is all for gear, i don't like a lot of stuff in the tank that i need to look after + i plan to keep a lot of easy animals and plants in there, so i don't think that I'll have a problem. It's not completely low tech, but I'll hope it will do better then my black sea tank.
I want to make rockscape, so little fish can hide in it, and also to have some sand free space.
For future inhabitants I'd like to add(i may not add something in the list)
Corals:
Pulsing xenia
Anthelia
Briareum/pachyclavularia
Macroalgae:
Dragon's breath halymenia
Caulerpa lentilifera/prolifera/toxifolia(whatever i would be able to find)
Chaetomorpha(maybe not the most beautiful, but i saw how much worms, brittle stars and other critters live in the one at LFS, so i cannot not get it. As we don't have ocean live rock, i need to improvise)
Active inverts
Hermit/s(the Black sea ones, that are just blue legged hermits, that are not blue but red were completely useless, but look funny, so i maybe buy one or two)
Aquilonastra starfish(asterina)
Limpets(found them in few tanks at LFS, maybe will be able to get them)
Chitons
Columbella(euplia) snails
Tiger conch(a sandbed creature, that i will keep not because they eat the poop and poop in the sand or something, but because i like their derpyness)
Brittle stars and worms
Maybe pistol shrimp, but I'm afraid that it will not let me sleep(the tank is +- 1 foot from the bed)
Maybe something else but i dont know
Fish:
The main fish will be blenny, because they are the best. Either a tailspot (ecsenius stigmatura) or salarias segmentatus. Unsure about size of the second. Also would like to add a shrimp goby for simbiosis with shrimp. Either yellow cryptocentrus or wheeler's goby(better the second, especially if I'll get the next animal). The last animal is yellow clown goby. Or green clown goby, but i never saw one at LFS. Would love to hear about care of these creatures, especially - how long does it take for them to take food, will they all live together in harmony in such a volume, and other things that I'd need to know(I've done my research, but I'd live to hear the answers anyways). Also I'm planning to add the lid so don't worry)
Maybe that's all, stick around for updates, I'll hope this tank goes well)
