erwin1979
New Member
Hello All Members
My name is Erwin, I’m from Venezuela, I live in Massachusetts United States since 3 years ago, I started in this amazing hobby 15 years ago, my first tank was a small tank (8 gallons), I started with freshwater but I fell in love when I watched a marine tank in my city, so I changed my small freshwater tank to saltwater, I had a couple clownfishes, and one damsel, (unfortunately I haven’t pictures of my first tank), after almost 2 years I lost the damsel, after a couple months I lost my clownfishes, I guess I didn’t have enough experience to keep a healthy tank, so I decided leave the hobby because I felt very bad when I lost all my fishes.
This year I decided to start again with my saltwater tank, so I was searching information during some months to learn more about this hobby, Finally I mounted my 40 gallon tank on last September, I started with a couple of Ocellaris, later one Firefish and Bicolor Angelfish, then I added a cleaning team two Emerald Crabs, two Red Leg Crabs, one Red Blood Shrimp, and two Blue Leg Crabs, My son gifted to me a Royal Gramma I think this guy was sick when I put in my tank because it had some stains on the right side, after some days I lost my Bicolor Angelfish. So I decided mount a Quarentine Tank to prevent future lost. I recently added one Foxface to my tank.
I hope learn every day to keep my tank in good conditions this time.
Following are my tanks description:
Main Tank
-Aqueon 40 Gallons
-CaribSea Ocean Direct Live Sand
-MarcoRocks Dry Live Rock
-Instant Ocean Reef Crystals Reef Salt
-Tenecor Lid for Aqueon 40 Gallons
-Fluval Canister Filter 407
-Fluval Cascade C4 Power Filter
-Fluval Sea PS1 Protein Skimmer
-Fluval T150 Fully Electronic Heater
-Fluval in Line UVC Clarifier
-Fluval Sea Marine 3.0 LED Aquarium Lighting 46 Watts
-Fluval Sea CP3 Circulation Pump
-Fluval Sea CP4 Circulation Pump
-Penn Plax Emergency Pump
Quarentine Tank
-Innovative Marine Fusion 15 AIO Cube
-Sicce Scuba Contactless Heater 50 Watt
-NICREW Clip On Light White and Blue LEDs 480LM 10 Watts
-Instant Ocean Reef Crystals Reef Salt
Fishes
-Clownfish Orange Ocellaris (1.5 inches)
-Clownfish Black Ocellaris (1.5 inches)
-Firefish (1.5 inches)
-Royal Gramma (1 inch)
-One Spot Foxface (2.5 inches)
Invertebrates
-Blood Res Fire Shrimp (2 inches)
-Emerald Crab (3/4 inches)
-2 x Blue Leg Crab (1/4 inches)
-Red Leg Crab (3/4 inches)
Corals (Frags)
-Hollywood Stunner Chalice
-Jack O Lantern
-Green Zoanthus
-Orange Zoanthus
Averaged Measuring
-Ammonia 0 ppm
-Nitrite 0 ppm
-Nitrate 10 to 20 ppm
-Ph 8.0
-Kh 9
-Calcium 420 to 440
-Phosphate 0
-Salinity 1.025
-Temperature 77 degres
Test Kit
-API Saltwater Master Test Kit
-API Reef Master Test
My name is Erwin, I’m from Venezuela, I live in Massachusetts United States since 3 years ago, I started in this amazing hobby 15 years ago, my first tank was a small tank (8 gallons), I started with freshwater but I fell in love when I watched a marine tank in my city, so I changed my small freshwater tank to saltwater, I had a couple clownfishes, and one damsel, (unfortunately I haven’t pictures of my first tank), after almost 2 years I lost the damsel, after a couple months I lost my clownfishes, I guess I didn’t have enough experience to keep a healthy tank, so I decided leave the hobby because I felt very bad when I lost all my fishes.
This year I decided to start again with my saltwater tank, so I was searching information during some months to learn more about this hobby, Finally I mounted my 40 gallon tank on last September, I started with a couple of Ocellaris, later one Firefish and Bicolor Angelfish, then I added a cleaning team two Emerald Crabs, two Red Leg Crabs, one Red Blood Shrimp, and two Blue Leg Crabs, My son gifted to me a Royal Gramma I think this guy was sick when I put in my tank because it had some stains on the right side, after some days I lost my Bicolor Angelfish. So I decided mount a Quarentine Tank to prevent future lost. I recently added one Foxface to my tank.
I hope learn every day to keep my tank in good conditions this time.
Following are my tanks description:
Main Tank
-Aqueon 40 Gallons
-CaribSea Ocean Direct Live Sand
-MarcoRocks Dry Live Rock
-Instant Ocean Reef Crystals Reef Salt
-Tenecor Lid for Aqueon 40 Gallons
-Fluval Canister Filter 407
-Fluval Cascade C4 Power Filter
-Fluval Sea PS1 Protein Skimmer
-Fluval T150 Fully Electronic Heater
-Fluval in Line UVC Clarifier
-Fluval Sea Marine 3.0 LED Aquarium Lighting 46 Watts
-Fluval Sea CP3 Circulation Pump
-Fluval Sea CP4 Circulation Pump
-Penn Plax Emergency Pump
Quarentine Tank
-Innovative Marine Fusion 15 AIO Cube
-Sicce Scuba Contactless Heater 50 Watt
-NICREW Clip On Light White and Blue LEDs 480LM 10 Watts
-Instant Ocean Reef Crystals Reef Salt
Fishes
-Clownfish Orange Ocellaris (1.5 inches)
-Clownfish Black Ocellaris (1.5 inches)
-Firefish (1.5 inches)
-Royal Gramma (1 inch)
-One Spot Foxface (2.5 inches)
Invertebrates
-Blood Res Fire Shrimp (2 inches)
-Emerald Crab (3/4 inches)
-2 x Blue Leg Crab (1/4 inches)
-Red Leg Crab (3/4 inches)
Corals (Frags)
-Hollywood Stunner Chalice
-Jack O Lantern
-Green Zoanthus
-Orange Zoanthus
Averaged Measuring
-Ammonia 0 ppm
-Nitrite 0 ppm
-Nitrate 10 to 20 ppm
-Ph 8.0
-Kh 9
-Calcium 420 to 440
-Phosphate 0
-Salinity 1.025
-Temperature 77 degres
Test Kit
-API Saltwater Master Test Kit
-API Reef Master Test
Nice and clean setup you have going on there, i wish you all the best!
