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Twas the night before Christmas and I finally said %#&* it. I've been researching for over a year, I had the tank, I had the rock, I had everything needed to start except the salt and sand so off to Petco I go. After a hour of playing with rocks + sand + saltwater and my dream of owning a saltwater tank was real.
On Christmas I spread the cheer to Amazon and picked up the light I've been eyeing for months (Hipargero 30w), Dr Tim's ammonia, One and Only, as well as a Jebao OW-10. These things arrive today and conveniently my wife is gone for the weekend with her sister so it's just me and the tank this weekend.
Now for a few specifics. The tank is an Aqueon 15 Gallon Column which measures 113x13x18 of usable tank space. For filtration I have a AquaClear 50 HOB which I haven't quite decided what I will fill with. My initial thought is carbon and gfo but I don't want to start that too early. My concern is until the tank is "established" I'd be removing the nutrients before any corals could use them.
My goal for this tank is simplicity. I do not want to have a tank that has all kinds of fancy equipment hanging out of it. I don't want to have a complicated dosing schedule and honestly I'd prefer to not have to dose at all and maintain the tank chemistry through water changes.
For stocking my original plan was 3 fish but I am leaning more towards 2 now. A clown and another fish that is still undecided at this point. For corals this will be a softie dominant tank with a few LPS sprinkled around. The current plan is xenia, Kenya tree coral, GSP, finger leather/gorgonian, and frogspawn/torch corals.
This tank is my way of dipping my toes into the hobby. If everything is alive and thriving in a year and I still enjoy it I plan on moving to a bigger tank and giving this one to my father. If not there will be a great deal on Craigslist in the Annapolis area. Thank you for taking the time to read this and feel free to leave your thoughts both positive and negative. I'm here to learn and look forward to growing in the hobby.
Thanks!
On Christmas I spread the cheer to Amazon and picked up the light I've been eyeing for months (Hipargero 30w), Dr Tim's ammonia, One and Only, as well as a Jebao OW-10. These things arrive today and conveniently my wife is gone for the weekend with her sister so it's just me and the tank this weekend.
Now for a few specifics. The tank is an Aqueon 15 Gallon Column which measures 113x13x18 of usable tank space. For filtration I have a AquaClear 50 HOB which I haven't quite decided what I will fill with. My initial thought is carbon and gfo but I don't want to start that too early. My concern is until the tank is "established" I'd be removing the nutrients before any corals could use them.
My goal for this tank is simplicity. I do not want to have a tank that has all kinds of fancy equipment hanging out of it. I don't want to have a complicated dosing schedule and honestly I'd prefer to not have to dose at all and maintain the tank chemistry through water changes.
For stocking my original plan was 3 fish but I am leaning more towards 2 now. A clown and another fish that is still undecided at this point. For corals this will be a softie dominant tank with a few LPS sprinkled around. The current plan is xenia, Kenya tree coral, GSP, finger leather/gorgonian, and frogspawn/torch corals.
This tank is my way of dipping my toes into the hobby. If everything is alive and thriving in a year and I still enjoy it I plan on moving to a bigger tank and giving this one to my father. If not there will be a great deal on Craigslist in the Annapolis area. Thank you for taking the time to read this and feel free to leave your thoughts both positive and negative. I'm here to learn and look forward to growing in the hobby.
Thanks!