(-This is my first build thread so I might not be doing things right and this build thread is after my tank is cycled because I was to scared to do it but I still have HEAPS more to add so here I go)
To start this of, I have had no backround in reefkeeping or just saltwater in general, I have had maybe three freshwater tanks and they were all fun but I decided on that I want to keep my favourite animal - Nemo! And lots of others too.
I got my tank second hand that came with a bunch of junk equipment but at least it came with a filter and some T5 lighting but those are all soon to change, my goal for my 40 gallon is to make a community tank with maybe two pairs of clowns because I love clownfish and lots of other saltwater inverts and fish! I plan to just keep some soft corals with a couple of euphyllia and maybe an elegance at the bottom but I am really excited
I have taking a live to saltwater fish and invertabrates for a long time and I currently have in my tank:
- Pair of ocellaris clownfish (Named Michelle and Damien and these were chose because the female clownfish was hosting a shell when we picked her up and Damien helped us a our LFS)
- Coral Beauty Angelfish (Named flame because of his orange texture)
- Bubble Tip Anemone (His name is ****'s because my mother thought that was what his bubbles look like)
- Pincushion Urchin (Named Urchy because I couldn't think of anything better)
- Nassarius Snail ( Named Shelly because he is a snail... with a shell.)
- Two Trochus (Named Charles and Snail dude)
- Blue Lincktia Starfish (Named Patrick after Spongebob)
- Brittle Sea Star (Named Creepy because he looks creepy)
Soon to add-
Copepods
Sand Sifting Goby (Maybe a diamond watchman)
Some More Trochus (Maybe two more)
3 Hermit Crabs (These are called janitor hermits and I will supplement with food and shells)
Some Cerith Snails (To clean the sandbed of dreaded algae)
I have put these in order for when I will get them.
Most of those purchases will be when I add some more real Reef rock.
My current equipment is pretty bad but does its job, the canister filter filters and it is doing good but I will change to a nano cube refuguim for my build and use a Eshopps HOB overflow with several redundancies (I have not figured that out yet) and I plan to use Vectra for the return.
I have a crappy wavemaker that always gets clogged but it does its job but I have to turn it off every night because of the anemone (More on that later) but I will get two Ecotech vortech mp10wqd with anemone covers
No protein skimmer but I will get a sinplitcity 120 DC.
I currently fill my tank with freshwater manually but when I get the Tunze Osmalater I will also get a Eshopps 10 Gallon reservoir because I can paint it to look like furniture and I can see the water level.
No RO/DI at the moment but plan to get maybe the aquatic life twist in unit.
Lighting is so-so but I will get the aquatic life T5 hybrid although it is 4" wider than my tank (I will hide it) I will use two ATI Blue Plus and two Coral Plus because it is blue but not to blue and not to white. I plan on getting two Ecotech radion g3 xr15s for the tank with the diffuser a d reeflink because I found a good bargain on them ($300AU)
I will not have a apex because it is to expensive but I will use a seneye reef and I might put controllers for pH, salinity and ORP.
Some issues I have had was diatoms and they are still here but managed now and temp was causing the anemone to bleach and I thought it was light so we reduced the photoperoid but now he is moving like crazy so we will bring it back, he walking in the wavemaker but I woke up just in time and stopped him and only two of his tentacles were chopped off. He moved the next night and walked on the filter. His foot was firmly attached and I HAD to cut a bit off and lots of his foot was injured a d luckily he survived and is healing, he is currently on the wavemaker which I have turned off and here are some pics, also if you want more info of something specific please tell me and also there is a video of my clownfish being nippy!
Edit: I realized from reading moberts 27 clowns 27 months that I am to latw on a clown harem and also, do you guys thing I could somehow keep a non-hungry anttanae Lionfish because I love Lionfish.
To start this of, I have had no backround in reefkeeping or just saltwater in general, I have had maybe three freshwater tanks and they were all fun but I decided on that I want to keep my favourite animal - Nemo! And lots of others too.
I got my tank second hand that came with a bunch of junk equipment but at least it came with a filter and some T5 lighting but those are all soon to change, my goal for my 40 gallon is to make a community tank with maybe two pairs of clowns because I love clownfish and lots of other saltwater inverts and fish! I plan to just keep some soft corals with a couple of euphyllia and maybe an elegance at the bottom but I am really excited
I have taking a live to saltwater fish and invertabrates for a long time and I currently have in my tank:
- Pair of ocellaris clownfish (Named Michelle and Damien and these were chose because the female clownfish was hosting a shell when we picked her up and Damien helped us a our LFS)
- Coral Beauty Angelfish (Named flame because of his orange texture)
- Bubble Tip Anemone (His name is ****'s because my mother thought that was what his bubbles look like)
- Pincushion Urchin (Named Urchy because I couldn't think of anything better)
- Nassarius Snail ( Named Shelly because he is a snail... with a shell.)
- Two Trochus (Named Charles and Snail dude)
- Blue Lincktia Starfish (Named Patrick after Spongebob)
- Brittle Sea Star (Named Creepy because he looks creepy)
Soon to add-
Copepods
Sand Sifting Goby (Maybe a diamond watchman)
Some More Trochus (Maybe two more)
3 Hermit Crabs (These are called janitor hermits and I will supplement with food and shells)
Some Cerith Snails (To clean the sandbed of dreaded algae)
I have put these in order for when I will get them.
Most of those purchases will be when I add some more real Reef rock.
My current equipment is pretty bad but does its job, the canister filter filters and it is doing good but I will change to a nano cube refuguim for my build and use a Eshopps HOB overflow with several redundancies (I have not figured that out yet) and I plan to use Vectra for the return.
I have a crappy wavemaker that always gets clogged but it does its job but I have to turn it off every night because of the anemone (More on that later) but I will get two Ecotech vortech mp10wqd with anemone covers
No protein skimmer but I will get a sinplitcity 120 DC.
I currently fill my tank with freshwater manually but when I get the Tunze Osmalater I will also get a Eshopps 10 Gallon reservoir because I can paint it to look like furniture and I can see the water level.
No RO/DI at the moment but plan to get maybe the aquatic life twist in unit.
Lighting is so-so but I will get the aquatic life T5 hybrid although it is 4" wider than my tank (I will hide it) I will use two ATI Blue Plus and two Coral Plus because it is blue but not to blue and not to white. I plan on getting two Ecotech radion g3 xr15s for the tank with the diffuser a d reeflink because I found a good bargain on them ($300AU)
I will not have a apex because it is to expensive but I will use a seneye reef and I might put controllers for pH, salinity and ORP.
Some issues I have had was diatoms and they are still here but managed now and temp was causing the anemone to bleach and I thought it was light so we reduced the photoperoid but now he is moving like crazy so we will bring it back, he walking in the wavemaker but I woke up just in time and stopped him and only two of his tentacles were chopped off. He moved the next night and walked on the filter. His foot was firmly attached and I HAD to cut a bit off and lots of his foot was injured a d luckily he survived and is healing, he is currently on the wavemaker which I have turned off and here are some pics, also if you want more info of something specific please tell me and also there is a video of my clownfish being nippy!
Edit: I realized from reading moberts 27 clowns 27 months that I am to latw on a clown harem and also, do you guys thing I could somehow keep a non-hungry anttanae Lionfish because I love Lionfish.
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