AntHill's AquaOne Mini Reef 160

ThisAntHill · Apr 28, 2020

My first marine aquarium. At the moment it's a stock AquaOne Mini Reef 160.

Video of the rockscape can be found here:

Thespammailaccount · Apr 28, 2020

Welcome

ThisAntHill · May 11, 2020

Picked up an AutoAqua Smart ATO at the weekend... Working great so far. Love how compact it is.

ThisAntHill · May 11, 2020

Added my first fish at the weekend too. Three Talbot's demoiselles. One of them is a bit of an A hole chasing the other two around but I figure they're just trying to work out who's in charge.

DM84 · May 18, 2020

Hey mate. Tanks looking good. I have the same tank and am 16 days into cycling it. Keen to follow your progress and see how you get on with the tank seeing as we are only weeks apart on building them up.

ThisAntHill · May 18, 2020

Tank is going great. The ATO is invaluable. I found the pump got a bit noisy as the water level dropped so keeping it topped up was essential to keeping it quiet (I don't mind the sound of running water but the sound of a pump thrumming throughout the house is awful).

Made a BIG mistake with the damsels. They just picked on each other to the point where one died, so I returned the last two. I felt a bit pressured to put some fish in the tank and the whole covid thing made my choices small... so I made a rushed decision with fish that were never part of my plan.

I did however buy two ocellaris clowns to replace them and they are looking brilliant! These were part of my plan though so I'm feeling a lot happier about the whole process now. Plan your fish and be patient if the livestock isn't available.

Good luck and I look forward to seeing your updates!