Hi everyone! Finally making a build thread after months of lurking.
My tank's a bit scraped together and is seven months old, with plenty of history. Its 54 litres or 14.26 gallons. I recently found rust in the lid that the tank came with, so currently my lid is a rubbish bag that I taped down (very fancy!).
Tank and Heater- Second hand. (tank unbranded!!) 60x30x30cm.
Filter-Eheim Pickup filter 60l- ceramic beads, a tiny bit of filter floss.
Pump/Wavemaker-JBL pro flow t300
Air bubbler-Nicrew
Light-Nicrew (SlimLed?)
This tank has been a... journey. Curently only have one nassarius snail, no macro algae and no corals.
Im holding my selfs to a 20% water change every saturday. I do tests every two weeks (Salinity, pH, Nitrates, Nitrites, Ammonia, Alkalinity).
I had my phosphates checked after two deaths (nassarius snail, blue legged hermit crab) and they were, cover your ears, over 1. I was advised to feed more, and I guess took that to much to heart. I've got Phosguard running and will trying to get my hands on tests for phosphates soon.
Plan: I need to get a lid, I'm going for acrylic. Then its just tests and water changes until I'm happy with the stability. I want to get some more biodiversity, I think my lfs just gave me wet rock rather than live rock :/. Ive seen one copepod in my tank...ever. Then if all goes well, its sps and fish /inverts!!
My tank's a bit scraped together and is seven months old, with plenty of history. Its 54 litres or 14.26 gallons. I recently found rust in the lid that the tank came with, so currently my lid is a rubbish bag that I taped down (very fancy!).
Tank and Heater- Second hand. (tank unbranded!!) 60x30x30cm.
Filter-Eheim Pickup filter 60l- ceramic beads, a tiny bit of filter floss.
Pump/Wavemaker-JBL pro flow t300
Air bubbler-Nicrew
Light-Nicrew (SlimLed?)
This tank has been a... journey. Curently only have one nassarius snail, no macro algae and no corals.
Im holding my selfs to a 20% water change every saturday. I do tests every two weeks (Salinity, pH, Nitrates, Nitrites, Ammonia, Alkalinity).
I had my phosphates checked after two deaths (nassarius snail, blue legged hermit crab) and they were, cover your ears, over 1. I was advised to feed more, and I guess took that to much to heart. I've got Phosguard running and will trying to get my hands on tests for phosphates soon.
Plan: I need to get a lid, I'm going for acrylic. Then its just tests and water changes until I'm happy with the stability. I want to get some more biodiversity, I think my lfs just gave me wet rock rather than live rock :/. Ive seen one copepod in my tank...ever. Then if all goes well, its sps and fish /inverts!!