First Marine Tank 27 Gallon FOWLR

[nelsontreyjones]

Converted my 27G cube over to a marine tank after wanting to start one for months.


This is what I have so far for equipment


27 Cube tank (20"W x 18"D x 20"H)
Stand
20" Finnex FugeRay 7000k (Going to upgrade to 24" Finnex Ray2 Aquarium Day/Actinic once I fill comfortable going reef)
Marineland C-220 Canister Filter (220 GPH) (all tray loaded with filter floss at first then will change media.
Fluval Sea CP1(265 GPH)
Hydor Koralia Nano 240 (240 GPH) (Just for initial salt mixture since I mixed in tank)
Aquatic Life 115 Mini Protein Skimmer
35 pounds of Carib Sea South Sea Base Rock
40 pounds of Carib Sea Aragonite Reef Sand


Been up for about a week now.

Started my cycle with Instant Ocean Bio-Spira since I had very good luck with the freshwater version.
[h=1][/h]Plan to stock with
2x Ocellaris Clownfish
1x Royal Gramma Basslet
1x Firefish Goby
1x Blue/Green Chromis
CUC

Also looking to get some beginner coral after some more research.



Base rock



Sand



Arrangement




Added salt




Finish product after an hour



Going to add the protein skimmer and starting my cycle tomorrow with Instant Ocean BIO-Spira (Marine) since I had such good luck with the fresh water version.

 

[Genesis Corals]

Great start.

 

[LukeG]

Looking forward to seeing your tank.

 

[revhtree]

Welcome to R2R and nice start!

 

[nelsontreyjones]

Thanks everyone,

Update: 3 August 2013


Since starting I had added
x2 Ocellaris Clownfish
x1 Firefish Goby
x1 Blue/ Green Chromis
x1 Scarlet Skunk Cleaner Shrimp
CUC
Some Pulsing Xenia


Parameters (Checked about 4 times within 2 weeks)
pH: 8.0
Ammonia:0 ppm
Nitrite: 0 ppm
Nitrate: 5 -10 ppm (hard to tell, I would say more of a 5)




Started to develop diatom algae which I believe to be normal, should take care of itself. Been doing about 10% water changes weekly.

 

[nelsontreyjones]

Still getting a bit of micro bubbles from skimmer