After being out of the hobby for a little over a year I have decided to get a tank to put on my desk at work. After a week or so of research and thought I have purchased a Marineland Portrait 5 gallon tank. It is supposed to be delivered Monday. Once it arrives I plan to leak test it for a week or so before moving it to the office.
This weekend I plan to head over to the LFS to pick up a small bag of live sand and possibly a small thing of tonga branches if I can find any that I like. If not I will dig through the dry rock that I have from my previous tanks and put something together. I am planning on having 1" of live sand and 3-5 lbs of rock in the display. There will be 1-2lbs of rubble in the back compartment if it'll fit and some filter floss to remove the large particles.
Once the tank has been moved to the office I plan to use a bottle of Bio-Spira to jump start the bacteria. I will add a bit of the bottled ammonium chloride to feed the bacteria and let the tank cycle for a week or so. At that point I will add the only fish to the tank, a Yellow Clown Goby.
Here is what I have planned for equipment:
-20 watt Mini-Therm heater by Cobalt Aquatics (if it'll fit in the back compartment)
-stock pump until it dies on me, I will likely buy a Quite One Pro 400 as a backup
-I will keep the stock LED on the tank until I am ready to add corals. At that point I will buy an A80 Tuna Blue made by Kessil.
-I have a Vortech MP10 I may add if I need it but I don't see it being necessary.
Since this is a desktop tank at work I don't think I will have any other equipment so I can keep power draw to a minimum.
I will post pictures as things come together and I will post my proposed livestock list tomorrow.
This weekend I plan to head over to the LFS to pick up a small bag of live sand and possibly a small thing of tonga branches if I can find any that I like. If not I will dig through the dry rock that I have from my previous tanks and put something together. I am planning on having 1" of live sand and 3-5 lbs of rock in the display. There will be 1-2lbs of rubble in the back compartment if it'll fit and some filter floss to remove the large particles.
Once the tank has been moved to the office I plan to use a bottle of Bio-Spira to jump start the bacteria. I will add a bit of the bottled ammonium chloride to feed the bacteria and let the tank cycle for a week or so. At that point I will add the only fish to the tank, a Yellow Clown Goby.
Here is what I have planned for equipment:
-20 watt Mini-Therm heater by Cobalt Aquatics (if it'll fit in the back compartment)
-stock pump until it dies on me, I will likely buy a Quite One Pro 400 as a backup
-I will keep the stock LED on the tank until I am ready to add corals. At that point I will buy an A80 Tuna Blue made by Kessil.
-I have a Vortech MP10 I may add if I need it but I don't see it being necessary.
Since this is a desktop tank at work I don't think I will have any other equipment so I can keep power draw to a minimum.
I will post pictures as things come together and I will post my proposed livestock list tomorrow.