Newbies, this is me and my setup

[Rick's Reviews]

I know this is build thread but please bear with me as I will try to help you all,

So first off I'm painter decorator, 1 wife, 1 daughter who is six now, another daughter on the way, I honestly can not wait as our daughter Rozalia has grown up so beautifully. I do not do social media. no time and people who need to contact have my personal number.





Ok where to start....

So brought a 200litre tank plus cabinet for £100 in February

I asked all normal questions, ESPECIALLY, DOES IT LEAK.

no.... But found it did so I cut out old silicone/ sealent and resealed all with aquatic sylicone £20





Filter/ cannister plus small media, around £70

Skimmer £20

Heater/ aquarium heater £17

(I had 3 returned as they was faulty) still looking for heater that holds the right temperature)



Jaebo wavemaker, £45 as I can upgrade later,

Instant ocean salt, carribian live sand, salt for fish only various on amount



Live rocks ( they are not live so purchase cheaper). I spent £180 to get the right kilo,.... Dead/ nothing on them.



Live rocks used to be full of polyps, crabs, sifters feathers... All literally anything you consider 'live' now just full of colour so avoid this and go dry 'if cheaper'



Via spectra light £150



Test kits vary, £13 each





I can go on and on but today I got my first fish and critters





think I'm all in at £2100




Hi, got my new aquarium critters today, 2x clown, cleaner shrimp, 8 X hermit crab, only orders 5 but think they had no blue legged so I they componsated ( I think) 8x snails, again in pack only ordered 5 X, very generous I guess.
However main comment is today has been phenomenaly hot, like never seen 35 on my car dash ever, house temp has been around 29celsius,81f very hot for UK.

My aquarium has had a temperature of 81f from 10 o'clock this morning, my new critters came (delivered) 12 :45) I have tried all day to get temperature below to average 26c but no avail.

They seem fine but hermit crabs and snails are not moving, I can see hermits/ larger faces but the more smaller have hidden, some snails buried themselves and some are just non movers, I'm going to create a build thread but has anyone else struggled with this in the UK todaythanks

 

[Reef Jockey]

Do you have a cover for your tank? if not, put a small fan and let it blow across the top of the tank. You'll get a few degrees cooler that way but you will get more evaporation. small price to pay for temperature regulation. Top off with RO/DI water and your all good.

 

[Rick's Reviews]

I know this is build thread but please bear with me as I will try to help you all,

So first off I'm painter decorator, 1 wife, 1 daughter who is six now, another daughter on the way, I honestly can not wait as our daughter Rozalia has grown up so beautifully. I do not do social media. no time and people who need to contact have my personal number.





Ok where to start....

So brought a 200litre tank plus cabinet for £100 in February

I asked all normal questions, ESPECIALLY, DOES IT LEAK.

no.... But found it did so I cut out old silicone/ sealent and resealed all with aquatic sylicone £20





Filter/ cannister plus small media, around £70

Skimmer £20

Heater/ aquarium heater £17

(I had 3 returned as they was faulty) still looking for heater that holds the right temperature)



Jaebo wavemaker, £45 as I can upgrade later,

Instant ocean salt, carribian live sand, salt for fish only various on amount



Live rocks ( they are not live so purchase cheaper). I spent £180 to get the right kilo,.... Dead/ nothing on them.



Live rocks used to be full of polyps, crabs, sifters feathers... All literally anything you consider 'live' now just full of colour so avoid this and go dry 'if cheaper'



Via spectra light £150



Test kits vary, £13 each





I can go on and on but today I got my first fish and critters





think I'm all in at £2100




Hi, got my new aquarium critters today, 2x clown, cleaner shrimp, 8 X hermit crab, only orders 5 but think they had no blue legged so I they componsated ( I think) 8x snails, again in pack only ordered 5 X, very generous I guess.
However main comment is today has been phenomenaly hot, like never seen 35 on my car dash ever, house temp has been around 29celsius,81f very hot for UK.

My aquarium has had a temperature of 81f from 10 o'clock this morning, my new critters came (delivered) 12 :45) I have tried all day to get temperature below to average 26c but no avail.

They seem fine but hermit crabs and snails are not moving, I can see hermits/ larger faces but the more smaller have hidden, some snails buried themselves and some are just non movers, I'm going to create a build thread but has anyone else struggled with this in the UK today thanks

 

[Rick's Reviews]

Just think today's temperature is surprisingly hot for UK, room temperature is 28 so aquriam is hot, first delivery, little worried as tomorrow will be 16c normal, don't want to shock new in my aquarium

 

[Rick's Reviews]

Do you have a cover for your tank? if not, put a small fan and let it blow across the top of the tank. You'll get a few degrees cooler that way but you will get more evaporation. small price to pay for temperature regulation. Top off with RO/DI water and your all good.

I have a jaebo wavemaker but I turned it off, turned off lights turned all of and set thermostat/ heater to 26
Had alot of problems with these in the past, need to find more accurate heaters

 

[Reef Jockey]

i would unplug the heater in case it malfunctions or something. you can add or remove the fan from the top depending on the temp

 

[Rick's Reviews]

i would unplug the heater in case it malfunctions or something. If you add or remove the fan from the top on hot/cold days

 

[Rick's Reviews]

I know this is build thread but please bear with me as I will try to help you all,

So first off I'm painter decorator, 1 wife, 1 daughter who is six now, another daughter on the way, I honestly can not wait as our daughter Rozalia has grown up so beautifully. I do not do social media. no time and people who need to contact have my personal number.





Ok where to start....

So brought a 200litre tank plus cabinet for £100 in February

I asked all normal questions, ESPECIALLY, DOES IT LEAK.

no.... But found it did so I cut out old silicone/ sealent and resealed all with aquatic sylicone £20





Filter/ cannister plus small media, around £70

Skimmer £20

Heater/ aquarium heater £17

(I had 3 returned as they was faulty) still looking for heater that holds the right temperature)



Jaebo wavemaker, £45 as I can upgrade later,

Instant ocean salt, carribian live sand, salt for fish only various on amount



Live rocks ( they are not live so purchase cheaper). I spent £180 to get the right kilo,.... Dead/ nothing on them.



Live rocks used to be full of polyps, crabs, sifters feathers... All literally anything you consider 'live' now just full of colour so avoid this and go dry 'if cheaper'



Via spectra light £150



Test kits vary, £13 each





I can go on and on but today I got my first fish and critters





think I'm all in at £2100




Hi, got my new aquarium critters today, 2x clown, cleaner shrimp, 8 X hermit crab, only orders 5 but think they had no blue legged so I they componsated ( I think) 8x snails, again in pack only ordered 5 X, very generous I guess.
However main comment is today has been phenomenaly hot, like never seen 35 on my car dash ever, house temp has been around 29celsius,81f very hot for UK.

My aquarium has had a temperature of 81f from 10 o'clock this morning, my new critters came (delivered) 12 :45) I have tried all day to get temperature below to average 26c but no avail.

They seem fine but hermit crabs and snails are not moving, I can see hermits/ larger faces but the more smaller have hidden, some snails buried themselves and some are just non movers, I'm going to create a build thread but has anyone else struggled with this in the UK todaythanks

So dealing with an algae bloom so today had a delivery , try this out for £33

 

[Just a Wrasse.]

Do you have a cover for your tank? if not, put a small fan and let it blow across the top of the tank. You'll get a few degrees cooler that way but you will get more evaporation. small price to pay for temperature regulation. Top off with RO/DI water and your all good.

Defiantly.

 

[Just a Wrasse.]

Welcome to R2R!

 

[MaxTremors]

So dealing with an algae bloom so today had a delivery , try this out for £33

That will help your aquarium overall, but won’t do much for an algae bloom on the rocks. For that you just need an adequate CuC (I would go with 0.75 snails/hermits per gallon, so roughly 35, 65/35 split snails/hermits, so a variety of 23 snails and 12 hermits - I would add half and then in a couple weeks the other half), and getting your nutrients (N&P) in check. But also, your tank is new, and you used dry rock, it’s going to go through probably a few ugly phases, you just have to wait them out and let your CuC do their job. If in 6 months you still have a problem you can look at other methods of removal, but for now just beef up your CuC and stay the course.