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Update on initial intro post.
The tank is now up and running - a bit slowly due to Xmas and Covid Tier 4 - but we've got a couple of clowns in and one yellow tang. It's still in the mid-cycling stage so not really ready yet - refugium isn't up and running yet, plumbed, but just water.
The bar guys have delivered their magic and together with a bulk purchase of your standard bar necessities we're looking pretty good. Just got to wait on the bar stools...
Not the greatest pictures, as all a bit blue and I don't have the controller app login to change the lights at the moment.
The next challenge is how to stock it - it's 2,000 litres, so there's a fair amount to fill. The guys I bought it from and installed it are servicing it and have done the first 'stocking'.
They just asked for a budget for the initial stocking so I suggested £1k and pointed out I had no idea if that was too little or too much. They've given me 12 coral frags - some pretty substantial ones - the clowns and tangs I mentioned earlier and around 5 urchins and some snails, etc. They also provided an amenome - which I'll expand upon.
I'm more than happy with what I've got and the support they've given me, but as a complete marine beginner, I've now no idea whther to double-up with them for the next round, buy specific fish / coral from other websites, or go another way - my wife is very much of the opinion that coral progression is too slow and we need to up the fish contingent...
I suspect that's a bit of a 'how long is a piece of string question', so happy for all the input, but one more specific - I also got an anenome in the first round that immediately crawled off the rock - 6 weeks ago - to never be seen again. The guys dropped me off a couple more yesterday sitting on a new piece of live rock, but they have also crawled under the rock and are fast disappearing too. Any thoughts on how to approach amenomes?
Cheers all - happy Xmas to all that's relevant too and thanks for feedback,
Kelvin
The tank is now up and running - a bit slowly due to Xmas and Covid Tier 4 - but we've got a couple of clowns in and one yellow tang. It's still in the mid-cycling stage so not really ready yet - refugium isn't up and running yet, plumbed, but just water.
The bar guys have delivered their magic and together with a bulk purchase of your standard bar necessities we're looking pretty good. Just got to wait on the bar stools...
Not the greatest pictures, as all a bit blue and I don't have the controller app login to change the lights at the moment.
The next challenge is how to stock it - it's 2,000 litres, so there's a fair amount to fill. The guys I bought it from and installed it are servicing it and have done the first 'stocking'.
They just asked for a budget for the initial stocking so I suggested £1k and pointed out I had no idea if that was too little or too much. They've given me 12 coral frags - some pretty substantial ones - the clowns and tangs I mentioned earlier and around 5 urchins and some snails, etc. They also provided an amenome - which I'll expand upon.
I'm more than happy with what I've got and the support they've given me, but as a complete marine beginner, I've now no idea whther to double-up with them for the next round, buy specific fish / coral from other websites, or go another way - my wife is very much of the opinion that coral progression is too slow and we need to up the fish contingent...
I suspect that's a bit of a 'how long is a piece of string question', so happy for all the input, but one more specific - I also got an anenome in the first round that immediately crawled off the rock - 6 weeks ago - to never be seen again. The guys dropped me off a couple more yesterday sitting on a new piece of live rock, but they have also crawled under the rock and are fast disappearing too. Any thoughts on how to approach amenomes?
Cheers all - happy Xmas to all that's relevant too and thanks for feedback,
Kelvin
