Tank Journal Archive

[Shannon]

Introduction: Hello, this will be my 1st marine tank

Reefing Since:Now! Will be Aug 2012 when I finally fill it

System Objectives: to learn, succeed and achieve a beautiful tank with lots of colour

Type of reef: LPS, soft corals

Display System:

Initial Fill Date: Hopefully if all goes to plan 4.8.12

Display Tank Dimensions: 600x400x600 120L

Display Lighting: 2 x T5 high-lite Blue & Marine

Stand:Juwel

Hood or Rimless: Hood,

Sump Design: sumpless

Filtration:Coral bed and live rock with regular water changes

Support systems:

NSW or ASW: Nsw

Display Water circulation: Tunze 6045

Return Pump:

Skimmer: Tunze 9002

Evaporation Top Up: Manual ro/di

Chemical additions:

Calcium Addition:

Alkilinity Addition:

Magnesium Addition:

Prodibiotics Addition:

Coral Food Addition:​

 

[megsez]

Hey Shannon, welcome to the fuge. look fowrd to an up date and pics. You will find every one very helpfull and friendly on here. Especilly if bribed with beer

 

[MagicJ]

Looking forward to seeing this one progress :)

 

[Priscacara]

Hi Shannon always good to see another tj to follow, looking forward to it!

 

[Shannon]

Hi
I filled my tank today, put live rock in, now let the fun begin!
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I also noticed this guy i am trying to take a pic past the bubbles, I hope he makes it

Also this blob of what looks like a boogie, and a little bulby thing near it

And this red one up in the right side of the pic

 

[chimaera]

Looks good so far!

 

[megsez]

coming along nicely the first pic looks like a morph but hard to tell in the other pics sorry. Dont want to be a downer but they may or may not survive the cycling in period but with luck they will. How deep have you done you sand bed?

 

[Shannon]

I knew they might not survive the cycling it's interesting to watch the goings on in there.
I was going to put the aragonite in today but Neil at the aquarium said to leave it for a week or so and to clean up the floor with a water change then put some in, he also mentioned that I probably won't see much of a cycle he said that I will see a slight rise and fall in the ammonia then closely followed by the nitrite, nitrate, something to do with the rocks I can't remember exactly what, I was asking so many questions today. He had them in there own tank filtered and fully covered with water, I have seen them in other shops just lying in a tank on the floor getting a spray of water.
The live rock looks great now, we'll see how they look in a week further into the cycle, and my hats off to hubby he did a great job placing them in a nice design for me.
Sorry about the poor quality pics I took them from my iPad and with those bubbles you get on the inside of the glass when you put the new water in doesn't help while trying to take a clear shot.

 

[Shannon]

I don't think my 1st full tank pick loaded right I'll try again

 

[Priscacara]

He did a nice job with the scape, looks good!

 

[chimaera]

Oooh a bare bottom! Nice =0)

 

[Shannon]

Just a update on what's going on in this new tank.
Everyday something new appears which is very interesting nearly every time I walk past the tank I stop to have a squiz.
So far what has appeared is
Feather duster worms
A bristle worm
A crab I nearly missed it it was so very small it looks just like the Caroline algae with tiny white legs
2 snails they were tiny as well I had to look twice they had a cone looking type shell, then when I went back I couldn't see them.
There is also this blob type thing that is still there it hasn't done much.
The red and maroon looking I suppose mushrooms look great they have opened up and look better than they did a few days ago.
Also on the back of a rock which I can't quite see properly are these white looking soft tube things I can only see the ends, the tips have a different colour on them that seem to open up, or pulsate, and kind of like a bulb on the tip, I would love to see what it actually is from the back side but it's against the wall, it hasn't moved either.

The skimmer a Tunze 9002 I can't seem to get it right from what I have read they require a run in period, if I turn up the flow it bubbles high but the cup fills with water, if I turn it down nothing quite makes it to the cup I can't seem to work out how to get it right, when I turn it down it makes the bubbles but doesn't push them up high enough to flow over into the cup, I hope that makes sense.

 

[megsez]

Probably just not enough stuff in the water column to make skimate. Not an expert on skimmers as I have only just got one as well. When you start feeding and have live stock im sure it will go off

 

[Buddy]

With the 9002 you set it so the bubbles are just level with the bottom of the skimmer cup, leave it for a few days and you will see the gunk collecting in the cup. Once you get it close you can fine tune it by turning the screw a quarter of a turn and leave if for a few days so it can adjust.