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For some sea water is an irritate source of Mother Nature. They say it makes their skin sticky and dry. Personally I think it is a great hobby.
I hereby want to share my personal journey with you.
· December 2009
A man by the name Phillip donated me my first marine aquarium the day he moved out of his house and into an apartment. It is 88cm x 36cm x 51cm high with a sump of 72cm x 27cm x 31cm high. It is plus minus a 200l system. On the day of the move; we flushed 80% of the water volume and loaded the system on a bakkie to be transported few blocks away to my home. Inside the 20% water column was a pair orange ocellaris clownfish, a toby, 2 flag tails, squirrel fish and some hermits. I knew NOTHING about marines. Nonetheless I filled the tank and all went well.
· June 2011
A power outage, miss-informed parents and my absence caused the loss of my toby and one clownfish.
· April 2012
I lost complete interest. I was battling brown algae and the water was yellow. I placed and advertisement on Gumtree.
· May 2012
Complete change in mind frame. I removed the advertisement from Gumtree. I realised one pane was about to burst. I emptied the tank to refurbish and sell again at a later stage.
· January 2013
Tank was complete again. Tank was fully refurbished. Stand was galvanised, old wood covering removed, roof was varnished and new bracing all round.
· February 2013
I changed the old wet and dry sump to a DSB and refugium design.
· May 2013
I wet the tank.
· July 2013
Galvanised stand was furnished with luxurious sleeper wood covering.
· Current
I am stocking tank with live rock. It is stocked with mated pair black Percula clownfish (mis bar), turbo snail, hermit crab, Zoanthus spp. and frogspawn coral.
I hope you enjoy my thread.
Images to follow soon.
I hereby want to share my personal journey with you.
· December 2009
A man by the name Phillip donated me my first marine aquarium the day he moved out of his house and into an apartment. It is 88cm x 36cm x 51cm high with a sump of 72cm x 27cm x 31cm high. It is plus minus a 200l system. On the day of the move; we flushed 80% of the water volume and loaded the system on a bakkie to be transported few blocks away to my home. Inside the 20% water column was a pair orange ocellaris clownfish, a toby, 2 flag tails, squirrel fish and some hermits. I knew NOTHING about marines. Nonetheless I filled the tank and all went well.
· June 2011
A power outage, miss-informed parents and my absence caused the loss of my toby and one clownfish.
· April 2012
I lost complete interest. I was battling brown algae and the water was yellow. I placed and advertisement on Gumtree.
· May 2012
Complete change in mind frame. I removed the advertisement from Gumtree. I realised one pane was about to burst. I emptied the tank to refurbish and sell again at a later stage.
· January 2013
Tank was complete again. Tank was fully refurbished. Stand was galvanised, old wood covering removed, roof was varnished and new bracing all round.
· February 2013
I changed the old wet and dry sump to a DSB and refugium design.
· May 2013
I wet the tank.
· July 2013
Galvanised stand was furnished with luxurious sleeper wood covering.
· Current
I am stocking tank with live rock. It is stocked with mated pair black Percula clownfish (mis bar), turbo snail, hermit crab, Zoanthus spp. and frogspawn coral.
I hope you enjoy my thread.
Images to follow soon.
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. Good stuff for the corals.