Paul's tank

nudibranch

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This will be my first marine tank and looking forward to the journey. I created this post to share my progress with all.

The setup arrived last night. Need to sort out the plumbing and fill this weekend.

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Paul don't fill it just yet. We can make the tank look a lot better by doing a small mod to the overflow. That overflow is very bulky, looks ugly, and takes up a lot of real estate. We can make it slimline if you want.

What are the tank dimensions? Looks close to a cube?
 
Great. Will you be able to get the tank in your car? I should have some spare glass lying around.

I am moving some empty tanks in the morning so 15h00 onwards on Saturday or anytime on Sunday will be fine for me.
 
A big thank you to Keith (Nemos Janitor) for all the effort and advice on Saturday afternoon. Keith converted my bulky overflow to a slimline overflow which mean I gain more space in the tank. Thanks again Keith, really appreciated from my side.

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So spent most of the weekend setting up the tank. As mentioned above, Keith converted my overflow to a slimline one. I did some plumbing on the outlet. Clean and added sand plus some coral.

Would like to get some feedback on my aquascaping before I add water later this week
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@nudibranch, I like the idea of islands, gives you plenty of prime locations to add corals, and nice swimming space / hiding place.

Chances are, however, that as soon as you add corals, you gonna move the scaping around again, at least 5 times more... ;)
 
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The substrate seem to be quite coarse, do you plan on keeping any gobies?

What are your stocking ideas?
 
@Gesiggie the substrate is the AquaMedic Hydrocarbonate (aragonite) it is 2-3mm.

My opinion is that there may be a touch to much in the tank. But otherwise all looks cool.
 
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I can not see very clearly on the pics (must be old eyes ;) ) But it does seem to be a bit coarse for gobies. You could ask Keith's opinion, as I assume that he saw the substrate on saturday?
If it is medium to fine substrate, then it should be fine for gobies :)
 
Thanks Keith :thumbup:
 
Paul, my preference is somewhere between 15 and 20mm thick. But if you want to keep gobies then you can go a little deeper. Do not go too deep as you could end up with Anaerobic dead spots in the gravel.
 
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