I have had 2 tanks in the last 3 months and I am seriously hooked. I started with the nuvo 16 gallon then upgraded to a boyu tl550 that was a great tank and now I have done it again. I have been working tirelessly to get the tank up and running for the last two weeks. Was a running tank but a bit neglected and we were able to move it with in two hours form one house to the other. This is how it looked before.
It was quite a job to relocate the tank but with a bit of sweat and tears it was done. The dimensions are 900mm x 600mm x 500mm with a 100 litre sump and a 60 litre top-up tank that is not running yet.
I was able to buy a KEY K4-100-SE LED unit and aAquaria APS - 08 - E2000-CI-S skimmer second hand. to add to the system.
I am going to create a refugium area in the sump for my tank and so after some tinkering and moving of rocks and adding aragonite and relocating my little friends and the live rock from the tl550 to the new tank. I got rid of the one enormous piece of live rock that weighed in at 17kg and after moving things around this is how it looks so far.
The inhabitants so far consists of:
2 - percula clowns
4 - hermits
1 - 6 line wrasse
1 - exquisite fairy wrasse
1 - lawnmower blenny
1 - dwarf bicolor angel
3 - skunk cleaner shrimps
1 - porcelain crab
1 - nassarius snail
1 - sea urchin
Oh yes and this is the second time that the shrimps are carrying eggs. The first time round she released the shrimplets and the fish made short work of them. Want to try and save some of them this time round. Look at all those eggs.
I just want to share something I thought about while watching the fish and maybe most of you have been in this hobby for very long time probably don't think about it like us noobs but I have been a "ocean" fan al my life. I have probably seen every documentary of the ocean there is and I still remember the first time I saw "The undersea world of Jacques Cousteau" and from there I was hooked on all things living in the ocean. I have tried this hobby before and failed miserably. This time round with a lot of reading and seeing what some of you accomplished, Now I sit in front of my tank and I think to my self that I am staring at and feeding creatures that I used to see on television that lives deep in the ocean far away from me. Right in my living room....Simply Awesome....
It was quite a job to relocate the tank but with a bit of sweat and tears it was done. The dimensions are 900mm x 600mm x 500mm with a 100 litre sump and a 60 litre top-up tank that is not running yet.
I was able to buy a KEY K4-100-SE LED unit and aAquaria APS - 08 - E2000-CI-S skimmer second hand. to add to the system.
I am going to create a refugium area in the sump for my tank and so after some tinkering and moving of rocks and adding aragonite and relocating my little friends and the live rock from the tl550 to the new tank. I got rid of the one enormous piece of live rock that weighed in at 17kg and after moving things around this is how it looks so far.
The inhabitants so far consists of:
2 - percula clowns
4 - hermits
1 - 6 line wrasse
1 - exquisite fairy wrasse
1 - lawnmower blenny
1 - dwarf bicolor angel
3 - skunk cleaner shrimps
1 - porcelain crab
1 - nassarius snail
1 - sea urchin
Oh yes and this is the second time that the shrimps are carrying eggs. The first time round she released the shrimplets and the fish made short work of them. Want to try and save some of them this time round. Look at all those eggs.
I just want to share something I thought about while watching the fish and maybe most of you have been in this hobby for very long time probably don't think about it like us noobs but I have been a "ocean" fan al my life. I have probably seen every documentary of the ocean there is and I still remember the first time I saw "The undersea world of Jacques Cousteau" and from there I was hooked on all things living in the ocean. I have tried this hobby before and failed miserably. This time round with a lot of reading and seeing what some of you accomplished, Now I sit in front of my tank and I think to my self that I am staring at and feeding creatures that I used to see on television that lives deep in the ocean far away from me. Right in my living room....Simply Awesome....
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