The demise of this tank and it's replacement
Have not had the heart to close this thread, but spend an hour in a marine pet-shop yesterday and think am am slowly beginning to heal. :no:
This tank got completely killed by these few innocent algea
Torch and macro green algae - Marine Aquariums of South Africa.*
Although it completely overgrown the tank, the corrals where actually thriving with it, but it looked like a small Amazon terrarium (hence the lack of photos). This was with a phosphate reactor, a chiller, 100% UV, big flow etc. Next time I will take it out and sacrifice the coral.
I did not want to expose a tang to my fish keeping skills, so did not try that.*
Not deterred, I decided it was a sign for me to get the the big cube I always wanted. *Just before Dec 2009 I ventured out and ordered the 750cm naked cube in diamond glass. Put down a few Ks deposit, and left on holiday in a heighten sense of anticipation, and a promise that it will be ready when we get back.
On our first day back my son and I rocked up at the shop as the doors opened. We were told that the (black) silicon was not dry yet and that the tank was still at his house in the garage, we could pick it up in a day or two.*
I could only get a trailer again the next Saturday. When we showed up the doors was not only closed, but the shop was gone!!! Needles to say, I have been unable to get hold of the owner, never got my tank, nor my money back.*
Having paid for an all green aquarium and a second invisible one, made the motivation for a third one a bit tricky.*
Since then I have manage to move to Cape Town, donated the content of the terrarium to a freshwater colleague that offered to sort it out (lost contact) and lived a fishless life up to now.
I hope that my next one will go better.
