Hey guys,
I bought a 40L nano with a curved glass front for R69 this weekend, planning on moving my two clowns and two softies from my pico into here, thought I'd post a progress report starting from the setup This will be a very basic setup, no sump, the sand bed is 6/7cm deep. I will just be housing two clowns (they are still very small) and softies.
Today I went down and got a bucket o' sand from my local beach - live sand, so got a bit cold and wet, but there are a few wormies in it for my efforts, not sure if they'll survive the temp change tho! 18 -> 26c is quite a jump! The water is from the Two Oceans aquarium, so LSW thats gone through one filter.
Anyway, letting the tank run for a while and will transfer my livestock once its a bit settled. I'm going to put my old substrate in sockings and hang them in the new tank once I've moved the fish, so all the bacteria, pods and worms can repopulate the new tank too. Also thinking of pumping a few litres of water from the old tank in too. I'm really happy with the sea sand substrate, nice and fine but settles so quickly!
I really need some decent rock or dead coral, anyone in CT central selling or know someone? Thanks Any comments or advice on the setup would be appreciated. Bear in mind that this is intended to be a basic setup - NO skimmer or sump!
and its future inhabitants
I bought a 40L nano with a curved glass front for R69 this weekend, planning on moving my two clowns and two softies from my pico into here, thought I'd post a progress report starting from the setup This will be a very basic setup, no sump, the sand bed is 6/7cm deep. I will just be housing two clowns (they are still very small) and softies.
Today I went down and got a bucket o' sand from my local beach - live sand, so got a bit cold and wet, but there are a few wormies in it for my efforts, not sure if they'll survive the temp change tho! 18 -> 26c is quite a jump! The water is from the Two Oceans aquarium, so LSW thats gone through one filter.
Anyway, letting the tank run for a while and will transfer my livestock once its a bit settled. I'm going to put my old substrate in sockings and hang them in the new tank once I've moved the fish, so all the bacteria, pods and worms can repopulate the new tank too. Also thinking of pumping a few litres of water from the old tank in too. I'm really happy with the sea sand substrate, nice and fine but settles so quickly!
I really need some decent rock or dead coral, anyone in CT central selling or know someone? Thanks Any comments or advice on the setup would be appreciated. Bear in mind that this is intended to be a basic setup - NO skimmer or sump!
and its future inhabitants
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