After being a fishkeeper for some time I finally got bit by the marine side of things. I've had and still have various freshwater set ups.. Malawi cichlids, and have always been intrigued and fascinated by the beauty and elegance of marine tanks...so full of colour and vibrance.
This is how it started for me
Bought a 20l curved front tank off Guntree for R100 lol
AC20 hob filter
Jebo wavemaker
and a 25 watt heater
10 May...did my first salt mix with Coral Sea salt and RO and added 2.5kg liverock
14 May...added 3kg Arag-alive
Took a led 10w spotlight and taped two blue Tupperware lids to it
Then the waiting game started. Ran the tank for 6 weeks just topping up and checking salinity and ph with a R20 ph test kit. Had a test done at local lfs on 19 May
Ammonia - 0
Nitrates - 0
Ph - 8
Kh - 7
Salinity - 1.027
Got my refractometer from @RealReefer to monitor salinity.
Did my first 25% water change on 17 June got salinity settled now at 1.025 when mixed and in the tank.
Got me a ph meter from @hadiosbourne and checked ph once a day
Bought a Salifert Kh test kit end of June and Kh has been within range - 10 down to 9.3 @ the moment.
Added a Zetlight 1201L nd I'm still using @Vleis Visagie's settings
Loved the colour of the button polyps after the light was set up properly.
This is how it started for me
Bought a 20l curved front tank off Guntree for R100 lol
AC20 hob filter
Jebo wavemaker
and a 25 watt heater
10 May...did my first salt mix with Coral Sea salt and RO and added 2.5kg liverock
14 May...added 3kg Arag-alive
Took a led 10w spotlight and taped two blue Tupperware lids to it
Then the waiting game started. Ran the tank for 6 weeks just topping up and checking salinity and ph with a R20 ph test kit. Had a test done at local lfs on 19 May
Ammonia - 0
Nitrates - 0
Ph - 8
Kh - 7
Salinity - 1.027
Got my refractometer from @RealReefer to monitor salinity.
Did my first 25% water change on 17 June got salinity settled now at 1.025 when mixed and in the tank.
Got me a ph meter from @hadiosbourne and checked ph once a day
Bought a Salifert Kh test kit end of June and Kh has been within range - 10 down to 9.3 @ the moment.
Added a Zetlight 1201L nd I'm still using @Vleis Visagie's settings
Loved the colour of the button polyps after the light was set up properly.