MARINE TANK DIARY

sounds good chez, maybe aclimatise the fish using a polly box and a clamped airline?

as long as the salinity is the same and the PH is similar it should be fine.

Any further pics?

That unbreakable heater a Rena? sure I got one somewhere, the one which can be attached to an external filter? lovely pieces of kit.

So Chez whats your wish list for your river reef?

Just keeping the ones in there for now Dave
they seem happy enough together,
not really been looking at what goes with what yet,
I Like the lilac one with the yellow stripe.
not into the names as yet.?

I Will get a bucket of water out of old tank and transfer into new one
i'll do this a couple of times saturday to try and match there water,
then with a jug hopefully they will swim in,
transfer them to new tank that way, there only tiny,
then sort of lower the jug into new tank carefull.
and do the same with horace>boxer shrimp.
they are really friendly and eat food of your finger

Malc got one push his hand today when he went in for some live rock.
like it was saying "Het what you doing taking our rock..lol"
it was so funny....

more pics tomorrow when most of the rock is in place.

the stock i am looking at is a dragonette(mandarin), pair of clowns, pair of fire fish and a dwarf angel

Sounds great chez. I am really enjoying your updates. Good Luck with everything

Diana wrote:

I am really enjoying your updates. Good Luck with everything

Seconded.

looking forward to pics of your new marine setup G.D also pics of the fish you listed



dekker

Right both the tanks are reading the same
so when we come back with some r.o water from l.f.s
I have decided this afternoon is change over tank day.
swop water over make sure deco is ok.
check salt, add fish.....
pic's later

looking forward to it chez.

wow chez you dont hang about do you - look forward to some pics it sounds smashing




dekker

Oooh, good luck

Good luck, chez. Although after Elvis, you're an expert in tank moving at this stage.

All done, phew........................

It was done yesturday afternoon but I thought I would hang on for the update,
till this morning,
to make sure we all survived the night.. all accounted for

I started by moving the rock that was left in
put it in the new tank,
Then I took a bucket of water out of the old tank them put it in the new,
then put a bucket back in the old tank,
waited about 15 mins then did it again, checked readings on both tanks both the same.
first in was one of the hermit crabs, then the other,
then I Netted 1 clown then gently put him in new tank
then the other, the worst one to get was the shrimp,blimey they can move,
then I Took more water out of the old tank,this left 1 snail.
I Had to knock him off the back wall,scooped him up in net put him in new tank.

I left the main lights on in the tank to help the live plants
the clowns, seem ok, and the shrimp.

All the live plants seem to have survived, Toadies,Xenia,Duncan.
Last night put the blue night light on,for a hour before bed.
then turned it off.
went to bed and prayed...lol

got up at 6am and thankfully all seems well.
Malc checked water and the p.h. is a little low.should be at 8
so going to do a bucket water change today to try if this brings it back to 8.
noticed we transfered a bristle worm with the live rock,(a big bugger too)
not very nice to look at, but I guess hes been there all the time,
he hasant done any damage to fish or plants,
so I guess he is there to do his job,so let him be.
I think they only suppose to come out at night,
but with the move disturbed him,

They clean the rock and sift sand where your other c.u.c. < clean up crew can't get.

The pic's with the hermit crab I managed to capture him changing shells,
this is fasanating to see, as he gets both shell openings together,then slips into
what ever shell he wants to try on has a walk round a bit and if not suited changes back..lol
he has still ended up with the one he had, must be comfy, lol


Well here's some pic' Enjoy..............

looks good! is the skimmer working ok?

whats the plant looking things are the actual plants or corals?

quick techie questions not including the filter section at the back whats the space mesurements inside3 the tank for rocks etc?

depth front to back Not including Back chambers...
300mm hight 450mm width 500mm
bright pink,green, and the tall purple are artifical marine plants.

I bought another unbreakable heater,
to have inside tank as this flashes when it goes higher or lower
than normal temp setting.


living Corals are...

no 1 > Duncan coral frag. The clowns love rubbing themself's in this.
no 2 > Xenia
no 3 > Toadie
no 4 > Mushroom head.

Tank was £179.95 + £34.95 for skimmer
tank,comes with
everything except skimmer,
L.F.S.

We put in phospate remover in the filter chamber.

That looks so great, chez. You should turn the old tank into a Betta home - after thoroughly cleaning it to remove all traces of salt though.

Thanks mary
the other tank is on ebay with 17 watchers on it
runs out tomorrow at about 12 o clock

Never mind then. Have to finance the marine stuff somehow.

this is a brilliant thread chez we all have been able to watch a setup from start to finish
and the end result is great - i think everyone will be saying thanx

so heres mine thanks...................dekker

Looks fab chez, how big is the next one going to be?

It certainly is.

Today sun 5th all stats spot on.

Temp 78.
P.H 7.8 ............. Ideally 8
Salt 1024 ............. Best between 1021-1025
NitrIte less than point 0.3
NitrAte less than 5
Amonia palest colour it will go

Is it not a bad thing to have Nitrite though?

great work chez enjoy your tank its looking fab



dekker

Mary wrote:

Is it not a bad thing to have Nitrite though?

Mary there's None in there its the lowest my test kit colour goes
the palest Pink on the kit.
So spot on....