Hi Guys long time no speak hope everybody is ok .for those of you that dont know me hello . i thought i would po in and show you what ive been up to .

here are some pics of my marine tank which is all that left of my fish house , the tank has been running for about 6 months its almost through its algae stages more cuc to be added next week ie turbo snails hermitt crabs and starfish.

Tank 7ft x 2.5ft x 2ft 200gallons sump is 48"x15"x15" and also 24"x18"x12"
dsb . or 6500 return pump tunze seio and ,maxijet powerheads . water in tank is changed 6 times and hour and flow is appx 30.000litres an hour
lighting is provided by 2 lowbay 250watt metal halide lamps with 14000k bulbs

the tank has 120kg of fijian live rock which has kept nitrates to zero for the last 6 months thoo phosphates do creep up from time to time i have some chaeto and caulerpa arriving next week but for the meantime i am using ultraphos in my home made reactor.

here's a few pics













and the sump with my home made carbon and phos reactors sump is lit over night by an arc 11watt. 2 turbo flotor 1000 skimmers

looking good ,cant beat a nice shoal of chromis swimming about , just added a shoal of chromis to my reeftank

my newfish only tank is going through the algae stages to, looks a bit unsightly but they all go through it looking forward to seeing your reeftank progress

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Thanks Gdad i am currently setting my Q tank up ready for the livestock when it arrives in a couple of weeks . dont want to risk getting any diseases inside the main tank will post some more pics shortly

very wise . have you got a uv steriliser or ozoniser on it ?

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looks excellent mate

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ste my man, looks like ya been busy mate? things have certainly changed in the fish house since last i was there, so have you give up completely on the cichlids? tanks looking great by the way, do me a favour though? clean off that corraline on the backglass

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Gdad i do have a uv but dont use it very often as i have had my livestock for a year or so now and they dont show any sign of disease . When i set the Q tank up i will install my uv the fish will stay in it for a couple of months probably run some carbon in the internal filter aswell
Hi Tel
Im getting rid of 40 kilos of live rock at the weekend so was gonna clean the glass then. i have a load of turbo snails coming in a fortnight hopefully they will keep it down

I have given up on the cichlids but can still get them if you know what i mean

I quite like the corraline on the back glass of mine so its staying put lol

what fish are you going to have ste ?

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5 pseudanthias squamipinis
gold rim tang
couple of gobies
couple of rockskippers
mandarins
gonna try some wimple fish and a moorish idol to see if i can get away with them not munching my corals
a couple of small juvenile angels, emperor and a blue ring . if i get them youngish i should be able to get them used to me feeding them frozen food flake etc rather than them eating corals
once i have settled these lot im gonna get a pb tang a regal tang and possibly another couple of yellows that should just about do it i think .

Got a load of soft corals coming also muchrooms leathers toadstalls chillie christmas tree xenia cauliflower flower coral . These are in for a fresh water dip once they get to my house as i have heard a lot of corals are coming in with worms so i aint taking no chances

Its going to look stunning, You had old grandad stuck for a minute with pseudanthias squampinnis ( JEWEL FAIRY BASSLETS) thank god for my computer lol only thing I can see you might have trouble with is the mandarin unless you can get one that is already eating frozen as your tank is still a bit young .

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