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Posted	New set up
13-11-2006 19:10 by Linda Chenapa	Hi, thought you might like to see my new set up. Not quite finished yet, only got 4 fish in there at the moment.
13-11-2006 19:10 by Linda Chenapa
13-11-2006 19:11 by Linda Chenapa
13-11-2006 19:11 by Linda Chenapa
13-11-2006 19:13 by tasha	nice
13-11-2006 19:19 by telboy	is that in the big tank linda? like the brown + yellow fish whats it called linda
13-11-2006 19:28 by keith t	who ate all the sand
13-11-2006 19:35 by Linda Chenapa	Yes it is. Here are some better pics.
13-11-2006 19:38 by Linda Chenapa
13-11-2006 19:39 by Linda Chenapa
13-11-2006 19:40 by Linda Chenapa
13-11-2006 19:40 by Linda Chenapa	As you can see, it is actualy black and yellow!
13-11-2006 20:14 by AndreaC	Thats lovely fish. Isnt there supposed to be a covering of sand or something on bottom? Love the colours of the fish
13-11-2006 20:59 by Linda Chenapa	A bare bottom tank is easier to clean.
13-11-2006 21:01 by Linda Chenapa	One is a Regal Tang, one's a blue Spot Tang, one's a Yellow Tang and the other is a Hum Bug.
13-11-2006 22:24 by paul stevens	How did you get that up and running so quick linda... Nive all the same..
13-11-2006 22:55 by heros hero	come on linda,you know the rules with marine tanks,you have to tell us how big the tank is,what filtration you're using and all the other stuff marine keepers need to brag about!
13-11-2006 22:58 by sonia	dont forgets the hallides, t5, t8, t5000 (oops i think that was the Terminator in T2)
14-11-2006 07:17 by Linda Chenapa	The tank is 8 x 2 x 2 with a six foot sump filter and a heater that's it! As for your question Paul, we added about 100gls of tap water (I can hear you all going what not ro water?????) added 250mls of Aqua safe and then some salt, don't ask me how much, just chucked some in till it showed the correct reading. The rest of the water came from the tank that the fish were in. Used the large bucket filter that was on their tank, added the fish, hey presto! No we don't have a skimmer, the fish have lived the last 7 years without one. No special lighting, just a normal light tube. After all, they are only the same as 'normal' tropical fish except they like a lot of salt in their water. Now if we were going to keep corals etc, then that would be a different kettle of fish (excuse the pun!)
14-11-2006 08:16 by yanton	Linda, I also have a marine tank with quite a few fish and a few inverts - without using a skimmer, although mine does have a gravel bed. i think the complexity of keeping marines is very much overstated - they are so very easy to keep!
14-11-2006 08:46 by paul stevens	You lot make it look so easy to keep these fish i would love a tank like that but when i go to other peoples houses it looks so complicated so i just leave to the experts like wayne, trik and the rest of you that have them.
14-11-2006 08:59 by Ste	so if i wanna turn my 250 gallon system into marine i just chuck in some salt?
14-11-2006 09:37 by yanton	ste, thats all i did. but what is in common with our setups is the size (and so the stability of water). mine is 6x2x2 and lindas is even larger. tread carefully. paul, some marine keepers also seem to be gadget techies. you can keep marines in a simpler way - but the restriction is that you keep less fish per gallon this way, and you would not really be able to keep hard corals and other more delicate inverts. years ago, people ran marine tanks on ug filters, and thats all. another point to bear in mind is that as the skimmer is not taking out impurities, you need to replace this with more water changes, say 10-15% weekly (unless you are very lightly stocked with fish). i also use polyfilter, amazing stuff, which takes out impurities. and of course, the usual marine guidelines apply - get as much live rock as you can afford - then some more.
14-11-2006 09:46 by paul stevens	Thanks for that yanton but that depends on who ya buy your live rock from...
14-11-2006 17:20 by Linda Chenapa	A skimmer takes out proteins, enzyemes, fatty acids and many other organic compounds, by air bubbles.So I think that a 10-15% water change once a week would not be necessary, it would depend on level of stock and the amount of food they are given.
14-11-2006 17:23 by Linda Chenapa	Ste, it's not rocket science, if you can keep tropical fish then you can keep marine. Go on, have a go! You can make it as easy or difficult as you want, depends on your level of boasting!
14-11-2006 17:43 by yanton	ditto linda paul, agreed. you need to make sure it is fully cured, ideally under lights. i had a superb box from hassan: http://www.tropicalreefs.co.uk/index.php?cPath=21
14-11-2006 22:51 by Ste	i might do it . i got offered a brand new berlin skimmer for upto 250 gallons today . the guy wants £40 for it ...is it a bargain
14-11-2006 23:15 by paul stevens	Well i think im going to give this a go will only be my 4x2x2 tho all my oddballs are going in the 6x2x2 at xmas so ill see how it goes might come back to ya on some more advice yanton.
15-11-2006 22:32 by Ed	Not bad for a beginner in the marine world welcome to the real fish world
15-11-2006 23:00 by Ed	Linda get rid of the humbug it might be small but will attack everything new you put in ,really nasty little bullies .
17-11-2006 20:37 by Linda Chenapa	Like to see him try!! Here is the newest addition.
17-11-2006 20:38 by Linda Chenapa
17-11-2006 20:38 by Linda Chenapa

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