100g Reef from Indonesia
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Kan123
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here's an update on the tank
everything is going off amazing
(there is a lubbock wrasse, but it's in hiding in these photos as i had just introduced it)
and my best buy yet?
this pink balinese blasto colony for $15
everything is going off amazing
(there is a lubbock wrasse, but it's in hiding in these photos as i had just introduced it)
and my best buy yet?
this pink balinese blasto colony for $15
Kan123
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Hey man
Im not really sure what the prices are like there in India. But here's what i'd do:
First decide a size of an aquarium you'd like.
Then decide equipment.
Then livestock according to how your aquarium progressing. As you're new to the saltwater hobby, I wouldn't suggest making an aquarium based on livestock.
Like my aquarium is made in the sense for many fishes, a few sps and high bioload. That's why i choose a skimmer made for 1000L, but my aquarium water volume with sump included is only 600L.
I'd suggest maybe a 150L system for you. Use a skimmer rated to 250L or more. Use LEDs for an aquarium made for LPS and softies. I suggest a refugium and definitely keep a sump. Use a return pump that cycles your water about 10x an hour and add wavemakers that will create a flow of 20x water volume only in the main tank.
Stick to easy fishes such as clownfish, gobies, firefish.
Good luck
hopefully i helped a bitKan123
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Hey guys, I realised it's been really long since I've updated
In 4 days, my aquarium will hit the 6 months mark and it's come a long way. More than half the corals from the previous update died as they all bleached due to heat. I got the aquarium during the rainy season over here, so the aquarium managed to remain at 27°C (80° F) which was alright, but a month later, the sunny season began and my aquarium's temperature would not go below 30°C (86°F). This lead to the bleaching and melting of pretty much every single coral or mine. Since then I have added a chiller, managing to keep the temperature at a constant 26°C (78°F), since then all new coral are thriving and all seems good.
Now in terms of fish too, I lost all but 2 of the 3 Chromis fish due to an ich outbreak. I went from 13 fish, down to 2 which was horrible for me, the corals and the tank. Since then I've gone through huge algae and cyano problems and ammonia problems due to a die-off of all my cheato and wow it's been rough.
However, I believe I'm finally starting to feel good about my aquarium.
The current fish stock is:
- 4 ocellaris clownfish
- 2 blue-green chromis
- 1 hector goby
- 1 green mandarin
- 1 desjardini sailfin tang
- 1 lamarck's angel fish
Ever since the ich problems and the algae problems, I've started dosing no3po4-x, and I love it.
Here are several photos
A Full Tank Shot
Left Side:
Center:
Right Side:
My Desjardini Sailfin Tang (he seems slightly skinny as he was starving in the LFS and has broken fins, now he's eating well, and is already recovering)
My Lamarck's Angelfish
My hammer corals
My pink octospawn:
My wonderful doughnut, can you believe I got it for $19? (my most expensive piece in the entire aquarium)
Another pic of my golden hammer (again only $19 (tied with the doughnut coral))
Purple goniopora:
This is a photo of the chiller I got after 2 hours of instaling it, when I first installed it, it read 31°C, now I've never seen it go above 26°C.
This was my aquarium 3 months ago before everything began to melt away
I am proud of where this aquarium is going please give me any advice, I'd love to hear it
In 4 days, my aquarium will hit the 6 months mark and it's come a long way. More than half the corals from the previous update died as they all bleached due to heat. I got the aquarium during the rainy season over here, so the aquarium managed to remain at 27°C (80° F) which was alright, but a month later, the sunny season began and my aquarium's temperature would not go below 30°C (86°F). This lead to the bleaching and melting of pretty much every single coral or mine. Since then I have added a chiller, managing to keep the temperature at a constant 26°C (78°F), since then all new coral are thriving and all seems good.
Now in terms of fish too, I lost all but 2 of the 3 Chromis fish due to an ich outbreak. I went from 13 fish, down to 2 which was horrible for me, the corals and the tank. Since then I've gone through huge algae and cyano problems and ammonia problems due to a die-off of all my cheato and wow it's been rough.
However, I believe I'm finally starting to feel good about my aquarium.
The current fish stock is:
- 4 ocellaris clownfish
- 2 blue-green chromis
- 1 hector goby
- 1 green mandarin
- 1 desjardini sailfin tang
- 1 lamarck's angel fish
Ever since the ich problems and the algae problems, I've started dosing no3po4-x, and I love it.
Here are several photos
A Full Tank Shot
Left Side:
Center:
Right Side:
My Desjardini Sailfin Tang (he seems slightly skinny as he was starving in the LFS and has broken fins, now he's eating well, and is already recovering)
My Lamarck's Angelfish
My hammer corals
My pink octospawn:
My wonderful doughnut, can you believe I got it for $19? (my most expensive piece in the entire aquarium)
Another pic of my golden hammer (again only $19 (tied with the doughnut coral))
Purple goniopora:
This is a photo of the chiller I got after 2 hours of instaling it, when I first installed it, it read 31°C, now I've never seen it go above 26°C.
This was my aquarium 3 months ago before everything began to melt away
I am proud of where this aquarium is going
please give me any advice, I'd love to hear it
Kan123
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forgot to mention
Since then I have made modifications to my light:
I have added 3 x1w blue LEDs on a separate timer to act as moonlights
and I have added:
- 2 x1w red LEDs
- 2 x1w green LEDs
- 6 x1w UV LEDs
all on the same timer as the white lights to achieve a full spectrum lighting
Since then I have made modifications to my light:
I have added 3 x1w blue LEDs on a separate timer to act as moonlights
and I have added:
- 2 x1w red LEDs
- 2 x1w green LEDs
- 6 x1w UV LEDs
all on the same timer as the white lights to achieve a full spectrum lighting
Kan123
Active Member
It's been a while since I've updated this thread but the tank has definitely come a long way.
Firstly, equipment/additives upgrades:
I have had total coral crashes 2 times now
1st coral crash - no chiller at all hence everything bleached and died
2nd coral crash - my first chiller died out on my and left nothing alive during the summer
However, now that I've implemented my chiller, and everything has been stable and growing for the past 2 months, I'd like to give you an update
Left side of my FTS
Right side of my FTS
in addition to these changes, 2 days ago i have done a slight rescape and have added 2 colonies of sps and a golden torch which I will take a photo of soon enough
Firstly, equipment/additives upgrades:
- Using a chiller
- Started to implement the BRS two part
- Kent marine iron/manganese dosing as my marcoalgae has not been doing great
- 4 clown fish
- 2 chromis
- 5 stocky pink anthias
- 1 lamarck angelfish
- 1 lyretail anthias
- 2 carberri anthias
- 1 mandarin
- 1 hector goby
- 1 diamond goby
I have had total coral crashes 2 times now
1st coral crash - no chiller at all hence everything bleached and died
2nd coral crash - my first chiller died out on my and left nothing alive during the summer
However, now that I've implemented my chiller, and everything has been stable and growing for the past 2 months, I'd like to give you an update
Left side of my FTS
Right side of my FTS
in addition to these changes, 2 days ago i have done a slight rescape and have added 2 colonies of sps and a golden torch which I will take a photo of soon enough
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