force_of_echo
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Hi team!
Hope you’re all having an amazing night/day!
So about 8 years or so ago I sold my marine tank as 1) I didn’t have enough space to keep it! 2) didn’t have enough money to maintain it! 3) it just wasn’t right!
so anyway fast forward 8 years I’m now 32 bought a house had a baby got married have an incredible job so I wanted to start again! BUT I didn’t want to go crazy! Previously I preferred long tanks but shorted in height!
but after seeing a few tanks in the shop I decided to go taller tank but shorted in length!
so I picked up a trigon it fits amazing in the corner!
and now it all begins!! Filled it up with water! Added the sand, got a new filter and a heater etc took the top parts of the tank and the old T8s that come with it.
I fitted a brand new LED 100w system and added 5kg of salt and by tomorrow I’ll have the levels perfect!
here’s the question this is my FIRST time starting a tank with a prawn in it! Literally was talking to the shop keeper and I was asking him the best way to start the tank up as ussually I would get the salt levels right and throw in 5kg live rock and leave it for 4 weeks etc!
then he told me the prawn method and I thought he was joking anyway prawn went in chopped it in 3 parts and left it! It’s been now 3 days and ammonia has risen a TINY bit!
has anyone heard of the prawn method? And any information you can give me? How long to leave it there? Etc
tank will be MOSTLY fish only with the odd soft corals with my favourite being the leather coral!
The light is above the water by 10inches and the tanks depth from what I remember is like 21inches but where the water sits it’s 18inches!
Any pointers? I’ve been out of the game a little while lol!
thank you all!
Hope you’re all having an amazing night/day!
So about 8 years or so ago I sold my marine tank as 1) I didn’t have enough space to keep it! 2) didn’t have enough money to maintain it! 3) it just wasn’t right!
so anyway fast forward 8 years I’m now 32 bought a house had a baby got married have an incredible job so I wanted to start again! BUT I didn’t want to go crazy! Previously I preferred long tanks but shorted in height!
but after seeing a few tanks in the shop I decided to go taller tank but shorted in length!
so I picked up a trigon it fits amazing in the corner!
and now it all begins!! Filled it up with water! Added the sand, got a new filter and a heater etc took the top parts of the tank and the old T8s that come with it.
I fitted a brand new LED 100w system and added 5kg of salt and by tomorrow I’ll have the levels perfect!
here’s the question this is my FIRST time starting a tank with a prawn in it! Literally was talking to the shop keeper and I was asking him the best way to start the tank up as ussually I would get the salt levels right and throw in 5kg live rock and leave it for 4 weeks etc!
then he told me the prawn method and I thought he was joking anyway prawn went in chopped it in 3 parts and left it! It’s been now 3 days and ammonia has risen a TINY bit!
has anyone heard of the prawn method? And any information you can give me? How long to leave it there? Etc
tank will be MOSTLY fish only with the odd soft corals with my favourite being the leather coral!
The light is above the water by 10inches and the tanks depth from what I remember is like 21inches but where the water sits it’s 18inches!
Any pointers? I’ve been out of the game a little while lol!
thank you all!
