A Journal Of My First Marine Tank Done By A 13 Year Old.

[bae1994]

well blue or black is best personaly prefere blue and if your going black you wont see your clowns at all and maybe not the maroons much either

 

[Harry1996]

i think blue is better because it looks a lot nicer when water is in it. also it still hides the wires at the back. also most of the time you carnt see much of the background because you will be looking at all your colourful fish and coral

 

[fish_tank0311]

Well im still going for black, and then i will let the algae grow. I didnt get a chance to get pics of me taking off the paint, but we are done taking the paint off, and are now moving on to planning our aquascape, i will take a couple pics tomorrow of what we have done, we are going for the classic "2 islands" look, and we have only just made 1 island, and we are planning on using the liverock as apart of the other island, so yeah. Hopefully it all turns out gud.

 

[seffieuk]

Sounds good - i like the black background best

The reason I said abou the trigger and having a sump - triggers will chew through wires in the tank

Seffie x

 

[fish_tank0311]

The reason I said abou the trigger and having a sump - triggers will chew through wires in the tank

Seffie x

Oh ok, but i wont corals, and dont they eat corals?
Secondly, i didnt get a chance to take pics as i been so busy, but hopefully today i will be painting it black.

 

[seffieuk]

Some do and some dont - you pays your money and takes your chances!! The blue throat is one of the more reef safe triggers along with the Niger

Seffie x

 

[fish_tank0311]

Ok thanks ill do some research. I am hopefully going to pick up some more coral rock today so i can do some more aquascaping. I must put these pictures on soon!

 

[Morri]

Sargassums are one of the nicer ones and is "Reef Safe" but it is a risk

 

[fish_tank0311]

Sargassums are one of the nicer ones and is "Reef Safe" but it is a risk

huh?

 

[fish_tank0311]

PICTURES WRRRRRRRAAAAAAGHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!! Sorry guys i have been real busy at school and have been real slack but i got all the paint off, and now its black. It is now in the "kids lounge" yes thats right "kids lounge". So heres me (im my school uniform) and my baby.

Ok now heres me and my brother who is helping me lots....

And on the fourth day, God said "Let there be LIGHT!"

And on the eighth day God created dead rock....... and aquascaping. Ok the pic makes it look $H17 i will upload some more later, it actually looks wicked!!!

Let me know your guys feelings.

Oh and btw the stand looks $H17 as well, but its just the photo, it does look a bit, and i stress a BIT better in real life. Hopefully we can get my grandpa to make some doors for me (hes a cabinet maker).

 

[ColdwaterJosh]

Looking good
How comes your not using Live Rock?

 

[Harry1996]

looking good lol at are school we have to were smart uniform there are too many rules in are school. even some of the teachers agree with us. you get things like s4s for not having your shirt tucked in or a skert too small by 1 inch. s4s are detentions in the science block during lunch. (the whole of lunch)

 

[simonas]

that tank looks spot on and a decent size for marines. wish my marine tank was that size.

I;ll look forward to your progress

Simon

 

[fish_tank0311]

Haha harry same at mine, its constantly "PULL YOUR SOCKS UP!!" Or "TUCK THAT SHIRT IN!!!" Iv already had 4 detentions (stay in a room writing lines for the whole of lunch) from my maths teacher in the last week. I HATE HER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! anyway, i am using live rock? i just cant have water yet cos im waiting on my RO/DI filter which im getting in the next cuple of days.

 

[Harry1996]

yer he is useing live rock but he calls it coral rock. your live rock must be the best as you live near aus? and dont they export the live rock from there? i only have one maths teacher who i like and thats miss mackie she from aus she is so cool. i hated my year 7 one he was a right #118####. with his old scaby teeth complaing that i got 50% on my homework. homework my #14###. we have sub teacher and my sis and her friends call her tart in a tent cos she is huge!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! well any way who would be a high school teacher i cut my self with a knife in art and the stupid fat art teacher gos did you cut your self? im like yes thats why im swearing. and she just walks off and im like hellow one of your students are bleeding to death over here. well any way have you thourght about what cuc you r getting?