Advice On My New Setup

[marinetankluke]

Hello friends.

I have kept tropicals (community tank) for about 10 years and for the last 6 months swapped over to cichlids. In the back of my mind I always new that the best was marine but always feared the cost. I saw a bargain set up on Ebay and am delighted to have purchased it, the only problem is I am worried the filtration is not adequate.

I set up I have purchased has a internal Fluval 3plus, a Boyo 310 protein skimmer and a additional power head to circulate the water. The seller assured me that this set up was adequate and that he had been running a fully stocked marine set up for 2 years. I have added a Interpet pf3 which I was using in my old trop/cichlid tank but on reading I am worried this is just a additional nitrate trap. I have bought 2 pieces of live rock but these are extremely expensive (£35 for the two). I have in there at the moment 2 Black Velvet Neon Damsels.

I would realy appreciate any advice that could help me out.

Thanks Loads

Luke.

 

[seffieuk]

to the forum Luke

Sounds like you have been given some mis-information from the seller of the tank

So, lets start again:

Where in the world do you live?
How big is the tank?
What other equipment do you have i.e lights etc?
What are your goals - what would you like to keep?

Seffie x