Beginnings of a 220Uk gallon reeftank

[Bloo]

mmm not bad...... not bad......... - I like the idea of low maintenance and minimal water changes. But I bet there's far more to it than meets the eye

 

[Navarre]

Stability is the key.
Freshwater fish (and marine fish around rockpools) live in some of the most changeable and hostile environments in the underwater world. When you consider rivers dry up..pools heat up and get starved of oxygen, etc etc...
This means over millions of years, freshwater fish have adapted to live withquickly changing water coditons (within reason of course). Yet Marine fish have devloped over milions of years to cope with an ocean that rarely changes.. salt stays the same, temperature rarely chages etc etc. So marine life cannot handle changes in water peramters. If you can keep the water stable (usually by keeping your hands out of hte tank and allowing it to develope naturally) then you are well on the way to having a sucessful marine tank.

 

[asumel]

cant talk in aw i wont tha one

 

[nitro]

Thanks for the info on water changes, i didnt know about that with marine set ups.

Have you ever thought of getting a French Angelfish (black body with yellow stripes), i saw one at my LFS and they are stunning but had a big price tag og over £100 though

 

[Navarre]

OK latest update..


Some new additions to the tank. MY long awaited Sohal tang and replacement Asfur Angel.

Sohal Tang.. its a very fast fish and getting these few shots was incredibly difficult.

Here is the sohal and asfur together.

And some of the asfur

All fish are feeding and doing well. I have also added a 2nd purple tang but its currently hiding

 

[Navarre]

Have you ever thought of getting a French Angelfish (black body with yellow stripes), i saw one at my LFS and they are stunning but had a big price tag og over £100 though tongue2.gif

The juveniles look very different to the adults... they get very very large also,

Not very reef safe either

 

[Bloo]

They are all beautiful, but wow, that Sohal tang is stunning !

 

[john5748]

That Sohal Tang is a really beautiful fish and it looks as it is really swimming fast in your picture, I dread to think how long it took you to get it's picture.

I don't have that kind of patience I would have caught it in a net and then got the wife to take a quick picture

 

[Earthgirl]

Nav, this tank is amazing!
You have done really well and it looks absolutlely lovley!

 

[nitro]

Fantastic new Tang!

I guess the french angel was a poor suggestion but then i dont know anything about marines. They certainly do go through a big colour change!

 

[Navarre]

OK time for an update

Here is the tank as it is of tonight. The hood is now in place and hides the glare from the halides. The tank is still open top but at least we dont h ave to wear shades in the house anymore Still need to do some work on the hood but its getting there.

(before the hood)

After the hood

The left hand side of the tank,

The center

My new pair of clowns

Orange zoos

Crocus boring clam

Venusta angel

hope you like

 

[Bloo]

looks fab with the hood !
And such a beautiful multi-colour tank Love the new clowns

The tank is still open top but at least we dont h ave to wear shades in the house anymore   

I always laughed when I looked at my sisters bedroom (it's a seperate cottage in the garden) and she used to keep marines. At night, the whole cottage had a purple glow beaming from the windows !

 

[bunjiweb]

Looking excellent...

 

[Mr Miagi]

Long time between updates Nav, but weel worth the wait! That corraline on the left side is to die for! And the Venusta Angel rocks! Have you replaced your moth fish? U still wanna get one?

 

[-cAtFiSh-]

looking good!
how many feet long is the tank out of curiosity?