Harrys Juwel Rio 125 Marine Tank

[Harry1996]

thanks

 

[Harry1996]

algae almost gone. sps is slowly growing
test results before water change done weekly.
cal 430
nitrate 5
ammonia 0
nitrite 0
ph 8.2
forgot to do alk
so once i do my water change i think every thing will be perfect
few bad notes.
i 4 trumpet heads and only 3 are coming out but the 1 that isnt is in a darker spot.
my plate coral has only half come out the rest is white it was my fault because i moved it under the bar thing on the tank then moved it away from it, it started to come out but a big rock was kinda in the way so i moved it to the front and looks happier.

frogspawn look ok but didnt come out that muh so i moved it to less flow and looks better.

now for something a bit funny
my urchin moved onto the zoas and a big part of it was not attach properly and the urchin used this 20-30 zoas bit as camouflage so now hhes moving along with some lovely colourful coral on him
pics will follow later not every coral is open yet

 

[Harry1996]

lots of pictures
sea urchin lol

corals

first bit of fraging

rest of the corals

fish and shrimp

 

[seffieuk]

Oh how funny, mine once got a black plastic sucker on his back

Seffie x

 

[ben1987]

love the urchins new hat!

 

[Harry1996]

LOL could i get a Red Montipora digitata?
im also going to get a hammer head and maybe a torch coral.
fish will be a flasher wrasse and a blenny or gobey
i might get a fighting conch but tbh the tank is looking good atm so it may not be needed. the secrete to a healthy tank is good selection of cuc and lots of water changes

 

[dannywrc]

lol at the urchin. got some nice corals there harry

 

[Harry1996]

thanks i have done some fraging on my mushroom coral so i will have some more space. im also thinking of getting a bubble coral,yellow polyp,2 feather dusters and lots more coral also might up my lighting again so have 4 24W lights(2 reef white 2 marine white) 2 aquabeam 600s (one blue one reef white) and 2 fans. the reason for 2 LEDS is because they add less heat so it should be fine. my 4 t5s can over heat my tank in the summer. so i have a 18W fan on so i think having led will not make too much difference so my tank lighting will be the same as 6 24W lights and i will have a very nice shimmer to it i hope that will be enough light for a clam? maximas?

 

[Harry1996]

oops sorry i clicked post twice

 

[simonas]

Harrys its coming on really well!! you musst be made up
Nitrate of 5 you jammy thing!! why can;t I get mine that low!!!

 

[Harry1996]

i have a bigger tank but your tank is nicer than mine because you filled yours with frags so you had more room for other interesting corals. but i started filling mine with corals so

 

[Harry1996]

Update:
moved rocks around again i need carbon (i havnt run it before on my tank)
my next corals/inverts: (not until December/after xmas day
large hammer coral
bright red/pink lobo
Blastomussa coral frag 4 heads
2 head torch frag
1 brown feather duster
1 pink feather duster
1 orange lip conch
3 turbo snails
and from reefphyto im going to buy another nano kit thing (very good for anyone with a nano tank that want to feed their corals).
also copepods +feed
and rotifer + feed + net
im going to set up a culture so i can get a mandy

and fish will be
mandy or scooter blenny
a flasher wrasse
and a algae blenny or some other blenny.

now this is a lot of money for all this (£250) so im going to buy 1 fish plus all of the corals/inverts and the nano kit.

 

[seffieuk]

Phew, that is a lot of dosh in one go..................


Seffie x

 

[jameshughes1989]

Wow, it all sounds great mate. I didnt see the pics? So get them up!

I'd like to see how the tank is looking, hope all is well bud.


James

 

[GGtank]

Hey Harry, where did you pick up your extra T5's, and did it come with brackets etc? Or did you have to buy all that stuff separetly? Basically I want to do what you did and add 2 more T5's to my Juwel Rio 125, so I'm wondering what I'll have to buy!

Thanks mate,

Rhy