Sf05's Slow And Steady

[SkiFletch]

Oh man, thats LAME that your tank has to go like this Dan. Its really a gorgeous clean setup and I LVOE all that coraline growth

 

[Siamese Fighter05]

We bought a new bathroom suite last week and are having it fitted next weekend, sadly i forgot that it doesn't have a bath it has a double shower instead wacko.gif

Which means i cant mix my RO sneaky2.gif I don't trust the unit to do it in the sink or downstairs and i don't want to make weekly trips to the LFS to lug up gallons of mixed RO, sadly it means i've gotta sell my tank (Damn things change by the day don't they wacko.gif)

I'm confused....

Surely this means you need to sell your bathroom suite!

i wish i could, i wish i had a tap out side now though that would of been an easier idea. Ah well...

Oh man, thats LAME that your tank has to go like this Dan. Its really a gorgeous clean setup and I LVOE all that coraline growth

I'm gutted but there's not much i can do TBH, i'm just hoping i can sell it to someone on the board so we can keep up with it's progress and so on

 

[Mr.September15]

Ah nice purple rocks! Your clown looks exactly like mine

 

[JonGTI]

First of all I know this is the wrong place, but great forum and thread, ive been wanting to go into fish keeping for some time now. I havent any experience but I would love to try my hand at marine. After reading this thread especially as im very local, work in oldbury, would be interested but im not sure if its wise "jumping" straight in to marine thats already setup?? any comments?

 

[Siamese Fighter05]

Hey JonGTI

I guess it's probably better for me not to answer that one and let someone else do it as it's pretty biased if i answer that one

But TBH This is a stable system that i have given 100% dedication to and i have pledged over £700 altogether and i'm letting it go for £125. Drop me a PM if you need any help with anything and hopefully someone else can give you their thoughts on your question

 

[JonGTI]

No worries I will do, look forwards to poeples comments. Slightly off subject could you recomend LFS's in our area, I will pay a visit to MG Marines, jsut wondered if there was any other that stock marine as well as tropical.

 

[Siamese Fighter05]

Hey Jon

I like A&D Aquatics alot, i think they have very helpful staff who put their stock first. They are deffintly the best in the area for FW. They have a fair few SW tanks and every now and again have a little gem of a fish. Got some very nice green zoos in right now i'd have snapped up if i wasn't selling. That's just by the huge savacentre next to Mecca bingo

Bill from MG Marines knows his stuff and has the best Fiji rock i've ever seen (check out my pic ) has lots of coral tanks and not a bad price either. Diffently reccomend you check out there even though i haven't been dudley way for a few months.

This last one i like is J & D aquatics although this one might be out of your way a bit. It's down Merry hill way on the Thorns road near Lye town centre. He doesn't have much in the way of marines but he has some of best stock i've ever seen

Just wondered if you've ever been to Hollybush? Always wanted to go there but still aint been?

 

[JonGTI]

Havent been to hollybush, I went down to pavillion centre, near shipley yesterday to see what they had, few nice freshwater, not a mention of saltwater. Im 2 mins from the aqauatics place by mecca, just havent been in yet, heard a few mixed reviews about them you see. Ive had a look in yellow pages preswood on the a449 have marine so might have a look there.

One question, as i lack experience, ive been asked does the tank give off an unwanted odour and is the equipment noisey in any way? Still live at home you see and ive been asked this.

Ta

 

[Siamese Fighter05]

Hey Jon

I'm gonna go down hollybush when i pass my test (booked in for end of march) and see what all the rave is about.

I'm surprised you got some dodgy reviews about A&D i've always thought quite highly of it but then again i guess it's different for everyone. I've been to presswood a few times and although they have good prices on their equipment their livestock is poor quality and their staff are useless. I asked them a question about a clownfish (I already knew the answer) and i was passed on to 4 different people and then the last guy didn't have a clue either

The tank only gave off an odour when i had off die-off when i added the live rock. It smelt like the sea but it only lasted a couple of days. Doesn't smell of anything now though

The only noise i get is from the powerheads and even if the room is silent you can barely hear it. I used to have in my room and couldn't hear it while i was asleep. It's actually quieter than my FW tanks

I've got someone coming to look at the tank this sunday and i'm pretty sure he wants to buy there and then but i'll keep everyone updated!

 

[Siamese Fighter05]

This tank is as good as sold, got someone looking at it on sunday and i'm 100% certain he's going to buy

Be very sad to see it go but i'm looking forward to setting up a new tank even if it aint SW

 

[philb]

Were you running nay sort of filter or skimer on the nano?

Or were you just using the LR and the powerheads?

Im from around your area, just wondering if the shop you got you LR form still has the cheap LR you got?

Cheers!

 

[Siamese Fighter05]

Hey phild

Just using the the powerheads and liverock, aint recorded ammonia, nitrite or nitrates in months

MG Marines was where i got the rock from up dudley. I haven't been there a while as i've been too busy but they always seem to have good rock ever fiji are aquacultured rock which looks just as good

 

[Siamese Fighter05]

Tank is Sold!