Yf Can Taste The Salt..

[youngfisher]

Im going to buy salted water to start off.


YF

 

[Geoff1991]

Not even started yet!
Ive been so run down, working around 23709372 hours a day.
From 5am till 8pm.
Seffie, could you post me just plain standard list of the basics things I will need.
I know I have asked you before, but if you could do it again I will love you lots and lots.
Then I can pass the list on and get them sorted

YF

Sounds like me...

I work 70 hours a week in a hotel

Been reading your thread, good luck with the tank. I was tempted to go marine but i decided not to.

 

[Trod]

i feel left out

anyone wanna donate a tank to me

congratulations YF looks like you got a awesome deal! and some wicked freebies! maybe Trod will give you her tl550 aswell

haha!

all the best mate!

Bagu

Cough Cough no chance

 

[bagu]

haha worth a shot

 

[youngfisher]

Ok well my list is some frozen Mysis for the start.
Just to feed the few worms,starfish, etc in there.
As I have; Holiday, Marine Tank, Another Holiday, Provisional, Weekend holiday.
In the next month or so.
So im going to be skint.
But I will save up and get the esessentils.
First thing will be a Test Kit.

YF

 

[bagu]

sounds good mate

 

[seffieuk]

test kits:

ammonia
nitrite
nitrate
ph

to start with

frozen food such as mysis

syphon
algae magnet - I will keep looking for my spare one
rowaphos
small media bag for chaeto

another 10k of live rock or thereabouts

notepad - to write down your plans and your stats

you will already have:

orca 550
heater
uv
lights
moonlights
skimmer
spraybar
lr rubble
10 k of live rock
three zoa frags
some large pink mushrooms
at least four Nass snails
one hermit crab
bristle worms
asterina stars
powerhead - Koralia 2
an empty salt bucket - will bring the live rock in that covered in water
live sand
try to remember to bring you some chaeto as well

Seffie x

 

[youngfisher]

Can I use a fresh water test kit?
Or should I get a salt water?
Properly a stupid question, but as you & trod say,
"The only silly question is a question un-asked"
Whoah, Im getting quite a lot then!
I will definatly get another 10kg of LR.
Will the zoas,mushrooms, etc. Be effected by adding more?
And will I still need to acclimitize the crabs etc.
Or will they be fine as they have already been in with the set up?

YF

 

[seffieuk]

Can I use a fresh water test kit?

buy ones for salt, salifert are good
Or should I get a salt water?
Properly a stupid question, but as you & trod say,
"The only silly question is a question un-asked"

Indeed

Whoah, Im getting quite a lot then!

yes

I will definatly get another 10kg of LR.

great, you will need it, look out on ur for bargains

Will the zoas,mushrooms, etc. Be effected by adding more?

They might be, but they are pretty hardy, just keep a track of your stats - if you can buy local live rock from someones tank and it only has to travel a little way you might not even get a cycle

And will I still need to acclimitize the crabs etc.
Or will they be fine as they have already been in with the set up?

They will be fine, just plug everything in and let the water heat up again. Thats a point, you will probably need extension sockets for all the plugs!

YF

Seffie x



ps

I expect Trod will throw you in a little surprise as well

 

[youngfisher]

What do you 'advise' me to revise?
What you think I will need to know at the start.

YF

 

[seffieuk]

What do you 'advise' me to revise?
What you think I will need to know at the start.

YF

start planning your maintanance routine
look at more cuc
look at fish
corals

make notes, change notes, change mind.............. and so on and so.........look at lots of photos of tanks to see what sort of rock structure you like

Make sure you understand the cycling process

that's enough to keep you going

Seffie x



forgot something - you will need a 25 litre water carrier, camping shops are good for them

 

[bagu]

i think coral keeping is what i would research if i was getting a tank
also the different algae causes
also the cycling process

 

[youngfisher]

Ok.
Things I will research: CUC, Cycling Proccess, Algea Causes.
Im going to leave planning for livestock till last.

YF

 

[seffieuk]

Ok.
Things I will research: CUC, Cycling Proccess, Algea Causes.
Im going to leave planning for livestock till last.

YF

Seffie x

 

[youngfisher]

Just looked a cycling a marine tank.
Looks fairly simple with LR.
You just need to check daily.
When Nitrite & Ammonia are 0.
Make sure they stay at 0 for a few days (I will make sure it says 0 for 7 days)
Then its cycled?
With the livestock your giving me, stars etc.
Is there anything I can NOT keep with them (other inverts/cuc)

YF