Your current Fish tank Setups!

NoobCannon · 29 Sep 2019 at 20:04

Nasher said:
26.5c seems a bit high.

+\- 0.4 as theres a bit of overrun on the controller to stop the heater coming on
And off continually.

Much googling before I started reefing and ive settled at the above temperature. What temp do you keep?

DEL 707 · 1 Oct 2019 at 18:32

Made a bit of a **** up with with my RO water the last 2 weeks.
Thought the dosing instructions said teaspoons, but it's actually tablespoons!

Yrkoon · 2 Oct 2019 at 02:19

nice tanks guys

Unicorn · 3 Oct 2019 at 16:11

NoobCannon said:
+\- 0.4 as theres a bit of overrun on the controller to stop the heater coming on
And off continually.

Much googling before I started reefing and ive settled at the above temperature. What temp do you keep?

To be fair i run 26c and i doubt id change it in a hurry

rebel rebel · 3 Oct 2019 at 16:34

In the summer months when the heat outside can effect the tank. It's good to raise the temp to 27c to stop it going up and down.

DEL 707 · 5 Oct 2019 at 16:24

Ammonia's falling and Nitrites are rising, so cycling nicely.

Hopefully be able to get a clean up crew in a week or 2.

DEL 707 · 5 Oct 2019 at 18:43

Could use some hasty advice.
Noticed that there is a slip dip in the cabinet unit, that my tank is sitting on.

I've been advised to put some acrylic under the tank, but I'm not sure what size.
Was thinking 10mm thickness, but what size, should I aim for it to be just as big as the tank, or aim for the suface area of the drawer?

Or is this doomed to failure, should I look to get a proper aquarium cabinet?

Nasher · 5 Oct 2019 at 18:57

You need a cabinet which can take the weight. Aquarium cabinets are properly braced so they won't warp.

DEL 707 · 5 Oct 2019 at 19:22

Yeah, your right, I need to bite the bullet here.

Looking into cabinets, this is the proper cabinet for my sized tank.
https://www.aquarium-parts.co.uk/aq...spire-40-cabinet-walnut-black-gloss-door.html

I would like to go a lil bit bigger.
https://www.aquarium-parts.co.uk/aq...spire-60-cabinet-walnut-black-gloss-door.html

Would a bigger cabinet cause any problems, since the tank would just be sitting in the middle?

b0rn2sk8 · 5 Oct 2019 at 20:39

Go with the correctly sized one would be my advice.

NoobCannon · 5 Oct 2019 at 20:59

picked up a copperband buterfly today.
Its been feeding at the shop for 3 weeks + qt time so should be quite hardy and they fed it whilst i was there.

fed mysid a couple hours after introducing and it ate straight away as-well as picking at the rock-work.

fingers crossed as these fish are incredibly finicky and seem to kick the bucket if you Sneeze at them. so beautiful tho and worth trying imo.

Energize · 5 Oct 2019 at 21:53

I don't think ph 6.6 is particularly low for tapwater, mine tests at 6.5.

rebel rebel · 5 Oct 2019 at 22:12

NoobCannon said:

Stunning fish mate!!

Spook187 · 5 Oct 2019 at 23:36

NoobCannon said:
picked up a copperband buterfly today.
Its been feeding at the shop for 3 weeks + qt time so should be quite hardy and they fed it whilst i was there.

fed mysid a couple hours after introducing and it ate straight away as-well as picking at the rock-work.

fingers crossed as these fish are incredibly finicky and seem to kick the bucket if you Sneeze at them. so beautiful tho and worth trying imo.

Mine lasted 3 days before the yellow tang killed it, lovely fish.

rebel rebel · 6 Oct 2019 at 00:05

Spook187 said:
Mine lasted 3 days before the yellow tang killed it, lovely fish.

Their mouths and ribs bruise easily, so its advised not to put them in with tangs. Which is a shame because I would love to have one, but I love the Yellow Tang too much to not have one.

My DD Reef Pro 1200 arrived yesterday!

NoobCannon · 6 Oct 2019 at 00:10

Spook187 said:
Mine lasted 3 days before the yellow tang killed it, lovely fish.

Sorry to head that. the shop mentioned they dont mix well with tangs or fish like anthias

fortunately im not a fan of tangs

thought my angel would have gone mentalist at it as per usual with new fish but it all seems to have gone really smoothly!

RobHu · 9 Oct 2019 at 21:27

NoobCannon said:
picked up a copperband buterfly today.
Its been feeding at the shop for 3 weeks + qt time so should be quite hardy and they fed it whilst i was there.

fed mysid a couple hours after introducing and it ate straight away as-well as picking at the rock-work.

fingers crossed as these fish are incredibly finicky and seem to kick the bucket if you Sneeze at them. so beautiful tho and worth trying imo.

Did you buy that from AAC by any chance? They had a lovely one a week or two ago when I was there! (I think you said you use AAC?)

NoobCannon · 9 Oct 2019 at 22:29

RobHu said:
Did you buy that from AAC by any chance? They had a lovely one a week or two ago when I was there! (I think you said you use AAC?)

yes

DEL 707 · 10 Oct 2019 at 09:35

Ordered myself the smaller cabinet in the end, called the company and they said the larger model wasn't braced in the middle.

Not had much time for the tank this week due to work, but did some water testing last night.
0 Ammonia, 0 Nitrite. Nitrates are sitting at around 10ppm.

Should I be adding some sort of ammonia product to keep the filter bacteria fed?
I don't have any kind of livestock at the moment (was hoping to add some shrimp next week), I'm still unsure how ammonia got into the tank in the 1st place.

BTW does anyone have any shrimp recommendations, I was going to get some cherry shrimp to start.

Nasher · 10 Oct 2019 at 09:45

The easiest way is get some filter media from an established tank. That will cycle it pretty much instantly and then add a few small fish straight away.