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sharpygsxr said:
So this happened :D

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Gonna move my african cichlids here as they are starting to outgrow the 40gallon. Should be a bit of an upgrade :)

Might have to remortgage for the amount of substrate and rock work it will need :D
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Well think im ready to start setting the tank up now, have substrate all washed up and prepped, just the small matter of trying to settle on a layout for all the ocean rock. Part of me wants to try like a rock wall along the back of the tank but i can imagine it will be a nightmare for collecting detritus unless a well place wavemaker would keep it clean. Will prob build up a structure on the floor and see what i think. Will prob try and do it in sections with epoxy to hold it so it can come apart in sections if i ever need to get in there and remove stuff. Wish me luck!

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RobHu said:
Fish only or soft coral marine tanks aren't too bad. The only real requirement is to keep the tank at ~23c though I'd recommend higher to help with summer fluctuations. It gets expensive when you start adding hard corals because you need proper lights, way more consumables, dosing pump, reactors etc.
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I'd only be looking at fish and soft coral, nothing too demanding. I know it's clichéd but I love clownfish.
 
Looking to drop the 207 on my 125l shrimp tank and looking for a filter that i can put a heater into (dont really want inline and want the glass out of my scape), got an oase thermo 850 on my 4ft community and i'll grab an oase 350 if there's no other options but just trying to feel out if there's a better or more cost efficient option? What do you guys run on your smaller tanks?
 
Always loved the look of a tropical fish tank but never got around to getting one. Would love to get one this summer, would really add something to the living room. Cat would love it as well.
 
Hairybudda said:
Looking to drop the 207 on my 125l shrimp tank and looking for a filter that i can put a heater into (dont really want inline and want the glass out of my scape), got an oase thermo 850 on my 4ft community and i'll grab an oase 350 if there's no other options but just trying to feel out if there's a better or more cost efficient option? What do you guys run on your smaller tanks?
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Have a BioMaster Thermo 600 on my Lido 120. Depends on your setup honestly but anything 350 or above is going to serve you well. As always if you can afford bigger, get bigger.
 
iamtheoneneo said:
Have a BioMaster Thermo 600 on my Lido 120. Depends on your setup honestly but anything 350 or above is going to serve you well. As always if you can afford bigger, get bigger.
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I don’t disagree on principle but it’s not just about what you can afford, you also need to consider what will fit in the cabinet. Likewise there are a few fish which can’t cope with higher flow rates to consider.

I might actually only have the 250, whichever it is, it’s the biggest that will fit in the cabinet.
 
iamtheoneneo said:
Have a BioMaster Thermo 600 on my Lido 120. Depends on your setup honestly but anything 350 or above is going to serve you well. As always if you can afford bigger, get bigger.
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I'm not against going bigger but the tank is well established, biload is miniscule and it's heavily planted. Plus as b0rn2sk8 mentioned cabinet space is at a premium, I could probably squeeze the 600 in but I'd rather have a little wiggle room for plumbing/cable management, just figured there'd be clones or multi stage setups that fell in the same price zone. Kinda wanna feel like there's options, if that makes sense?
 
Looking good!

Hopefully just 1-2 weeks more until our next tanks arrive.

Lost a cleaner shrimp about a week ago, gutted about that tbh. No reason for it either.

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Amazing to see our temporary algae issue literally disappear overnight. Phosphates have finally come down again which were probably the main driver.
 
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CaptainRAVE said:
Looking good!

Hopefully just 1-2 weeks more until our next tanks arrive.

Lost a cleaner shrimp about a week ago, gutted about that tbh. No reason for it either.

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Amazing to see our temporary algae issue literally disappear overnight. Phosphates have finally come down again which were probably the main driver.
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if everything else is happy i wouldnt worry too much. sometimes they can just struggle with a molt and not survive.
 
Vidar said:
Honestly, I'm torn about which way to go... I've always been entranced by marine tanks, so that's the dream but, I love Oscars. I also love koi and gold fish so would love to grow some out indoors before moving to a pond if I'm able to do what I want. I've got to remind myself I'm disabled and need something manageable by my disability etc
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Marine tank. They're just fascinating compared to freshwater.
 
krisboats said:
Marine tank. They're just fascinating compared to freshwater.
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Have to admit, it's definitely the marine stuff I lean towards on the rare occasions I get to an aquatics place. I have to wait for the major worka to be carried out on the house but thinking of getting a red sea reefer or possibly a custom tank as where it's going is a plasterboard partition wall that firms part of a very underutilised airing cupboard I figure I could run pipes etc through the wall and have all the noisy stuff out of the room and raised up a bit to make it easier for me.
 
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Here's mine as of a couple of weeks ago. This tanks been up and running since december, as an upgrade from a 3foot 250L. Seems to be ticking over pretty well at the minute, found so much coral growth from going completely over the top with wavemakers.
 
sharpygsxr said:
Tank set up, water parameters look good and first arrivals
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How are the fish doing?

I'm not a Rift Valley lake fishkeeper, but I thought the general rule with lake cichlids was to ensure the tank/filter is well cycled and then overstock the tank in one hit to prevent territorial fighting.
 
Vidar said:
Have to admit, it's definitely the marine stuff I lean towards on the rare occasions I get to an aquatics place. I have to wait for the major worka to be carried out on the house but thinking of getting a red sea reefer or possibly a custom tank as where it's going is a plasterboard partition wall that firms part of a very underutilised airing cupboard I figure I could run pipes etc through the wall and have all the noisy stuff out of the room and raised up a bit to make it easier for me.
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That make a lot of sense. The reefers are definitely a lot better than they used to be. Depending on size though i'd be inclined to say look at a DD tank instead though. I'm not sure the red sea tanks have fully fixed the bursting seals issues. Out of our local whatsapp group 6/10 of the reefers have burst in the past 2-3 years. Everyone tries to steer away from them a bit now.
 
UTmaniac said:
How are the fish doing?

I'm not a Rift Valley lake fishkeeper, but I thought the general rule with lake cichlids was to ensure the tank/filter is well cycled and then overstock the tank in one hit to prevent territorial fighting.
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All goin good so far, started off with 10 smaller peacocks to have a lower bioload on the tank in the early days. Had a nitrite spike after a couple of days which has now settled and everything seems to have cycled. Although it was a fresh start my filter was using media i had maturing in another tank. With the Malawis as most cichlids your main issue depending on your water is the ph which needs to be quite high. Im lucky in that i get a high PH from the tap so i can keep the buffer up just with the coral sand and ocean rock. I put a bit of cichlid lake salt in at the start to kick start it. Got some anubias in now and have a pothos to help with nitrates.

Gonn amove over my mature fish from their tank this week, will be adding about another 10 peacocks which are all over a year old and 8 mbuna. The tank they are coming out of will be left for the brichardi and their fry to mature
 
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krisboats said:
That make a lot of sense. The reefers are definitely a lot better than they used to be. Depending on size though i'd be inclined to say look at a DD tank instead though. I'm not sure the red sea tanks have fully fixed the bursting seals issues. Out of our local whatsapp group 6/10 of the reefers have burst in the past 2-3 years. Everyone tries to steer away from them a bit now.
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I've got the space for a 4ft tank, possibly 6ft if I go through with my plans to take the chimney breast out (it's plasterboard not brick) and have a media wall with integrated tank. Automation and stability are what's most important to me. Along with having something I can learn with and grow into. What's a DD tank?
 
Vidar said:
I've got the space for a 4ft tank, possibly 6ft if I go through with my plans to take the chimney breast out (it's plasterboard not brick) and have a media wall with integrated tank. Automation and stability are what's most important to me. Along with having something I can learn with and grow into. What's a DD tank?
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dd is the brand, so something like a dd reef-pro 1200. You've got some cracking shops up near you as well. Kraken is just above manchester and finest aquatics is right near liverpool. I was at finest last week and they have everything you could need. Most stuff is automated these days, roller filters need the roll changing like once every 1-2 months. Dosers are automatic, i've got the p4 pro and for £150 used price it's been super easy to use (except the initial wifi pairing). My red sea skimmer has a drain valve so i only ever clean that every couple of months.

Literally all i do these days is the fun stuff like feeding and placing corals around the tank :cry:
 
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