My First Saltwater Tank.

[Jonno]

26th Nov 2006

:: TANK UPDATE ::

Hi ,

Well its that time again for another tank update I haven’t done one for a good few weeks now so quite a lot has happened on the coral side. I have added a few new ones to the tank which I think has really enhanced the tank , and now when I look at the tank its getting near to what I have wanted it to look like from the start but its not there yet.

The tank has been running pretty smoothly (touch wood) and I hope it keeps running like this. I’m looking at adding in a refugium in the near year after my wallet recovers from all the Christmas pressies I have to buy this month. All the occupants in the tank are doing great, including the blennies which seem to breed every week at dusk which is always greet to watch. The clowns are doing great as well and looking healthy, the shrimps must be full grown now has there getting huge but they are still as naughty as ever jumping and cleaning anything that gets in there way.

I have also been reading up on fragging which I’m also hoping to start soon I’m going to start with mushrooms first as I love them and there "mint " to be a pretty easy coral to start with , so hopefully if all goes well i will have some new frags to sell in the new year. The Xenia also seem to be doing really well but I know they grow like crazy but I seemed to require some more last month from a friend who was getting rid of some.

Water levels are good:

Ammonia: 0 ppm
Nitrite: 0ppm
Nitrate: 5ppm
SG: 1.024

Well hope you have enjoyed this update hopefully i haven't bored you to much but like every update I post pictures of how the tank is looking so please enjoy them, any comments / questions are welcome and i would love to know what your thinking of the update:




(two tank shots)


(starfish)


(polyp)


(mushroom)




(male marroon clown)

[harif87]

I must say, i enjoy every update you put up, so dont get lazy on us!

Beautiful tank buddy!

[Jonno]

Thanks Bud , Hopefully will be getting a New camera this xmas to take lots more pics with because mine always seem to come out a bit hazy.

[Jonno]

29th Dec 2006

:: TANK UPDATE ::

Hi ,

Long time no update so I hope everyone had a grand Christmas and hopefully wish they will have a great new year. Its been a good few weeks since my last updates so I I will try to bring you up-to-date on how the tank has progressed.

At the beginning off December I decided to take the step to had a Hang on Eco-system to my tank , It wasn’t cheap but it was well worth it , I got everything I needed and didn’t have to plumb anything in (so hopefully no floods) It has been running for 3 weeks now and already has a few nice pods growing in there now and the Calerpera has brought my nitrates down to 0 and my corals and fish look much healthier than before.





I haven’t added any new stock apart from one toadstool and a mushroom rock , so nothing really new on that front But I have ordered a Mandarin fish and some new corals which should be arriving in about 2 weeks (or sooner) My fish are all eating well and showing great colours. I have made some modifications on some of my maxi jets by cutting the outlet off and boy does it make a difference I don’t think you can see them in the pictures.

My water levels are fine (reading below):

PH: 8.0
Ammonia: 0ppm
Nitrate: 0ppm
Nitrite: 0ppm
SG: 1.024

I also received a new camera for Christmas so hopefully I will be able to take some Great pictures and have been experimenting with the pictures below so I hope you will enjoy them, I hope you have enjoyed this update , I please look out for the next one )


(Main tank shot (unfortunately the toadstools where closed up)


(male clown)


(female clown)


(you looking at me ?)


(scooter blenny)


(cleaner shrimp)


(if you look closely you can see its carrying eggs)