shane78

Finally took the plunge and upgraded my old 3ft and got a decent setup 4 my cichlids, tank is 4ft x 1.4 x 1.8 so decent area and much neater than previous setup, just finish the scape last night and put the little buggers in only now it looks bare haha next thing i need now is some root looking driftwood or something will get rid of the plants maybe once i get the wood.
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Hi Shane78

 

Thanks for your reply.

 

What I am a bit confused about is what equipment is required (crucial) and what equipment is not so crucial.

 

What I am thinking are (i) lights, (ii) protein skimmer (iii) wavemaker as essentials, but not sure about this.

 

Lights seem to be very expensive.  Can you suggest lights for my aquarium, I would prefer the clip on ones in order to keep the 'minimalist' look.

 

With a protein skimmer some people say its not necessary, but it seems quite crucial to me?

 

Also with a wavemaker, I assume the smallest one would be sufficient?

 

I am kind of approaching this thing as a long term (6 month) projects as I have lots to learn and limited finances...

 

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its all a learning curve for me as well, I too am limited to funds so small being harder, is alot cheaper, I am not running a skimmer I just do bout 50 to 70% water change weekly, My nano has three chambers

at the back two of them have filter media in them and the other is for pump and heater, as for lights and wavemaker, the lights I have are just led blue and white and all blue for night time, not super bright

but do the job is a clip on one, and I use a small powerhead for circulation as I had a spare one lying around I think the most important thing I purchased was some quality live rock which was quite mature

and had heaps of good little critters on board when I got it. Best advice is research all the forums 9 times out of 10 your question has been asked before and if you cant find what your looking for dont be afraid

to ask the question, masa is a great site and everyone that has a marine tank has been where you are before.

thats awesome mate Im in me 30s and have always thought bout stand up but never tried it, maybe gonna have to take my son out and we can learn together... or more than likly he will teach me haha

whiting would be alright herring would be no good but the beauty of it is if they do alright and get too big i can just pop em back from where i got em Im thinking might have to fish the rock holes in marinas during the day used to catch all sorts of weird little fish in there, some of those gobble guts come in cool colors.

this is the test I did this morning, my ammonia is still showing but only just

I will do a water change tonight and then test tomorrow.

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Hey guys so I got myself a 34l nano tank yesterday, and put some water in from the ocean, do I still need to go thru cycle, is it quicker because

I got ocean water or does not make any differance also can I put live rock in straight away or should wait for cycle, also

what are good parameters to put fish in, sorry bout the noob questions just really excited bout my first saltwater tank.

The fact that she brought the dope in to bali and not out has always made me suss I would have thought you would try to bring it out being as it is

probably quite cheap and make a small profit selling in aus, And less risk too, just a slap on the wrist in aus.

to be honest guys I just wanna tank in the man shed with some herring and other species that I can go fishing for when the weathers shitty haha and to see how they live.

Mate that would be awesome will let you know how I go picking up glass tonight then I gotta cut it or get it cut but will

def hear from me that would be great.

Hey guys I have a 4 ft tank that im in the process of repairing, the base needs replacing, ive noticed that

the base glass is inside the four walls is this how they are meant to be or should I put new piece on top

of the four corners so that the walls will be on top of the base, hope that made sense. I wish this to be my main

tank and dont want it to crack again.

Thanks in advance

now im confused haha I should have explained the photos better, photos 1 2 and 4 are of the same fish just taken with my phone so crap pics

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Good luck mate I havnt had a fag for bout 3 months now, went cold turkey but like az aquatic said watch your weight Ive stacked on a heap o weight, Im hopeing its just sympathy weight for my pregnant missus haha, but seriously try not to snack instead and the cravings last awhile I still have random cravings.

 

yeh im considering just turning it into a reptile enclosure if it isnt an easy and cheap fix

ok will try that thanks heaps guys crisis over thank god thought i was gonna lose the guy but on the hand since yesterday he is now the only guy who actually stays out when I come to the tank so maybe we bonded thru the hard times hahaha

got rid of big bruce and the transformation in the tank was instant, got 3 more little fellas and now the tank has fish swimming round instead of one big fish and 2 little guys hiding.