Marine Tank Setup
#1
Posted 17 April 2008 - 09:00 PM
it’s a juwel vision 180 as can be seen here http://www.juwel-aqu...sion.htm?cat=10.
my purpose behind this thread is to try show other people that setting up a marine tank is not that much work and not that expensive, thus I will include rough prices (cant rember exact), its going to be a bit of experimental tank, I don’t plan on using any mechanical chemical or biological(bar live rock) filtration I also wont use a skimmer
well I got the tank and stand on Tuesday, added lime sand as a substrate (15$ for a 20kg bag only needed half)
as I am using a metal halide I have pulled the whole top off, including the t5s it comes with, I bought the MH second hand so there were pretty cheap, But to buy brand new they would defiantly have been the killer of this set up.
I filled it up Wednesday night with tap water and synthetic salts, at 70$ for a bucket that does 240L, I also added 2 eheim aquaball pumps (60 each), each rated at 650l/h plus the jewel tank that comes with the filter which is another 600l giving me 1900l/h so just over 10 the tank volume an hour, i am planning on adding a couple more power heads for water movement
and tonight I brought the live rock home, now this was the expensive bit, with live rock retailing at 14$ a kg and i ended up adding 30kgs, you can do the maths but its all now in place.
its still cloudy but here’s some pictures,
well my photobucket account just died so i shall add the photos tommorow
will keep u updated
#2
Posted 17 April 2008 - 09:13 PM
Your set-up can be considered as a "high budget" basic set-up. my experiment will be "low budget" basic set-up... hehehe
#3
Posted 19 April 2008 - 06:51 PM
#4
Posted 19 April 2008 - 07:00 PM
#5
Posted 19 April 2008 - 07:03 PM
#6
Posted 19 April 2008 - 07:15 PM
my favorite new pumps the eheim aquaball
the tank + limesand
FIlled with water
the pumps again
the lighting
messy room
all rocked up- although i dont like how it looks and plan on redoing most of it
some of the first corals
and 1 of my new mandarine pair (NOT IN THIS TANK- but in a smaller quartine for next few months unitll big tank is all happy and healthy-)
#7
Posted 19 April 2008 - 07:30 PM
By the way, looking good mate.. keep up the good work.
Cheers!
#8
Posted 19 April 2008 - 07:32 PM
How much are the Eheim aquaballs? Is the output jet quite narrow and strong like a traditional powerhead or wide like a Tunze stream?
Dazza
#9
Posted 19 April 2008 - 07:35 PM
#10
Posted 19 April 2008 - 07:42 PM
By the way, looking good mate.. keep up the good work.
Cheers!
at that stage i hadnt decied weither i was planning on using one or not, you will notice in the later pics i have pulled it of tho.
they were about 60 from memory they come with 2 diffrent heads so you can have either the narrow or the wide output, i used the wider out put as i find it gets a more random distributed flow around the tank, instead of just blowing directy against the corals.
#11
Posted 19 April 2008 - 07:50 PM
and id lower the metal halide if i wer you becouse ther not the brightest m/h you can get
#12
Posted 19 April 2008 - 08:00 PM
and id lower the metal halide if i wer you becouse ther not the brightest m/h you can get
i took the skimmer off as i cant be botherd using one,they take out more good stuff from the water than bad, and yes i know i need to lower the mh its up the high from when i had my 5x2x2 there and i havent yet had a chance to do it
#13
Posted 19 April 2008 - 08:04 PM
#14
Posted 19 April 2008 - 08:07 PM
Dude... you said the following in "marine discussion>nice addition": Just as you have liverock dosent mean u dont need a skimmer, actually it works more the other way.
I would deffenrly recommend using a skimmer they are a wonder in marine tanks
Why the change of mind???
Just so you know, A LOT of people are reading this "Marine Discussion" with interest because 1) they might have experience to share or 2) They're looking at setting up marine and want to see results from other people's experience whether it's a full marine set-up or just a basic one...
Mate, please be clear on the topics....so to help others understand better...
Cheers!
#15
Posted 19 April 2008 - 08:18 PM
I would deffenrly recommend using a skimmer they are a wonder in marine tanks
Why the change of mind???
Just so you know, A LOT of people are reading this "Marine Discussion" with interest because 1) they might have experience to share or 2) They're looking at setting up marine and want to see results from other people's experience whether it's a full marine set-up or just a basic one...
Mate, please be clear on the topics....so to help others understand better...
Cheers!
becouse what i recommend and what i do are to diffrent things , for a beigner a skimmer is a great thing to use, but i want to try this tank with out one, ive used skimmers on all my other tanks and to experament thought i would give it a miss on this one, dont bother trying to understand me, not even i do
#16
Posted 19 April 2008 - 08:19 PM
When I did my marine I let it cycle in for about 4 weeks with just the live
rock before i added and coral or fish.
#17
Posted 19 April 2008 - 08:20 PM
yes 2 150's and 2 small power compacts, they do need to come down a bit tho,
#18
Posted 19 April 2008 - 08:22 PM
When I did my marine I let it cycle in for about 4 weeks with just the live
rock before i added and coral or fish.
Ammonia or nitrite does not affect corals, fish i will need to wait for but not long, due to the good quality of the live rock i have got it should be cycled in a couple of days
#19
Posted 19 April 2008 - 08:30 PM
your going to have ammonia and nitrite spikes as the
living rock settles in.
#20
Posted 19 April 2008 - 08:30 PM
honestly man having corals and no skimmer is a disaster and an expensive 1 at that iv got a fully stocked coral reef n 1 day my skimmer stoped working without me knowing and it whent downhill fast
and skimmers dont take out more good stuff than bad if the stuff so good why is it a brown sluge in the skim cup and anothe bonus with the skimmers is yo can conect an ozoneizer to it wich is a must for most highly stocked marien tanks
coral neeed the most pure water you can give them especialy sps corals they will die with to much nuetriants in the water
0 user(s) are reading this topic
0 members, 0 guests, 0 anonymous users