Tank Journal Archive

[ethana123]

hey guys i started a saltwater tank about 2 and a half months ago its just a plain old 36x18x18 tank with an aqua one protein skimmer and 2200 lph canister filter 2 t5 lights with about 25 kilos of live rock i have 2 ocellaris clowns a bennetts toby puffer and fuzzy dwarf lionfish 2 coral banded shrimp a few hermits and a few snails with 7 snails. i am currently looking to upgrade to the sdwa hy-1200 470l tank at sydney discus world partly because it comes with a sump already lol but cant seem to find any specs or reviews on it has anyone had any experience wth this tank ? i will be taking the puffer and lion back to the lfs as the puffer nips at the clowns fins and the lion really restricts my choices for fish

 

[Buddy]

:welcome You certainly have a different group of fish than most people on here! I'd love to see any pics of the the lionfish and puffer.

 

[MTG]

so are you after a tank that comes with a stand and sump? i have a few options in mind

 

[Phil]

http://www.sydneydiscusworld.com/sdwa-hy-1200-470l/
Is that this one? Looks pretty good

 

[ethana123]

what options did you have in mind ? ... yes thats the tank

 

[MTG]

a cade marine model of course!! see my tank its a cade tank that a modded to be an all in one! :D

 

[ethana123]

what mods did you end up doing to it ? ... i like how it looks

 

[MTG]

what mods did you end up doing to it ? ... i like how it looks

i had the box in the rear corner built to fit a skimmer, heater auto topup return pump, bag of carbon and probe for temp. has dual bubble traps in it to and takes up less then 15% of the tank volume :D

 

[ethana123]

do you know of anyone who has experience wit the sdwa hy-1200 ? i wanna see what its sumplooks like

 

[MTG]

no sorry ive never seen anyone with one

 

[ethana123]

unfortunately the lion ate one of my smaller clowns before i could take him back

 

[Priscacara]

ouch!

 

[ethana123]

wow its been a long time since i posted here. i took the lion back to lfs and got a royal gramma and decided to keep the puffer so its just the puffer a clown and a royal gramma a coral banded shrimp some mushies a nice big sinularia and three corals i have no idea what they are called and a couple hermits , the puffer keeps picking at the snails and killing them unfortunately. ive been waiting to add some more corals and was just chasing some ideas on some easy corals and MTG i was also wondering if the cade's sump works as is or if down the line i would have to change it ... i like the look of the back parcel tank

 

[Sarg]

Welcome back :) got some more pics?

Still thinking if upgrading?

 

[ethana123]

yes i will upload the photos tomorrow and yes i was looking at this one http://www.aquascapedesign.com.au/products.php?product=CADE-Marine-Tank-Set-HL1200

 

[MTG]

yes i will upload the photos tomorrow and yes i was looking at this one http://www.aquascapedesign.com.au/products.php?product=CADE-Marine-Tank-Set-HL1200

Very nice choice they are great tanks

 

[ethana123]

this is a pic of he tank when i first started. i will upload a pic of what it looks like now when i can get the image from my phone to the laptop lol

 

[ethana123]

This what it looks like now ... I only added the hammer and goniopora in today

 

[chimaera]

Looking good, that leather is obviously enjoying your setup it doubled in size! (assuming same one)

 

[ethana123]

yeah i forgot i had a photo of it and was wondering if it had gotten bigger than i found that picture and i thought wow it was tiny than lol if it keeps growing ill have to move it to the centre of the tank so it doesnt hit the protein skimmer