Tank Journal Archive

[Marine4life]

I have been running my aqua one ar 380 for 4 weeks and have just added a new aqua one marine blue/sunlight light and hoping it should be ready soon. :)

 

[chimaera]

:welcome

Do you have any rock in the tank yet?

 

[Live rock]

:welcome

Do you have any rock in the tank yet?

No I am getting a piece tomorrow of live rock
How long should I wait until I put my clowns in there?

 

[chimaera]

Until your cycle is complete - at least a few weeks away most likely, possibly more.
- put in your live rock
- test for ammonia, nitrite and nitrate every few days (you should first see ammonia, then nitrite, then nitrate or combinations of these)
- watch the diatom bloom (everything will turn brown)
- add a clean up crew - snails, hermits etc
- test some more
- when those three measures are all ZERO, then you can consider adding some coral and fish

Please, please do not add them before this is completed ... your water at this stage is toxic and chances are they will die. Even if they survive, it is like putting them into the sewer for a few weeks.

 

[Cycle]

Until your cycle is complete - at least a few weeks away most likely, possibly more.
- put in your live rock
- test for ammonia, nitrite and nitrate every few days (you should first see ammonia, then nitrite, then nitrate or combinations of these)
- watch the diatom bloom (everything will turn brown)
- add a clean up crew - snails, hermits etc
- test some more
- when those three measures are all ZERO, then you can consider adding some coral and fish

Please, please do not add them before this is completed ... your water at this stage is toxic and chances are they will die. Even if they survive, it is like putting them into the sewer for a few weeks.

Thank you for the help will use it
Do you have clowns at the moment what do you feed them

 

[Cycle]

Thank you for the help will use it
Do you have clowns at the moment what do you feed them

Do I need to test for phosphate, calcium etc

 

[firebird]

Clowns eat everything-are piglets-feed mine mysis,pellets;rotifers;lobster eggs;cyclopeeze-basically they eat whatever I feed the tank

 

[firebird]

Do I need to test for phosphate, calcium etc

Too soon to start testing for these things. Cycle your tank first as per Chimaera and test for the parameters he suggested

 

[chimaera]

Clowns eat everything-are piglets-feed mine mysis,pellets;rotifers;lobster eggs;cyclopeeze-basically they eat whatever I feed the tank

This! They are definitely the piggies of the marine world!

Too soon to start testing for these things. Cycle your tank first as per Chimaera and test for the parameters he suggested

+1 also - the other tests will come further down the line and depending on which corals you want to keep.

 

[Priscacara]

My last additions to the dt were 2 small clowns, I was so worried about them getting belted around in the flow as well as what I could get them to eat. Fully agree with Firebird and Chimaera, they are pigs! The smallest of the two eats 2mm pellets, a whole mysis shrimp (takes a chomp or three) and they beat the other fish to the food even if they are on the other side of the tank :D

 

[Marine4life]

My last additions to the dt were 2 small clowns, I was so worried about them getting belted around in the flow as well as what I could get them to eat. Fully agree with Firebird and Chimaera, they are pigs! The smallest of the two eats 2mm pellets, a whole mysis shrimp (takes a chomp or three) and they beat the other fish to the food even if they are on the other side of the tank :D

Ohh k cool I will pick some pellets up tomorrow I am planning on getting the nutrafin marine pellets
And have added my live rock will post pic tomorrow :)

 

[Marine4life]

Finally added my live rock

 

[Darren S]

Will be watching this thread with interest as my son has two of these tanks that he is keen to change over to marine!

 

[Priscacara]

Nice piece of rock, fits in well with plenty of space for coral and fish to swim around it.

 

[Marine4life]

Yea cheers I liked it cause it has the holes and the flat spot for coral.
Darren S the things I have added is a
. Aqua one 11w sunlight/marine blue
. Matrix
. New filter cartridge
. Crushed coral substrate
. Live rock
Hope this has helped

 

[Marine4life]

Ideas on where to put the coral?
Also let us know how much light, how high, flow rate and if you can put them on the substrate.
Thanks

 

[iluvnanos]

You can put some corals on the substrate but some others won't like it also medium to High flow is important for most corals

 

[chimaera]

Depends which coral! What are you looking to get?

 

[Marine4life]

Torch,hammer maybe pulsating xenia

 

[chimaera]

They could all go anywhere to be honest - all prefer lower flow. Bear in mind that the torch shouldn't touch anything including the hammer.