Tank Journal Archive

[Nick.C]

Hi All,

Starting a Journal on my very first ever marine tank.. yerp I choose to go a Pico to :).

I will put a list of the things I have bought and try upload some pictures so you can all see my progress. thanks to a fellow Reefuge members "Buddy", "MTG" & "Chimaera" who has helped me out ALOT with this. below is a list of things I am running on my tank and what I have purchased to hopefully get me going with no dramas :D

28L Pico Acrylic Cube
Ocean Free Nanoskimmer
50w Hydor Theo heater
Hydor Nano Wavemaker
Micmol Aqua Mini full spectrum LED lighting

I have also purchased Alk, Calcium, Nitrate, Nitrite, Potassium, Ammonia, Phosphate and PH test kits in Salifert brand. Should keep me going for a while.

Attached is a start picture of the set up. the skimmer fits in the back perfect! happy with how it fits. Sorry about the shitty image. I will get better ones when I do updates.

Stay tuned for regular updates.

Bye for now
Nick.

 

[SpikeHoover&Rocky]

@Buddy @MTG @chimaera

Props to you guys in the above message

@Nick.C use the @ symbol to tag members and :welcome

I will be tagging along for this one. :D

 

[Nick.C]

Thanks for the tip. I wasn't sure about that one :) Buddy has been a huge help! I will be even getting some of my first Zoa's of him ;)

 

[MagicJ]

Good start @Nick.C - see, it wasn't too hard to start your TJ :)

Now, you just need to find yourself an avatar :p

 

[Nick.C]

@MagicJ, I think your right.. I think ill wait until my tank is up and going :) then ill take a pic and put as my avatar :D

 

[chimaera]

Hi All,

Starting a Journal on my very first ever marine tank.. yerp I choose to go a Pico to :).

I will put a list of the things I have bought and try upload some pictures so you can all see my progress. thanks to a fellow Reefuge members "Buddy", "MTG" & "Chimaera" who has helped me out ALOT with this. below is a list of things I am running on my tank and what I have purchased to hopefully get me going with no dramas :D

28L Pico Acrylic Cube
Ocean Free Nanoskimmer
50w Hydor Theo heater
Hydor Nano Wavemaker
Micmol Aqua Mini full spectrum LED lighting

I have also purchased Alk, Calcium, Nitrate, Nitrite, Potassium, Ammonia, Phosphate and PH test kits in Salifert brand. Should keep me going for a while.

Attached is a start picture of the set up. the skimmer fits in the back perfect! happy with how it fits. Sorry about the shitty image. I will get better ones when I do updates.

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Stay tuned for regular updates.

Bye for now
Nick.

woohoo!

 

[MTG]

all good mate! glad to help out any time!

 

['vspec']

@Nick.C

Welcome to the reefuge bud
Look forward to your progress dude, nanos are tuff, pico even tuffer, make sure your latched onto your support network if this is the first tank bud, shes an awesomely steep curve, but enjoyable. Rock on, will pop in on your progress

 

[MagicJ]

all good mate! glad to help out any time!

What are doing on The Reefuge?? Haven't you just got engaged :eek

 

['vspec']

matty got engaged?

 

[MagicJ]

matty got engaged?

Yep - Brydie wanted a new ring and it was the only way she could get one :p

 

[MTG]

What are doing on The Reefuge?? Haven't you just got engaged :eek

hahaha thanks shane yes we did!

matty got engaged?

i sure did dude!

Back on topic now i guess :P

 

[leodb89]

Hey mate looking forward to this...one thing you might wanna do is get a joiner for the air pump, it has 2 outlets and will be noise and wont be using the full potential of the air pump, so 2 out of the air pump feed into joiner and go into 1 to the skimmer.

Looking forward to this :)

 

[Nick.C]

Hey mate looking forward to this...one thing you might wanna do is get a joiner for the air pump, it has 2 outlets and will be noise and wont be using the full potential of the air pump, so 2 out of the air pump feed into joiner and go into 1 to the skimmer.

Looking forward to this :)

Thanks for the input :) I will go out tomorrow and get a joiner for that. I didn't even realise until you pointed it out HAHAHA

 

[leodb89]

Thanks for the input :) I will go out tomorrow and get a joiner for that. I didn't even realise until you pointed it out HAHAHA

Yeah not sure why they sell it like that.

Being a smaller tank the pump should be enough, on the 34L though i upgraded the air pump, as you know you try keep a lower bioload with nano and pico tanks so there virtually isnt enough to get the skimmer to work, with this skimmer anyway. you may have a better experience as it is a smaller tank than mine but has the same size air pump.

Do you plan on doing regular water changes? if you're doing 10-20% a week you might even find you wont need the skimmer :)

 

[Nick.C]

Yeah not sure why they sell it like that.

Being a smaller tank the pump should be enough, on the 34L though i upgraded the air pump, as you know you try keep a lower bioload with nano and pico tanks so there virtually isnt enough to get the skimmer to work, with this skimmer anyway. you may have a better experience as it is a smaller tank than mine but has the same size air pump.

Do you plan on doing regular water changes? if you're doing 10-20% a week you might even find you wont need the skimmer :)

I am planning on doing a 5L change weekly and top ups when needed during the week. My RO system should turn up next week so I will be able to start the cycle in about 2 weeks. Can't wait. mega exciting times at the moment