my new 800l marine tank

hi all,
here are some pics of the new clearseal tank, all comments welcome
left side of sump(scimmer, co2 regulator, tunze top up controller)

right side of sump(heater back up generator, calcium reactor,bucket for top up controller)

the tank itself (2x250w metal haloids, 2 54w blue t8, koreli 5, koreli 6)tunze controller

the tank itself (2x250w metal haloids, 2 54w blue t8, koreli 5, koreli 6)

zeovit reactor to be added to the middle section of the sump, oh yaeh 80k of lr in the tank

looks amazing cant wait to see what else you do with it how is herindoors with it did she lose the plot when she got back from new york

keith wrote:

looks amazing cant wait to see what else you do with it how is herindoors with it did she lose the plot when she got back from new york

alright kieth,
she is still moaning, its too big , the lights hurting her eyes,the room is wrecked ect,ect.
but im still here ,no bruises, no open wounds and she is not leaving me, so a definite victory:laugh: .how are you getting on with your own tank

hi kev,
at the moment i think ill leave the bottom bare, although i may add a very shallow bed eventually if it starts to bother me.there are a lot of good reasons to leave it bare, nitrates ect. you wont see much of the bottom when im finished anyway, its destined to be packed with lps, with the rest of the tank being sps.

That is a whopper of a tank Paddy, that'll cost a few bob to stock...
Never mind stocking, it'll cost a few bob to do a water change!!

2poc wrote:

That is a whopper of a tank Paddy, that'll cost a few bob to stock...
Never mind stocking, it'll cost a few bob to do a water change!!

thanks mate, im not looking forward to the waterchanges though, 80l per week:( , when the tank is established (6-12months) i hope to be doing 1 a month
some good news though, set up the zeovit reactor, should be ready for fish in 10-11 days (hopefully)

very nice paddy looks like its gonna be an epic tank looking forward to seeing more pics in the future

thanks steven, ill do my best
cant wait to see the new set up down there.

the ball will start rolling this weekend paddy not alot just enough to start us off

Hi Paddy your tank looks great looking foward to seeing more pictures when you start stocking.What kind of wish list do you have fish wise.

Paddy tank is looking the dogs bolx can't wait ta see it when u have it stocked. Can't wait ta get mine home.

Hi paddy lovely setup cant wait to see it stocked its setups like this gives me a yearning for a bigger tank a well you never know what Santa will bring

hi stephen,
ill try get down on sunday to have a butchers, best of luck with it.

cheers sunbeams,
i was like yourself, once the bug catches you ur fxxxxx, you will never be happy, you will always want to upgrade, and if i ever move to a bigger house im sure ill upgrade again:laugh:

eoin, when is the tank arriving? best of luck with it mate.

hi gally,
the first fish are being delivered and going in on sunday:woohoo:
blonde naso tang
black saddle back clown
regal angel
bicolour angel
cleaner wrasse
cleaner shrimp

here is whats to come over the next 8 weeks
yellow tang
purple tang
shoal tang
white cheek tang
unicorn tang
niger triger
true percula clownx2
4-5 orange anthiasts
4-5 chromis
xlarge mandrain later down the line
fu man chu lionfish:dry:
purple and reg fire fish
racoon buterfly
as for corals
there will be at least 20 sps covering the rock
8-10 lps, hammer ,torch, frogspawn,open brains x3, trumpets, suncorals,foxtrot these will all be cvering the base of the tank. im obviously going to monitor the tangs aggresion towards each other and if the regal angel starts munching corals he will have to go also, at least i can put a few clams in if i do have to get rid of him. i hope to be able to complete the tank by the end of feb, and then i can concentrate on tweaking the colours of the sps and growing big and beutiful sps. well thats the list mate,thanks for the nice comment, ill post pics on sunday of the new arrivals

Thats a cool list Paddy just be careful with the triger i had 1 befor and had to go back when he got a little bigger he got a little to bossy for the tank mates if you know what i mean;) but lovely fish keep us posted with pictures sound like its going to be a great tank.Paddy if you dont mind me asking were do you order your fish online?

yeah ill have to keep an eye on him, iv seen them ok in some set ups and nuts in others,always wanted one though.
cheers

Sounds great Paddy make sure that you have the batteries well charged on the camera as I cant wait to see the pics surely you forgot about a scotter blennie I got one on Saturday and have watched him all week. Yours on the salty side Edd

love scotters,probably down the line as just like the mandrain your tank needs to be well established so there is enough food for him.because i have it barebottom i would need to leave it even longer ,great fish though(i had one in my last tank). stick up a pic of your own tank mate, id love to see it, its nice to get as many ideas as possible when your setting up.
talk soon
paddy

Hi Paddy,

Nice set up, cant wait to see pics and how things are going... By the time you finish yours i will be starting mine, of coarse my tank will be much smaller (280l)... Ive got the tunze auto top up for my new system, so maybe you can share ur thoughts on this gadget... Have you used it before?

Thanks,

Leandro

hi leandro,
the tunze top up is 1 of the best on the market and easy to set up, give me a shout if you need any help with it. im very happy with it

any updates..pics etc...

first 6 fish went in
foxface
regal angel
whip tail wrasse
cleaner wrasse
blonde naso tang

all seem fine.

some pics of the new arrivals

hey reefpaddy,

any more pics or videos

unfortunitly not mate, i ran into a bit of trouble about 3 weeks ago,i lost 3 fish:( , so things have to be left to settle for a while. ill start adding again vsoon. ill add 3(naso and clowns) fish prob this weekend and another 5(chromis) the week after. but i will be mainly cocentrating on corals for the next month. ill keep posting updates.

HI reefpaddy sorry to hear about your fish as I lost my copperband last week he was doing great I thought feeding well on a wide variety of food and had just finished a cup of tea watching him swimming around and went to the shop to get fuel and when i came back he was belly up couldnt have been more than 15mins I have been watching him closly as these are hard to keep yours on the salty side Edd. p/s will get you some pics up when I get my camera back from being repaired as I dropped it

sorry to hear about the copperb, how long did you have him, very strange for a fish to get bad that quick.looking forward to the pics