My 1st marine tank

carlowchris wrote:

cool

love the bangai and the snowflake blennie will have ya on the constant hunt for him

what type of wrasse is that????

I can never go in to seahorse and walk out with just what I went in for

Too true always need to buy something, it's a lubbocks fairy wrasse, all are feeding already so that's a good sign & the blenny is already hard to find, keep finding him in a different nook or crannie so think he's just trying to find a home

mines in the tank two years or more....don't think ive ever seen him in the same spot twice

Ya he's constantly moving, already enjoying watching him

Ok so I'm no DIY expert but this is my attempt at building a net screen to hopefully stop the wrasse from jumping out of the tank, it sits nicely inside the pelmet so can't be seen unless your looking in from above.

What mesh /net did ya use???

carlowchris wrote:

What mesh /net did ya use???

It's just like a string netted fabric, shoukd I have used something else ?

No looks cool

Think nearly everyone is trying these kind of covers now....

The proper kits are an absolute fortune...so I keep on saying I might try something like this.

carlowchris wrote:

No looks cool

Think nearly everyone is trying these kind of covers now....

The proper kits are an absolute fortune...so I keep on saying I might try something like this.

Think I may need to put another layer of netting overlapping it because the holes might be too large or try get a net with smaller holes

Try to reduce the mesh to 0.5cm squares!

Any particular reason your doing one???do ya not have a glass lid???

I have a glass lid on mine which has several breaks in it....which is why I was thinking of one....was looking on YouTube though at some of the really advanced reefers in America and all of them have glass tops ...but there all running metal halides as well so make make sense for them..

There is some super cheap mesh on adverts that might be good if ya can get it in a big enough size.

touch.adverts.ie/fish-tanks/fish-tank-pl...-moss-carpet/5420977

I used a small hole plastic mesh from woodies to build the covers for the koi pond ,its in the gardening department and on a roll a metre wide so you just buy as much as you need . Only thing that might not suit you salty lads is that its green

carlowchris wrote:

Any particular reason your doing one???do ya not have a glass lid???

I have a glass lid on mine which has several breaks in it....which is why I was thinking of one....was looking on YouTube though at some of the really advanced reefers in America and all of them have glass tops ...but there all running metal halides as well so make make sense for them..

There is some super cheap mesh on adverts that might be good if ya can get it in a big enough size.

touch.adverts.ie/fish-tanks/fish-tank-pl...-moss-carpet/5420977

No don't have a glass lid, i thought with a glass lid it wiuld keep more heat in and stop evaporation I have the mesh because the wrasse is supposed to be a jumper

Went to sh in dublin today with a birthday voucher and got an aqua one aqua filler auto top up system, only €70 can't see many reviews for it anywhere so hopefully it will do the job! also got 2 corals, a favia frag and a lobophyllia coral and a bucket of salt. The bag with the lobo fell into my tank when I was acclimating it so hopefully I didn't do damage
Best thing is I left with a full card of stamps so have €100 on livestock to get on my next visit

Favia

Lobophylia

Auto top up

Does the auto top up work using float switches or a electronic sensor ? The reason i am asking is that i recently installed one of the sensor type in my sump

It has 3 float switches haven't set it up yet think il wait til tomorrow been a long day

Look forward to yourreview on it . The corals look fab, so colourful

robert wrote:

Look forward to yourreview on it . The corals look fab, so colourful

Thank you, but won't be much of a review as iv nothing to compare it to, hopefully it will do me good. Really happy with the coral and even happier with the ideas of what to get next with the card, fish or coral I don't know

Nice lobo and favia.. .Think I was looking at favia myself . Really nice

How'd ya get on with the mesh lid???was looking in seahorse and they do a diy kit works out expensive but does look really Good....must look on line has to be cheaper kits out there.

carlowchris wrote:

Nice lobo and favia.. .Think I was looking at favia myself . Really nice

How'd ya get on with the mesh lid???was looking in seahorse and they do a diy kit works out expensive but does look really Good....must look on line has to be cheaper kits out there.

Thanks Chris, the lids doing fine nothings jumped out so far anyway
I was lucky enough, I got mine in work it was supposed to be for a Bird Proofing job and the boss let me have it, I just needed to cut it down to size. It's aluminium frame and each end just slots into each other.
I'd imagine you could make one easy enough even just using a wood frame and it would be a fraction of the cost .
Ya I love the corals but don't really see them growing or doing much maybe I need to increase my light intensity?

Is the lobo and Favia feeding well? Feed when you can visibly see tentacles on the lobo. If they seam to be constantly on the look for food try feeding abit more but if your feeding twice a week already try changing to coral snow or something like reef roids

If your currently doing that, the lobo loves light so increasing the light a little bit will be good for it, they are moderate to high lighting level requirements.

The favia could be looking for abit more flow or lighting as well, they can adapt to almost anything and once settled will be the longest living coral in your tank

Sukahn wrote:

Is the lobo and Favia feeding well? Feed when you can visibly see tentacles on the lobo. If they seam to be constantly on the look for food try feeding abit more but if your feeding twice a week already try changing to coral snow or something like reef roids

If your currently doing that, the lobo loves light so increasing the light a little bit will be good for it, they are moderate to high lighting level requirements.

The favia could be looking for abit more flow or lighting as well, they can adapt to almost anything and once settled will be the longest living coral in your tank

Iv only ever seen tentacles on the lobo once and that was in the 1st few days of getting it.
The favia has 2 maybe 3 tentacle things that spring out and in almost constantly froom the centre of some of the green spots. Hope I explained that properly are these the feeding tentacles? There not very long!
I try feed them using a syringe and frozen mysis shrimp and phytoplankton but they dont seem to take or get a chance as the skunk shrimp steals all the food.il increase the lighting

Try using a coke bottle, cut the top off and hold it over them. Same time everyday and they will learn to look for food at that time.

They grow quite slowly and can take a long time to grow. I've had about an inch of growth in a year with my brain.

Sukahn wrote:

Try using a coke bottle, cut the top off and hold it over them. Same time everyday and they will learn to look for food at that time.

They grow quite slowly and can take a long time to grow. I've had about an inch of growth in a year with my brain.

Thank you I will definitely try this, cheers buddy

For dealing with the cleaner, give him a large peice of mysis, make sure its very fleshy while you feed other corals. They will be occupied with that for a long time lol.

When using the coke bottle, dont be tempted to overfeed, keep with the amount that you usually put in the tank but because it will stay above the coral for 5-10 mins they will eat more than they ever have.

Direct feeding corals is always a good thing, makes them grow alot faster. I only do this every now and again just to make sure they get a good feed every now and again. It brought out my sun corals so they come out every evening now just before i change to actinic lighting.

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ID please? Seen these growing a few weeks ago, this the first decent pic I could get?

Cant really see what it is from the pic as i can only see it through my email. think its a type of algae but cant be 100% sure.

Is it kinda bubbles with stalks with what looks like white roots. If its that, it will grow and grow in your tank. just carefully keep pulling it off. can become quite big and a nuisance, great for removing phosphates and nitrates tho.