First tank

Hey guys, taught i would put a pic up of my first tank. Bought a fluval M90 from seahorse in galway, their first tank sale woohoo lol.

Going to put tangs and clowns in it but so far 15kgs of live rock and 10kgs of live sand and now going to let to cycle.

Any help or tips would be welcome

Nice aquascaping

Thanks SSS, my other half done the aquascaping on the tank and I really do think she done a good job. Waiting on the guys to get a little more love rock as she wants to add ouch a little more to finish the look off that she's going for.

Nice looking tank Shane, good luck with it

Looks good Shane. Are you goin for fish only, fish and corals?

Hey kmd, it's going to be a coral and fish tank. Don't really know what coral I'm going to get yet. They have one of these tanks setup in Seahorse Galway with fish and choral and it looks great so going to be getting help from Charles there to find out what to do next.

Yes I've seen it, it's starting to come along. There good lads working there so you will have no problems. I'll see you in there some time I'm sure. Any idea about what fish you want to keep? It's better to start thinking early.

Well I've put a deposit on the percula clowns pair they have in the store and then thinking of a few tangs as the other half loves the yellow tang, bubbles from nemo lol.

I'm in there most days as is only a 5 min walk from my house so i probably will see you there at some stage. Always in a Friday as they usually get deliveries on Thursdays.

As im a complete beginner I'm taking the next few weeks as the tank is cycling to fully decide on what to add in. Also thinking of getting the m60 model as well to make the wall the tank is on look like it's the full length of the alcove. Both will fit with 3 cms to spare lol. Will put the percula clowns in the smaller tank on their own

I'm having a problem with the skimmer tho, it seems to be quite loud and the bottom of it doesn't seam to be connected properly and fluval say is supposed to be quite running so have to email them.

Usually a skimmer takes some time to "settle" and can be noisy at first. My one was so annoying in the beginning and stayed loud for a few weeks then one day I realised it was quiet and I have no idea when it stopped or if it was sudden or gradual. But anyway, give it a few weeks and hopefully it'll quiet down.

Ya i have heard that about skimmers. Most people I've read reviews about the tank have said they eventually changed it.

Update on cycle,

had one of the dwarf shrimp (that i put in for my misses to have something I n the tank) have a fight with a red worm that appeared last night. In work now and she had said there are more worms in the tank. I'll post a pic later to to get help to identify what they are.

Yep take your time at the start, it will be worth it in the end.

The tank is a bit small for tangs, and they are not great beginner fish. I was tempted to get a small regal tang(dory), a while ago but I would have to get rid of it in a couple of months, so I left her.

But there are lots of very nice fish that will be ok.

Yea went down to Seahorse Galway today since i heard they got alot of new stock in and, yes they had lol.

Looking at a few different types of fish but still haven't made up my mind. Talking through it with Charles as he has set one up in the shop and its thriving in there. He cant believe it. If you have been in there recently he only put water into that tank 4 weeks ago and its doing really well.

I have put a deposit down on perculas and was thinking of getting a fire angel as they look lovely, will have to do some research on some of the fish im thinking of getting. Charles was trying to get me to buy coral today, cant remember which one as he said it would help with cycle but i think ill wait and keep it to just cleaning crew for a month or so.

From the pics of my tank he thinks that it has cycled really well and i bought 3 turbo snails for the tank. They are asleep now after alot of munching today hehe.

I also have seen a very small, well to me looks like a coral polyp starting to grow and feed lol. cant really get a pic of it in the tank as its in a really awkward spot to photograph, and i have a Canon 5d mII with a macro lens lol.

This is what the tank is looking like now

I was there today to look at the new order, the Solaris wrasse cought my eye, but I think I have to hold back as I have a pretty full tank. But it's a stunning fish and not that expensive .

Sry to say but SOME of the flame angels can nip at corals, but not all do.

Ya there is no harm in leaving the tank another little while. To cycle. It's looking good

Very nice...lovely rock work

flame angels can be a difficult fish as some people have had great succuss with them andthen got another one only to have it die for no reason...i have heard though seahorse got some tank raised ones that people have had success with..

Kmd wrote:

I was there today to look at new order, the Solaris wrasse cought my eye, but I think I have to hold back as I have a pretty full tank. But it's a stunning fish and not that expensive .

Sry to say but SOME of the flame angels can nip at corals, but not all do.

Ya there is no harm in leaving the tank another little while. To cycle. It's looking good

went into today and Charles showed it to me first thing lol.

Was really happy with the way the tank was so have put in a fire shrimp and 4 teg legged hermits today and they seam to be living the tank, loads to eat lol

Charles also convinced me to put in my first coal frag, Pom Pom Xenia, into the tank.

waiting now till the end of the month before i put in any fish as the first things going in are the pair of perculas.

carlowchris wrote:

Very nice...lovely rock work

flame angels can be a difficult fish as some people have had great succuss with them andthen got another one only to have it die for no reason...i have heard though seahorse got some tank raised ones that people have had success with..

ya Charles has said that the ones they have now are easier to have but they could take some chunks out of corals.

Hey everyone.

Tank is up and running 10 days so decided to do a water test and everything is looking good.

Salinity 1.026
ph 8.2
alk 9
Nitrite 0
nitrate 5
ammonia 0

cleaning crew so far are half way through cleaning the rock and have had a few small snails hatch today which was pretty cool to see in there. Will they last in this type of tank since its got the sump in the rest compartment?

And here is a pic to show what is looking like now

The pom pom Xenia is doing really well and had doubled in size in the last 3 days left side of tank.

Looks good. If I can suggest one thing. The Pom Pom will grow fast and take over your rock work. If you don't want this then put it on a rock with sand all around it so it can't spread. But that is your own choice.

Thanks for that kmd. Hopefully I'll be able to move it when i get back as im away for a few days. I had to putit on the largest rock didn't i lol.

Quick tank update,

had a rock fall on Sunday after coming back from a few days away so now after rebuilding my whole left side of the aqua scaping I've created a new arch with alot more glue lol.

Everything else to its going good, will post a pic when i get a chance during the week of the new aqua scaping. It's created more room on the sand for future purchases lol.

Well I'm finally updating tank details,

all water tests are still holding the same and everything seams happy in tank, found a large worm asked for I'd in another thread. My hermits are molting too. My large one is getting huge

I've also added pics of the current residents.

Let me know what you all think

items in tank, Pom Pom Xenia, star polyp, hammer, polyp, fungia

fire shrimp, 3 turbos, 4 red legged hermits.

Looks really good love the setup and your scape

Hey everyone, taught it was about time to update on what's going on in the tank.

All water parameters are looking good so far, got my percula clowns in the tank 2 weeks ago but they are still not settled, staying at the top of the tank but started wandering abit now today.

Fragged my first coral as well last week the pom pom xenia moved onto a small rock i placed beside it. My zoo polyps are ready to frag and get ready for placement in the tank. Fragging pom pom again for a mate onto a small plate so will hopefully have that ready next week.

Changed the aqua scaping a little since the last post on the tank as seen from picture one.

Picture two shows the next step, tank two lol. It's the smaller m60 fluval tank and goes quite well with the m90 see pic 3.

Let me know what ye think.

hey hows it going just wondering how the tanks are doing, any updates

Hey Jeff.

Im sorry I havent posting anything else about the tanks in awhile. Been busy with work and my little one is using all the rest of my time lol.

Both tanks are going great. Large M90 tank is full of different things now. Off the top of my head, 2 Cardinals (male and female), 2 mandirins (male and female), 4 blue green chromis, 1 yellow tang (small) and usual clean up crew but have lost some.

Coral wise in the tank there are 2 birds nests, a purple acra, metallic start polyps, green star polyps, green mushrooms, red mushrroms, blue mushrooms, some kind of red zoa that i need to check name of, and a pink monti. Ohh and my latest arrival of a large frogspawn.

I will post a pic or two of the tank when i get out to my tablet, currently sitting in work lol.

Water para's are going great now going about 10-12 nit and everything else staying down. Keeping water changes to every week/9 days and they still stay stable.

Tank two is the small M60 - water params are great better than the M90.

Fish wise there is only 2 Percula clowns in the tank with a 6 line wrasse due to a slight outbreak of flatworm from a coral tank that will remain nameless Regular clean up crew also

Coral wise in this tank there is a small hammer and a collection of different zoas, 2 different green, yellow, 2 different reds. Alos my pom pom xenia is in this tank and growing well. Been fragged and given to borther in law as well for his tank and currently about 20 stalks form the 4 i originally bought a few months ago lol.

Will post pics as well during the night or the morning.

Really nice looking tanks lloking forward to seeing some more pictures
How are your Mandrins doing i would have though your tank would have been to small for 2 of them ?
Do you feed them copepods are do they eat frozen foods ? Would love to see a few snaps of all your fish and corals if you got a chance

Hey ceech,

the female mandarin is doing great in the tank, male is a little on the skinny side but both eat frozen mysis and brine. Took a few days to train them into eating it but they are. I also put a pack a week of copepods into the tank but the cardinals now seam to eat most before they settle in the tank.

The m90 fluval they are in has 22ish kgs of rock in it now and alfa grog in the sump for the copepods to breed in and there always seams to be some in the tank.

I work nights so i haven't had the time to take new pics of the tank but will over the next few days but here are some taken in the last 2 weeks or so.

Pics