My Marine Tank

[~Sarah~]

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I just put this photo on a marine forum so thought I would put it on K9 too.

I have had this tank running since about Sept 08 (although had a smaller tank before that). I have stocked it slowly and I now have as many fish as I can, unless I get a bigger tank.

I find it fascinating to watch and really enjoy keeping them.

 

[Vicky]

Looks fab :luck:

 

[peppermint sue]

looks fantastic what a lovely job you have made of the tank :thumbsup:

 

[Trish]

oh thats beautiful :thumbsup:

 

[jayp]

Wow lovely tank, corals and fish look fantastic, you have pretty much the corals i like, especcially the pulse coral

if OBE reads this thread he may if i ask him nicely put the ones on i sent him yesterday Jan

 

[AnnSa]

Beautiful :thumbsup:

 

[k4tie-d]

its nemo and his dad (w00t) :wub: :wub: :wub:

we have just bought a tank, should be here by the end of the week, trying to convice OH that it should be marine, but hes not for it

are they difficult to keep compared to tropical??

lovely photo btw :thumbsup:

 

[~Sarah~]

its nemo and his dad (w00t) :wub: :wub: :wub:
we have just bought a tank, should be here by the end of the week, trying to convice OH that it should be marine, but hes not for it

are they difficult to keep compared to tropical??

lovely photo btw :thumbsup:

Well, I have only kept marines, so don't really know how they compare to tropicals. I think it works out more expensive than keeping tropical fish.

Keeping marine fish and corals does sound quite complicated when you read about it, and some people have masses of equipment, but I don't find it too time consuming. You need to carry out regular water changes so you need to make up the salt water, and the salt isn't cheap. I normally change about 10% of the water every week. I have only had one fish loss since starting, so I think I am looking after them OK. )

The biggest thing I have learned is to do everything very slowly - you cannot add fish all at once, but very gradually. I think you can keep a larger number of tropicals per litre compared to marines.

I am a comparative newcomer. We did have a very large tank a couple of years ago, but it was really the OH's tank, so I didn't get involved. When he decided he no longer wanted it and sold it, I purchased a small Nano tank (58 litres) and kept 2 Clownfish plus the Goby/Shrimp pair. I kept the tank for about a year and got really hooked, so then bought this tank. Now I want an even bigger tank, so wish we had kept the original one. :-

I think the biggest thing is to read loads and loads before deciding as there is a lot to learn. There are some great marine/reef forums and people are very helpful.

Good luck with whatever you decide. :luck: :luck:

 

[Kath]

Your tank is gorgeous :thumbsup:

 

[meddling]

That is totally stunning, what a lovely set up. if I was to keep fish thats how I'd do it...but i can't be bothered with all the work

 

[BlueNoise]

Thats brillant I think fish are so relaxing

 

[littlenell]

That is really beautiful!!! I love fish tanks but I have a thing about putting my hands in the water :x so I cant do the cleaning out :b

 

[julie_s]

That's beautiful!

 

[~Sarah~]

Wow lovely tank, corals and fish look fantastic, you have pretty much the corals i like, especcially the pulse coral
if OBE reads this thread he may if i ask him nicely put the ones on i sent him yesterday Jan

Yes, it would be good to see them. What corals/fish do you have?

 

[whippetmad]

Sarah,you have a lovely set up there :thumbsup:

We used to have Marine also,we had clowns,a yellow tang,regal tang and sea apple.Like you said,they do need a bit more looking after,in the way of water changes,salt etc.The better filtrating you have,the better the quality of water, to be able to keep them.

We have been thinking about going back into fishkeeping,but whether it will be Marine i don't know as Marine are alot more expensive to buy then normal tropical fish.We have been looking at some tanks,so we shall see!!!

 

[~Sarah~]

Sarah,you have a lovely set up there :thumbsup: We used to have Marine also,we had clowns,a yellow tang,regal tang and sea apple.Like you said,they do need a bit more looking after,in the way of water changes,salt etc.The better filtrating you have,the better the quality of water, to be able to keep them.

We have been thinking about going back into fishkeeping,but whether it will be Marine i don't know as Marine are alot more expensive to buy then normal tropical fish.We have been looking at some tanks,so we shall see!!!

Thanks.

Tangs are so beautiful. :wub: (we had a Yellow Tang before in the much larger tank) but sadly my tank is too small. I also love Mandarin fish, but you need a lot of live rock for them to survive as they normally feed on the critters that are in/around the rock. Sadly many starve, so not really sure if we should be keeping them at all.

I have two Bangaii Cardinalfish that I bought as babies from someone locally who had bred them. I don't know yet whether they are a pair or not, so will be interesting to see when they are mature.

It is quite an expensive hobby initially I suppose, but once set up doesn't seem too bad. It can run up the electric bill if you have metal halide lights which you really need for keeping hard corals (I think). I only keep soft corals (apart from the Hammerhead which the Clowns 'host') so the lights are economical.

I bought my tank second-hand, so it wasn't too expensive. The live rock that provides most of the filtration is pretty expensive to buy, but sometimes can be purchsed cheaply if someone is selling up a tank.

Good luck with whatever you decide. :luck: :luck: It gives me hours of pleasure, and beats watching TV at times. :thumbsup:

 

[whippetmad]

Sarah,you have a lovely set up there :thumbsup: We used to have Marine also,we had clowns,a yellow tang,regal tang and sea apple.Like you said,they do need a bit more looking after,in the way of water changes,salt etc.The better filtrating you have,the better the quality of water, to be able to keep them.

We have been thinking about going back into fishkeeping,but whether it will be Marine i don't know as Marine are alot more expensive to buy then normal tropical fish.We have been looking at some tanks,so we shall see!!!

Thanks.

Tangs are so beautiful. :wub: (we had a Yellow Tang before in the much larger tank) but sadly my tank is too small. I also love Mandarin fish, but you need a lot of live rock for them to survive as they normally feed on the critters that are in/around the rock. Sadly many starve, so not really sure if we should be keeping them at all.

I have two Bangaii Cardinalfish that I bought as babies from someone locally who had bred them. I don't know yet whether they are a pair or not, so will be interesting to see when they are mature.

It is quite an expensive hobby initially I suppose, but once set up doesn't seem too bad. It can run up the electric bill if you have metal halide lights which you really need for keeping hard corals (I think). I only keep soft corals (apart from the Hammerhead which the Clowns 'host') so the lights are economical.

I bought my tank second-hand, so it wasn't too expensive. The live rock that provides most of the filtration is pretty expensive to buy, but sometimes can be purchsed cheaply if someone is selling up a tank.

Good luck with whatever you decide. :luck: :luck: It gives me hours of pleasure, and beats watching TV at times. :thumbsup:

I,ve seen quite a few on Ebay,quite reasonable,so might still keep a look out.

We might just have a fish only set up,we will see!!

What size tank is that you got Sarah?

 

[Janimal]

Sarah that setup is absolutely stunning...looks so relaxing :wub: youve done a brilliant job.

Have you had marine fish before or

is this a first...Ive had coldwater and tropicals most of my life, and this is the first year Ive never had any at all....empty tanks... :unsure:

thought I might set another one up...but thought marine might be too hard to me, so may stick with tropicals...I love silver dollars, angels

and gouramis.

I havnt had the heart to set up after loosing all mine 2 years ago whilst on holiday in Ibiza and someone else was looking after them.

 

[~Sarah~]

Sarah that setup is absolutely stunning...looks so relaxing :wub: youve done a brilliant job.Have you had marine fish before or

is this a first...Ive had coldwater and tropicals most of my life, and this is the first year Ive never had any at all....empty tanks... :unsure:

thought I might set another one up...but thought marine might be too hard to me, so may stick with tropicals...I love silver dollars, angels

and gouramis.

I havnt had the heart to set up after loosing all mine 2 years ago whilst on holiday in Ibiza and someone else was looking after them.

Thanks Janis.

Sorry to hear you lost your all your fish. I would imagine it's rather soul-destroying when that happens. I have only had one fish loss so far (I had only had the fish for about 2 weeks, so not sure if it was already unwell).

I did keep tropicals many years ago (but don't remember anything about them now). We became interested in marine fish after scuba diving in the Red Sea a few years ago - it was amazing.

So as complete novices we bought a very large tank in 2006 from that well known auction site. My OH really took control (typically) and although I loved it, I didn't really take much part in the care of the tank - it was all a bit of a mystery. Anyway, after about 18 months he no longer wanted the responsibility and decided to sell it. I found homes for some of the fish, but I wanted to keep our 2 Clownfish, and a Goby/Shrimp pair, so I bought a little Nano tank (58 litres) for them. As I looked after it myself, I learned a lot more and got really hooked. I spend time on a couple of really helpful marine fish forums, and like K9, people are always on hand to give advice.

Last September I purchased this tank second-hand - a Juwel Trigon (190 litres). The trouble is I now want something about 250-300 litres, so wish I had kept the original tank!!

I don't have masses of equipment and don't have a sump, so kept things quite simple. I really wouldn't say it was difficult but does require some time each week. The main thing I have learned is to take things very slowly, don't impulse buy, and don't always be guided by the local fish shop. :-

If I do get a bigger tank, I thought I could keep this for some tropical fish!! :-

 

[Myfairlady]

Awesome! I'm going to show the picture to my young son. He loves fish and we spend ages in the pet shop staring at them!

Beautiful picture.