Decided on 1st marine tank - one feet cube crystal glass

[scentz]

Hello everyone! I have joined the group for a while and decide to do my part by making an entry.

I have been drawn by the idea of cultivating a marine tank at home but decide to start small as it does not look easy at all.

There's not much space for a grand scape, so after rearranging for an hour, I decided this would be the best angles.

Would love to have your advices!

[Evolutionz]

welcome!

first and foremost, forgive me for what im going to say and most probably you wont like it.

1) The smaller the tank, the harder it is to maintain the tank. mainly due to quick parameter shifting and hard to maintain levels of stability. a simple over dose of a strong additive of product can send your tank crashing. Newbies are usually suggested to get a tank as big as possible.

2) Im just assuming your tank is new? i see a new bag with fish which is bad news, your tank is new and it needs to be cycled. at least for 2-3 weeks with proper dosing of bacterials. to be safe i will put it at 4 weeks of cycling. You can use a small market prawn and let it rot inside to feed the bacterial. if the fish survives then good, if it dosn't, do not add anymore while waiting for your tank to cycle.

3) Since your tank is new, i suggest changing out that thick layer of coral chips, to a thin layer of grade 0 or grade 1 sand. or caribsea sands. coral chips trap tons of debris and in a small tank like that, you will find it hard to keep no3 and po4 down. and keep a thin 1-2cm layer of sand will do. you will be surprised how much debris even small grains of sand can trap.

4) upgrade your HOF. your hang on filter looks small and without space for additional filteration stuff. suggest you go for the biggest dolphin hang on filter that is around 800l/hr. one way you can have the space for some carbon, some rowaphos, and aother way, you get a great deal of flow and dosn't require anymore wavemaker if you want to venture into corals.

these are all just my humble suggestion. hope this helps

[illumnae]

Agree with everything bro Evo mentioned above. If you want to start the hobby, start right and you'll have many more fruitful years enjoying your tank.

[lyeheng]

Nice scape