Low-class Marine

[SeaMarine]

My newly marine tank started abt 3 mth ago..

[SeaMarine]

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[Acanthurus pyroferus]

My newly marine tank started abt 3 mth ago..

By the way it's a lovely tank! Some live rock would make it alot more of a stunner but what is that tube doing at the bottom resting on your sand bed? Is that a light bulb?

[Achilles Tang]

Hi.

Are those dead hard corals?

What's your lighting like?

[bwilly]

looks like fake corals to me.

[sphinx]

By the way it's a lovely tank! Some live rock would make it alot more of a stunner but what is that tube doing at the bottom resting on your sand bed? Is that a light bulb?

looks like those selling at luo han shop as underwater uv light or something like that

[SeaMarine]

Acanthurus pyroferus that tube is ###### those dirt on the ground, it is connected to my power head behind the big dead coral..

[SeaMarine]

no fake coral.. only got one which is dead coral.. there is one plate coral, two button coral if not wrong and one cup coral and one star poly got frm Day. star poly i thnk dead already as i put there for so long and the star have not come out yet..

[SeaMarine]

the light blub i used is marine blue moon.. which is suitable for marine tank and it is 20watt if not wrong..

[SpiderOne]

looks lik u bought day's sps without knowing the requirements and care..

[metals99]

your marine tank looks like snowing like that bottom white.. what is it??

[Tanzy]

the light blub i used is marine blue moon.. which is suitable for marine tank and it is 20watt if not wrong..

One FL light won't be enough to sustain those corals. You'll definitely need more lighting. At least 3 more tubes.

[SeaMarine]

ok, tanzy i will try to put one more white light for my tank. metal99 that is white small stone around 5mm big..

[Giritharan]

Nice tank... Keep UP..., Very Standart, not so messy:) Ne way... could you tell me wat filter system you using..

Best Regards,

Giritharan

[bwilly]

k.. I think is your flash from cam.. make it look abit fake..

try for longer exposure..

[SeaMarine]

ya..coz if i nv on my flash the whole pic will be very dark unable to see so clear.. as my cam is quite a lousy type..

[SeaMarine]

i using those top filter type.. 1st layer is sponge second is those white color ring for bacteria to live in"dunno wat the ring call" sorry. then third layer is spong again.. the powerhead is using is aquanic powerhead 1500.

[Giritharan]

i using those top filter type.. 1st layer is sponge second is those white color ring for bacteria to live in"dunno wat the ring call" sorry. then third layer is spong again.. the powerhead is using is aquanic powerhead 1500.

Can i Suggest you to buy those, Extrenal Filter, But remeber they cost more. Ne way it come with 3 stages, So you can add Bio rocks, COral Chips, Carbon, and the filter system itself,

or

Unless You have alotta space .. you can get a 2ft tank divided into two and make your own filtering system, Much Nicer but more space,

Best Regards,

Giritharan

[SeaMarine]

if i save up $$ i will get my filtering upgrade.. juz used that at the moment

[Dazza]

slowly but surely u'll build yr tank up. No woris. Hoiw abt getting rid of the pcis in teh background- yr inhabitants shd be stunning enough w/o the pics.

[Achilles Tang]

Seamarine,

I guess you are on a very tight budget as I can see that your marine tank is inadequately setup.

1. Your tank is bigger than your stand. Watch out for instability.

2. Using small white rocks...what is it made of? Marble? Sandstone? White granite? You may want to research a bit more about sandbeds if you want a stable system that can process nitrates. Is it just for decoration then?

3. You have too little liverock or in fact.. not the rock that are used for marine. Yours look like a granite rock. These are very non-porous, dense and heavy and do not serve to be part of your biological filter system.

4. Your lighting is grossly inadequate for keeping hard corals. Please upgrade to a much higher wattage and quantity as soon as possible.

5. You are way overstocked for a tank that size and a filtration system which is grossly inadequate. Do not listen to Giritharan as he is obviously still a beginner like you.

I suggest the following action to be taken or I can guarantee you that your marine livestock will die within a few short weeks.

1. Throw away your white pebbles and use #0 sand to form at least 4 inches of DSB. Recommended 6 inchs deep. You may lose some height but it will aid your system in processing nitrates to harmless nitrogen in the long term.

2. Throw away your rocks and buy at least enough Liverocks (LR) from LFS to fill up 70% of your tank.

3. Do regular water changes to dilute water pollution.

4. Get a sump tank to increase water volume and put in a larger skimmer to maintain your tank. You can use GA carbon to help your system. If you can't get a sump tank due to space... a big canister may be your next best choice but you have to do much more regular maintenance compared to a sump tank method. OHF systems are useless for marine (and there has been many reports of aquariums catching fire due to these pumps recently in the newspapers).

5. Add in more lights or upgrade to pack in as much lights as possible over your tank. What you have now is totally inadequate.

6. Give away 50% of your fishes.

7. Read up more.

8. Throw away that plastic photo background... it makes your tank look crowded but totally unnatural.

This is not to scold you or look down on you, but you really have to stop listening to LFS advice and look at how more experienced hobbyists are doing things and don't experiment at this stage. Many people have walked down the newbie stage and now are passing on their experience to you to help you save time and money and prevent livestock losses.

Learn from us and save yourself a lot of grief.

If you are open to learning... we are more than happy to teach!

AT

[spicyball]

5. You are way overstocked for a tank that size and a filtration system which is grossly inadequate. Do not listen to Giritharan as he is obviously still a beginner like you.

Giritharan like to give advice ya..hey bro if you are not too sure dun anyhow give advice lah..might mislead other ppl...Sorry if u feel offended..anway..i'm a beginner too..only 3 mths into this hobby..still learning from fellow reefers in this forum..