Shun's 1st marine tank - JBJ 28g nano HQI

[yongshun]

my 1st ever marine tank!! feeling so excited and pocket is feeling so much lighter lol...finally some hands-on experience after much reading up and asking ard fellow reefers for advice hehe i using ceramic rings, filter wool and pura complete as my filter...my 2-day-tank specs are as follows:

-1x 150 watt HQI/14k

-4x Nite-vu LEDs

- Hydor K1 wavemaker

- protein skimmer with air-pump

- integrated cooling fans (3000rpm)

- dual-return flow nozzles

- live sand

- live rocks

hope fellow reefers can comment. its gonna be a FOWLR...bt will start to upgrade with LPS once i tink my level up enugh hehe thks

[yongshun]

my skimmer...nt sure if the level is correct??

[yongshun]

my rockscape..gonna add a few more pieces to create more caves and passageways...as well as tongas to build 1 or 2 bridges...

[Flame-Tail]

Suggest you get rid of the ceremic rings as over time will contribute to an increase in Nitrate level in your tank . Even whenI had a nano previously I got rid of my ceramic rings in my sump as advised by a lot of reefers. .

Cheers.

[yongshun]

Suggest you get rid of the ceremic rings as over time will contribute to an increase in Nitrate level in your tank . Even whenI had a nano previously I got rid of my ceramic rings in my sump as advised by a lot of reefers. .

Cheers.

[crash]

ok noted...thks...how about if i were to use bio home instead? will it be better?

i did the same as many reefers... remove all my bio rings n bio balls... now using small live rocks in place of them... i had some chaeto... however i cant hav the luxury of a skimmer... mine is juz a small nc12 gal...

[Flame-Tail]

ok noted...thks...how about if i were to use bio home instead? will it be better?

Will be a definate better choice as it will be able to house much more of the effective bacteria required for better water quality.

[yongshun]

Will be a definate better choice as it will be able to house much more of the effective bacteria required for better water quality.

ok...saw at sea view aquarium at seletar farmway selling $12/kg...is this price considered ok? or does anyone noe of a cheaper alternative? Iwarna? cos i will be going down this sat to get some live rocks...around 2.5kg and a few tongas if the price is ok...pretty broke already haha

[Flame-Tail]

ok...saw at sea view aquarium at seletar farmway selling $12/kg...is this price considered ok? or does anyone noe of a cheaper alternative? Iwarna? cos i will be going down this sat to get some live rocks...around 2.5kg and a few tongas if the price is ok...pretty broke already haha

I've never used bio home before so I dunno the pricing. But from what i've read abt it , it seems benificial to the tank.. But for me when I had my nano. i left my sump bare and just did regular water changes once a week or once every 2 weeks. abt 10 - 20% each time. And further more I had corals in my tank whereas you are gonna run a fowlr setup. So should not be a problem

[yongshun]

just added some live rocks and did a rescaping..created more caves, but the whole rock scape seems a bit weird...pls give some comments..thks bros n sis

[yongshun]

just discovered this when i came back today!! think it came along with my live rocks...can ne one help me to id this snail? saw a tiny crab also...black color...bt din managed to take a pic of it...

[Ancelot]

sorry for my frankness. there's far too many rocks in that tank of yours alr!

and don't stack them like legos. aquascape them!

check out other members' tank threads on how you can scape them. Yours still need to improve

just my 2 cents

[yongshun]

sorry for my frankness. there's far too many rocks in that tank of yours alr!

and don't stack them like legos. aquascape them!

check out other members' tank threads on how you can scape them. Yours still need to improve

just my 2 cents

haha trying to aquascape leh...bt no skills hehe...lack the artistics cells...trying to create somes caves for the fishes to hide...tats y...

[yongshun]

just added 3 chromis...water parameters are ok...

[yongshun]

tried to feed them with flakes but they doesnt show ne response to the flakes leh...how how?? ne one can help? do i need to train them to eat the flakes? how to train??

[yongshun]

haha trying to aquascape leh...bt no skills hehe...lack the artistics cells...trying to create somes caves for the fishes to hide...tats y...

btw in btwn the rocks r omost hollow...passageways...trying to create tunnels inside...gt the idea from the underground tunnels in vietnam...ya...linking the caves together...nt sure if its applicable for aquarium rock scapes...

[gfishy]

Just a question, how long did you let you tank run before you introduced the fish?

[yongshun]

Just a question, how long did you let you tank run before you introduced the fish?

1 wk...i used some (see my initial picture) uncured and cured live rocks and live sand to cycle my tank...after 1 wk, my NH3, No2 are 0, NO3 is less than 5

[yongshun]

at last!! after one day, my chromis have started to feed on the flakes!!

[yongshun]

i'm thinking of using AquaPharm A+B to grow coraline algae....anyone has any suggestions or has tried using them b4?

[[V]tEc]

what i did for my tank is keep mg at 1450, ca at 450, kh ard 10 with dosing of zoxan 2. within 6 mths, my wavemaker was covered fully with coraline till i have to take out n clean....

[Vlamingi_cont]

my 1st ever marine tank!! feeling so excited and pocket is feeling so much lighter lol...finally some hands-on experience after much reading up and asking ard fellow reefers for advice hehe i using ceramic rings, filter wool and pura complete as my filter...my 2-day-tank specs are as follows:

-1x 150 watt HQI/14k

-4x Nite-vu LEDs

- Hydor K1 wavemaker

- protein skimmer with air-pump

- integrated cooling fans (3000rpm)

- dual-return flow nozzles

- live sand

- live rocks

hope fellow reefers can comment. its gonna be a FOWLR...bt will start to upgrade with LPS once i tink my level up enugh hehe thks

You shld try out LPS with soft coral first then slowly introduce some sps since this system has HQI shouldn't waste it...

[yongshun]

You shld try out LPS with soft coral first then slowly introduce some sps since this system has HQI shouldn't waste it...

haha yup..will consider tat...bt i will only try corals after getting all my fishes n shrimps hehe a few more to go...n i luv the fishes more than i like corals i will nid to get a chiller oso for corals...currently the temp of my tank with 2 fans blowing the back, the lowest it can get is 27-28 during daytime...normal temp w/o the fans is ard 30...consider too high for corals...bt haf nt tried running the fans overnite to save on my electricty bill as nite time is usually cooler and well as to minimize the rate of water evaporation....

[yongshun]

how do i noe it is a gd time to add a new fish? cos currently i juz added 3 into my tank, i'm sure the bio load will oso increase greatly and the bacteria may nid some time to expand to handle the increased bio load. I haf oso juz removed the existing ceramic rings frm the tank and replaced them with new bio home and bio home plus...the existing ceramic rings were from the ex-owner of the tank...what will be a gd indicator for me that its ok to add a new fish in? NH3? NO2? or?

[crash]

how do i noe it is a gd time to add a new fish? cos currently i juz added 3 into my tank, i'm sure the bio load will oso increase greatly and the bacteria may nid some time to expand to handle the increased bio load. I haf oso juz removed the existing ceramic rings frm the tank and replaced them with new bio home and bio home plus...the existing ceramic rings were from the ex-owner of the tank...what will be a gd indicator for me that its ok to add a new fish in? NH3? NO2? or?

Ammonia 0... Nitrite 0... if possible nitrate also 0...( though mine hav nv reach 0 before)... pH ard 8.1-8.3 will be fine... that would be the best conditions... of cos the rest such as salinity n temp muz also be stable..