New marine tank setup

[raynicteo]

Just setup an 1.5 ft marine tank with Eheim 2042 hang filter and coolwork chiller. Temperature set at 27c.

Need some guidance and please give some comments?

[qwertman321]

Just setup an 1.5 ft marine tank with Eheim 2042 hang filter and coolwork chiller. Temperature set at 27c.

Need some guidance and please give some comments?

Hi bro Nice tank .. but i would like to give u one advice.

If u keep Damsel in a small tank .. u could not add any other fish liao ... so gud luck

[bellinayu]

Just setup an 1.5 ft marine tank with Eheim 2042 hang filter and coolwork chiller. Temperature set at 27c.

Need some guidance and please give some comments?

My advise for nano tanks is to keep it simple and don't overstock and over crowd yr tank.

1. Scape with few 2-3 large pcs of LRs so that fishes have more room to swim

2. Cycle yr tank for 1 mth without adding any livestock. Add bacteria daily for the first 2 weeks and then twice weekly after that or see dosing instructions. When cycling, you don't have to turn on the lights and chiller. While cycling, you can add a few cleaning crew such as Astrea snails, scarlet hermit crabs.

3. Test perimeters before adding LS. Nitrite and Ammonia should be zero

4. Add peaceful fishes like dart fishes, pipe fishes or gobies.

5. Add some softies like zoas, ricodeas, mushys and then easy LPS. Avoid sun corals unless you are going to target feed them. Avoid stuff like coco worm, Cauniflower unless you are feeding them with pytoplankton.

Nano tanks has its own beauty as well.

[raynicteo]

Thanks for the valuable input and really appreciate it.

[raynicteo]

Thanks for the valuable input and really appreciate it.

Do i need a skimmer for my small tank?

[jem]

nope you wont be needing a skimmer..

just do frequent water changes everyweek..

good luck in battling the fast evaporation rate..

[raynicteo]

nope you wont be needing a skimmer..

just do frequent water changes everyweek..

good luck in battling the fast evaporation rate..

ya lor every day must top up one small bottle of water. Because i add one fan on top my tank to chill down the water temperature.

I collect sea water from the sea side can?

[pweesng]

to top up evaporated water.. just use distilled water...

Sea Water only for WC...

[raydiative]

ya lor every day must top up one small bottle of water. Because i add one fan on top my tank to chill down the water temperature.

I collect sea water from the sea side can?

this is a big no no.. do not collect water from the seaside and put into your tank.. it's not filtered and would pollute your tank...

[pokmingsheng]

ya lor every day must top up one small bottle of water. Because i add one fan on top my tank to chill down the water temperature.

I collect sea water from the sea side can?

you can and should purchase ur seawater from LFS if you intend to do WC using seawater..