First tank piccies.

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  1. Carpious

    Carpious Plankton

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    Hi again,

    After the warm welcome and the requests I feel it only fair to show you all my first attempt.

    It is around 4 weeks old but I only added some life a week ago.

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    Just to give you a basic idea of the set up:

    95l tank
    100w heater
    v2skim 300 (modded tank to fit)
    2xkoralia nano 1600lph
    and what you can see in the tank.

    Bit nervous in case you all say I am making big mistakes but anyway,

    What do ya think?

    Any advice?

    TY.
     
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  2. Corailline

    Corailline Super Moderator

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    It is a dry heat, yeah right !
    I think it's off to a great start. Corals look fine and given some more time for the tank to age will looking even better.

    What are your plans for the tank stocking wise?
     
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  3. Carpious

    Carpious Plankton

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    I have absolutley no idea!

    Still reading lots!!!

    What is your advice?
     
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  4. Corailline

    Corailline Super Moderator

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    It is a dry heat, yeah right !
    For that size of tank you could go with 2 to 3 small fish.

    Clowns.
    Fire fish.
    Royal Gramma.
    Chalk basselett.
    Smaller gobies like YWG.
    Cardinals.

    What corals you can keep depends on the type of lighting.

    :)
     
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  5. Seano Hermano

    Seano Hermano Giant Squid

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    Great start; I like the 'scape. Coailline, up there ^ gave you some good fish recommendations.
     
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  6. Carpious

    Carpious Plankton

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    Nice 1, 2 fish was what i was hoping for!

    What about other life?

    Shrimps? Crabs? etc,

    Your opinion?

    ty,
     
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  7. Seano Hermano

    Seano Hermano Giant Squid

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    Skunk cleaner shrimp and peppermint are usually good choices. If you wanted you could have a goby/pistol shrimp pair. They will make a burrow together in the sand.
     
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  8. Seano Hermano

    Seano Hermano Giant Squid

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    I don't see any snails/crans in your tank. Dwarf hermit crabs, nerite snails, and nassarius snails, as well as turbo snails are good for your 'clean up crew' to keep your glass/sand/rocks free of algae.
     
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  9. Carpious

    Carpious Plankton

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    Fantastic! Just what I wanted to hear.

    How many would you recommend?

    Clean up crew wise?
     
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  10. Seano Hermano

    Seano Hermano Giant Squid

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    Reef Cleaners.org is a great sponsor of 3reef forums...goof prices and excellent customer service. He is in the United states, so I don't think you could order from him, but you could send him a POM or email him and he will recommend a good cuc.

    ReefCleaners.org | Clean Up Crews and Macro Algae - Home

    This is another idea(link below). It is enough for 25 gallons (US equivalent to your size tank). You don't need to buy from there, but go to your local fish store if you have one and ask them for these crabs/snails.

    http://reefcleaners.org/index.php?p...ategory_id=20&option=com_virtuemart&Itemid=34
     
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