Regular Member jennybugs Posted August 2, 2009 Regular Member Share Posted August 2, 2009 I've upgraded yet again from my 24 Gal nano tank to a nice Fluval 155L tank. It's been a bit of an epic adventure this one as I had to deconstruct the nano in order to put the new tank in its place! This had to obviously take place all in one day and it was backbreaking to say the least It's a lovely tank...all rounded with the two marine bulbs it really comes to life even when empty For a while I had live rock, fish and corals all over the house in any spare recptacle I could find In went the rock and sand then it was the turn of my existing corals the tank has pride of place right next to my end of the sofa tbc 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member jennybugs Posted August 2, 2009 Author Regular Member Share Posted August 2, 2009 I have been given some gorgeous corals and now the tank is (just) 4 weeks old and is looking grand. All my corals are so colourful and opened out so much with the new T5 lighting my sand conch Hooter I have a pair of watchman gobies - Beaker and Bunsen - aka The Muppets tbc 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member jennybugs Posted August 2, 2009 Author Regular Member Share Posted August 2, 2009 Norm is still with me Hooter again being a good glass cleaner a hermit resting on the cabbage leather the first two of a shoal of blue eye cardinalfish FTS Thanks for looking 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin koko Posted August 2, 2009 Admin Share Posted August 2, 2009 Oh hun that is so pretty, I really miss my Marine tank now. I like that light how it hangs like that off the back....VERY NICE TANK 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member apocraphya Posted August 2, 2009 Regular Member Share Posted August 2, 2009 Absolutely stunning. I would like to have a marine tank one day 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member jennybugs Posted August 3, 2009 Author Regular Member Share Posted August 3, 2009 Thankyou ladies I would love a marine puffer tank one day I am also thinking about ugrading the goldie tank the other side of the hearth to match this one! My goldies would love it and I think it would look awesome! I will be suggesting LFS tokens for presents from now on 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member Chrissy_Bee Posted August 3, 2009 Regular Member Share Posted August 3, 2009 Looking great! I'm planning on getting an Osaka tank for my next upgrade for the goldies. My only concern is the lack of hood might mean a lot more evaporation. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member fortunefaded Posted August 3, 2009 Regular Member Share Posted August 3, 2009 Could yer name yer corals and ammones in the photos please? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member jennybugs Posted August 3, 2009 Author Regular Member Share Posted August 3, 2009 Ok coral naming....from second post onward as best I can. I don't have any anemones. 1 rainbow acans 2 blue mushrooms 3 duncans in the middle, ricordeas below 4 orange fungiia plate coral 5 cabbage leather 6 torch coral or frogspawn (euphyllia sp) 7 green reticulated coral goby on montipora digitata 8 acropora sp and acans 9 green coral goby on plating montipora capricornis 10 various mushrooms 11 various zoanthids Others - green spotted polyps, red sea pulsing xenia, xenia elongata, lobophyllia, kenya tree, birds nest coral, toadstool leather, green fungiia plate coral. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member devilduck Posted August 3, 2009 Regular Member Share Posted August 3, 2009 I am soooo jealous, you seem to have so many gorgeous tanks! I know it must take so much time, money etc but I want my tanks to just appear as pretty as yours! I can't seem to have any living thing except fish and algae....algae has covered my only remaining plant, the fish killed the curling val and my sister put her thumb through the moss ball so now it has a hippy van parked in it....want to swap???? I love your 'step-by-step' marine photos 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member alistairw Posted August 3, 2009 Regular Member Share Posted August 3, 2009 Looking absolutely stunning Jenny, Hooter is awesome, i love his eyes 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member Maceo Posted August 3, 2009 Regular Member Share Posted August 3, 2009 Absolutely gorgeous! I really want a marine tank, and you're not helping the situation! I love that tank design it's like a piece of sculpture. And Beaker and Bunson? Fantastic names, I love the muppets. In fact, I want to be a muppet when I grow up. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member jennybugs Posted August 4, 2009 Author Regular Member Share Posted August 4, 2009 Alistair, Hooter is so groovy! Those eyes are the best! Sand conches are the only snails to have a real 'pupil' as such. Really brings them alive I fixed a couple of moonlight led strips to my lighting yesterday and the tank lit up like an 80's rollerdisco at moonrise I'll try and get some pics tonight that do it all justice! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member jennybugs Posted September 22, 2009 Author Regular Member Share Posted September 22, 2009 A quick photo update on progress so far I haven't added much to it since my op but it is all doing very well I have some blue eye cardinalfish now to enjoy the main water column with the clowns and I love them I got scared when my cleaner shrimp moulted. It's skin was stuck to a pump and I was convinced it was the whole thing without my glasses on lol An early video clip - a bit poor quality but it gives you an idea 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member ~SHAWNA~ Posted September 24, 2009 Regular Member Share Posted September 24, 2009 Thanks for the update Jennybugs!! It is looking awesome!! Haha - I had to laugh when I read the bit about your shrimp molting. Snider82 had the sameish thing happen last weekend. He was feeding his tank and he starts yelling "omg - I have two shrimp in my tank!!!" and im like "ya - ok dear (lol)" And sure enough there were two blood shrimp in the tank! It was a perfectly intact outter shell hanging underneath the rocks. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member jennybugs Posted October 5, 2009 Author Regular Member Share Posted October 5, 2009 My hand now hurts like a good'un but thought I'd have a go with my good camera as I've missed playing with it for the last couple of months. The results are as follows A bit blurry here and there, but practice will make my hand stronger again and it's impossible to use a tripod while kneeled on the arm of the sofa with your lens almost touching the glass this green cabbage is actually growing after doing nothing for ages! torch or frogspawn? The latter I think. It's now got 3 heads my gsp loves the faster flow in the corner of the tank and I'm hoping both types will spread to cover the rock they are on trying my macros with a new technique of balancing but it's not quite there yet as it hurts a bizarre shot under the moonlights! I need some different hues of acans now methinks Love these mushies and zoas. Had them for ages now I love this plate but capturing the true colour of dynarod orange is so hard 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member CatfishSoup Posted January 2, 2010 Regular Member Share Posted January 2, 2010 that is just hands down amazing. if i had the money and space i would be doing the same thing as you. im so glad i found this new fish obsession ! hahah 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member jennybugs Posted January 5, 2010 Author Regular Member Share Posted January 5, 2010 (edited) I have some updating to do of this tank I got a new torch coral the clowns have showed no interest in this at all a new long polyped toady the duncan keeps throwing out new heads left right and centre...17 at last count compared to 3 when I got it a year ago it's bulking out nicely now this green cabbage is actually growing after doing nothing for ages! frogspawn my gsp loves the faster flow in the corner of the tank and I'm hoping both types will spread to cover the rock they are on a branching style of polyp I have yet to get the proper name of a non branching hammer a few other random shots including my torch coral that had just been walked all over by my cleaner shrimp Spot the conch! How lazy is that? I'll stop now and add more another day I had a set back a few months ago when the heater Ihad decided to try and boil the tank! Luckily everything bar the blue mushrooms and a couple of gobies survived and are picking up well Edited January 5, 2010 by jennybugs 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member johann_pond Posted January 5, 2010 Regular Member Share Posted January 5, 2010 Very beautiful set up. I have never done a Marine tank, is it hard to care for? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member caitie Posted January 5, 2010 Regular Member Share Posted January 5, 2010 You have a stunning setup. I am inspired to get to work on my marine tanks. I have a 7 gallon nano cube and a 29 gallon reef. But they are nothing compared to your tank. I loved your blue eye cardinalfish are they easy to care for? It is hard to find small fish that can be kept in a group for reef tanks of our size. I was thinking of trying out black mollies but the cardinal fish you have are so cute. Anyway your tank is beautiful. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member gunbunnyj Posted January 5, 2010 Regular Member Share Posted January 5, 2010 I really wish I had the money and space for a marine tank. Your's is so beautiful. It must be great for you to be able to sit on the couch and stare at it. And I love Hooter! Especially those pictures with just is eyes sticking up out of the sand. Too cute! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member jennybugs Posted January 6, 2010 Author Regular Member Share Posted January 6, 2010 Very beautiful set up. I have never done a Marine tank, is it hard to care for? I would say the researching is the hard part as you end up with brain freeze I researched for over a year before finally taking the plunge and I am well and truly hooked. At the start everything can seem a little overwhelming with all the tests you have to do and the constant monitoring to make sure your water is just right. It is obviously more time consuming and much more costly than our beloved goldies, but worth the effort imho. I loved your blue eye cardinalfish are they easy to care for? Not at all! They really just sit around all day with the occasional bicker amoungst themselves. Not the most active of fish I have to say but they are always first to the food at dinner time! They remind me of my goldies then A bigger tank like this is easier to run and keep stable than my smaller 23L nano Edge tank. Marine tanks aren't the sort of thing you can set up and let do its own thing too much as certain corals take more nutrients out of the water than others so that has to be monitored, but if you keep a tank of soft corals then it's much easier with fish only being the most simple type of marine tank you can keep. I personally love my corals and would be happy with a tank full of them and very few fish, but I think I have the balance right now 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member dlinks Posted January 27, 2010 Regular Member Share Posted January 27, 2010 can i ask how much is that tank?? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member jennybugs Posted February 4, 2010 Author Regular Member Share Posted February 4, 2010 The tank cost around ?350 but came with an external filter, inline heater and special marine T5 bulbs I'd love the Osaka 320 version for all the goldies I must admit! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member devilduck Posted February 4, 2010 Regular Member Share Posted February 4, 2010 Just wondering Jenny, what do you do with your tanks when you're on holiday? Does someone look after them or can they manage for a week or two on their own? Do you just not take holidays and have two weeks at home up to your armpits in tanks and spend all your holiday savings on corals and tanks?! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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