New tank

[-Matt-]

Best of luck with getting it all setup, Im sure it'll look unreal once finished!
Can I ask what petshop is helping you out?

 

[potato matter]

I keep marines, they aren't as expensive as everyone says. Not including the tank, it only cost me $500 roughly, to get a pair of pink skunk clowns, 4kg live rock, a very good power filter, several powerheads and a bucket of salt.

 

[MatE]

nice looking tank .have you thought about a chiller they.really helps on hot days .

Im doing a DIY chiller out of a bar freezer and 30mtr of tubing and a digital thermostat.

 

[MatE]

Best of luck with getting it all setup, Im sure it'll look unreal once finished!
Can I ask what petshop is helping you out?

His name is Paul he is at Toormina.

 

[potato matter]

Im doing a DIY chiller out of a bar freezer and 30mtr of tubing and a digital thermostat.

Any chances of pics of this chiller, would it be too much to ak for plans f the chiler

 

[MatE]

Any chances of pics of this chiller, would it be too much to ak for plans f the chiler

Im still waiting for a few parts to show up but ill send you some pics when its done.

 

[Shonfield]

I used to be able to hand feed my lion fish,but was careful cleaning the tank lol.

Thats awesome. Mine will look at it from about 15-20cms away but waits till I drop it to attack. Although I probably wouldn't really want it to take it from my hand I have been stung by one once and I take big precautions to make sure it doesn't happen again haha.

I'd love to see pics of this diy chiller too.

I keep marines, they aren't as expensive as everyone says. Not including the tank, it only cost me $500 roughly, to get a pair of pink skunk clowns, 4kg live rock, a very good power filter, several powerheads and a bucket of salt.

With only 4kgs of live rock you must have a very small tank and for a 5 foot it will cost a lot more.

 

[-Matt-]

His name is Paul he is at Toormina.

Cool, Paul's a top bloke when it comes to this type of stuff...he helped me set up a marine tank and a large cichlid tank a few years back.

 

[potato matter]

Thats awesome. Mine will look at it from about 15-20cms away but waits till I drop it to attack. Although I probably wouldn't really want it to take it from my hand I have been stung by one once and I take big precautions to make sure it doesn't happen again haha.

I'd love to see pics of this diy chiller too.



With only 4kgs of live rock you must have a very small tank and for a 5 foot it will cost a lot more.

No actually it is a large tank. i'm experimenting with various filtration methods, other than live rock, and being able to sustain a large tank. So far, everything is going pretty well, apart from a slight increase in ammonia from 0 to 0.5, but thats not that bad. Plus i'm keeping pretty hardy fish inside it. But I suppose if you were getting a "proper" tank, it would cost more.