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Posted by Marksfish on January 22, 2006, 8:53 am
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For anyone thinking about setting up a new marine tank, mine is now about 3
months old. I have put a diary online of what I am doing, when and sometimes
why. There are four pages of information and over 100 pictures (not all of
them are particularly good though).
My thoughts on marines as opposed to discus which I kept for many years? I
prefer the serenity of the discus and the relative ease of keeping them.
Marines are lovely fish, but the husbandry is a bit more involved, what with
making up the water, keeping on top of evaporation for salinity, etc. The
verdict is. I wish I could have a tank of each, but my Wife has put her foot
firmly down at the moment. Maybe when she's not looking ;-)
Mark
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Posted by Marksfish on January 22, 2006, 11:46 am
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Should've put in the link, doh!!!
http://www.marksfish.me.uk/marine/fourfoot.htm
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Posted by PABBY on January 22, 2006, 3:21 pm
Please log in for more thread options Nice one Mark. I enjoyed the read.
Have you kept marines previously at all, or are you learning as you go
along?
Regards,
Paul
> Hi all
>
> For anyone thinking about setting up a new marine tank, mine is now about
> 3 months old. I have put a diary online of what I am doing, when and
> sometimes why. There are four pages of information and over 100 pictures
> (not all of them are particularly good though).
>
> My thoughts on marines as opposed to discus which I kept for many years? I
> prefer the serenity of the discus and the relative ease of keeping them.
> Marines are lovely fish, but the husbandry is a bit more involved, what
> with making up the water, keeping on top of evaporation for salinity, etc.
> The verdict is. I wish I could have a tank of each, but my Wife has put
> her foot firmly down at the moment. Maybe when she's not looking ;-)
>
> Mark
>
> --
> www.marksfish.me.uk
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Posted by Marksfish on January 22, 2006, 5:14 pm
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> Nice one Mark. I enjoyed the read.
>
> Have you kept marines previously at all, or are you learning as you go
> along?
>
> Regards,
>
> Paul
>
>
Hi Paul
I have "dabbled" with marines in the past, but never going hi- tech. My
first tank when I was 16 was 3' and filtered with an undergravel filter with
airstones!! I kept a malu anemone and lionfish in there with a Northlight
fluorescent tube for about 12 months before I joined the RAF and had to pack
it up. My second attempt was with a 4' tank, again filtered by undergravel,
but this time using powerheads. I had a variety of fish and bits and pieces
in there and attempted to make a denitrification filter from a canister. My
biggest mistake then was using tufa rock as the nitrates leached out after
about 6 months and it became probitively expensive to keep changing water. I
then started keeping discus and bought a 6' tank, but still hankered after
the marines, so a few years later I tried a mini- reef in a 2' tank. I had a
couple of clowns, anemone, feather dusters and some other bits and bobs.
(both of these tanks incidentally are also on the site, just not in so much
detail). The tank survived a move down the road, until we had to move to
Leeds. The local fish store bought the set up from me to use in their shop
as a small display.
Some five years later, I now have the current tank. I have read a lot over
the years and heard of lots of systems. I have tried to adapt a couple of
methods this time around and so far it has been successful. I have had a lot
of advice from my local fish shops though (Interfish in Osset and Essential
Aquatics in Knottingley) and also from the Marine Fish UK forum. It is still
a learning curve for me and the temptation is always there to add stock too
quickly. Add to that the fact a reef tank will always look empty when
compared to freshwater, there is a lot of restraint involved (I can't always
control this though).
In my opinion, the greatest saving grace to the hobby has been the promotion
of good quality live rock to help keep the tank's filtration as natural as
possible. With live rock, you don't need to worry about canisters, filter
sponges, etc. It has made the hobby so much easier.
Regards
Mark
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> For anyone thinking about setting up a new marine tank, mine is now about
> 3 months old. I have put a diary online of what I am doing, when and
> sometimes why. There are four pages of information and over 100 pictures
> (not all of them are particularly good though).
>
> My thoughts on marines as opposed to discus which I kept for many years? I
> prefer the serenity of the discus and the relative ease of keeping them.
> Marines are lovely fish, but the husbandry is a bit more involved, what
> with making up the water, keeping on top of evaporation for salinity, etc.
> The verdict is. I wish I could have a tank of each, but my Wife has put
> her foot firmly down at the moment. Maybe when she's not looking ;-)
>
> Mark
>
> --
> www.marksfish.me.uk
>