1st Marine Tank Diary

Skimmer up & Running now, very easy setup, and started working very well soon as i turned it on.



Very happy with the skimmer and all for a whopping £20+£20 for the airpump.
All this brown gunk after just 36 hours.



Could This red stuff starting to accumilate on my ocean rock be either coral algae or is it turning into live rock?





My fish and inverts are just loving it in there.



Lol one of the hermits absailing.


Also spotted this on my live rock could it be the dreaded aptasia???


Thats all for now folks will keep you posted...

 

last pic is aiptista kill that bugger shoot it with boiling water

as for the red stuff on the rock looks like it is cyano bacteria but could be coraline algae

the term live rock is used to describe rock that has a bunch of critters and bacteria in it

 

Update, small vid on how tanks looking now, after 2 and half months,

Ammonia-0ppm
Nitrite-0ppm
Nitrate-0ppm
PH-8.2
ALK-8
Phosphate-0.3ppm
Salinity-1.023
Temp-80f

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Great diary and great progress, I wish that I would/could have started a diary myself. Unfortunately, my diary is in my head. Luna

 

Very nice.....

 

It's now been 6 months since my 55 gallon was born, so i thought i would get some pics up to let you guys see how its looking, but without all the help and advice off you guys here at 3reef, i know my tank would not be what it is today, so a big thank you to all of you...
Full Tank Shot.



Toadstool Leather.

Purple Tip Frogspawn.

Blue Linka Starfish.

Green Mushrooms.

Finger Coral.

Pulsing Xenia.

Chalk Goby.

Midas Blenny.

Tango.

Feather Duster.

More Mushrooms.

 

Great pics of the tank, great work buddy. Luna

 

Looking real good!