Marine tanks

[damian27]

Hi guys.

I grew up in a family of fishermen and so lots of tanks. I have not had one for many years. And so decied to start one up. My dad started building it about 3 months ago in his spare time. Its finally done with the buliding process. Just interested to see who all has tanks and what styles you guys have and different looks. Post pics of your tanks so we can all see and maybe get ideas.

 

[damian27]

Filling it was such hard work

 

[damian27]

So hard

 

[damian27]

Finally full.

 

[damian27]

Filtration system. Still needing a protein schemer

 

[damian27]

Got some eco rock in . Still very long way to go.

 

[damian27]

Got afew small pieces of live rock in aswell. And some fish, not sure what it is. It looks like some kind of damsel. My dad caught it in the Tkei, it had also of pretty colors when it was small. If anyone knows what its called let me know. I know the pic is not the best though.

 

[damian27]

Some pics of my dads one tank. Hope to get mine like this one day.

 

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[boepens]

Leka damion. Do a search CJ put some pics of his tank up a while ago. Awesome stuff
Hope it runs smooth bud.

 

[flippy]

howzit damian.

my buddy used to have one with a small red roman and stump in.. think he also had a occie in there..he passed away some time ago so not sure how he did it..one question with salt water tanks is it not expensive to maintain as far as replacing the salt water etc goes..any ideas.

won't mind doing it but the expense etc keeping me behind..your tank looks cool t(((up((

 

[damian27]

Hi Flippy

The enitial starting up from scratch can cost abit. Once its running its not really costly. If you don't have live rock and coral its not to much work either.

 

[Maasbanker]

One day when I'm big !

 

[teez]

damian27 wrote:

Got afew small pieces of live rock in aswell. And some fish, not sure what it is. It looks like some kind of damsel. My dad caught it in the Tkei, it had also of pretty colors when it was small. If anyone knows what its called let me know. I know the pic is not the best though.

Hi there Damain,

try and trade this guy ... very agro towards other fish, its from the damsel family ...

some pics of my tank in its prime,

 

[teez]

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pm if u have any questions, been keeping marines for a long,long time

 

[teez]

flippy wrote:

howzit damian.

my buddy used to have one with a small red roman and stump in.. think he also had a occie in there..he passed away some time ago so not sure how he did it..one question with salt water tanks is it not expensive to maintain as far as replacing the salt water etc goes..any ideas.

won't mind doing it but the expense etc keeping me behind..your tank looks cool t(((up((

flippy, u can get a 25lt bucket of salt for around 300 and then u can either use tap water or RO water ...

i have used both types of water and have kept corals and fish successfully ... it all depends on ur preference