Just wanted to say hello
I have been reading this forum for a while (specially the blue spotted jawfish section) so I thought I should take a moment to say hello
I am new at this, I have got my first aquarium last xmas as a present from my wife. It was the typical freshwater aquarium pack (54 l or 15 gallons). Before I added anything I decided to read and gathered as much information as possible. I then learnt about cycling, ammonia, nitrites, nitrates, etc. So I inmediately decided I wanted a planted aquarium, upgrade everything, filters, lights, co2 etc. In a couple of months I upgraded to a bigger aquarium (freshwater again). Now I have 5 aquariums in my small apartment. Before the missus divorces me I decided I will get rid off 2 of them, so I will only keep my marine, my marine hospital tank and my 60 g FW aquarium.
So as this is a reef aquarium lets just talk about my marine. Its a nano aquarium that it was custom made to fit in a bookshelf. As usual it all started with some live rock, live sand and an external filter. I waited over 2 months before I added anything to the aquarium. Then I added the cleaning crew, few snails (including nassarius) and a skunk cleaner. A couple of weeks later I added my first pair of clownfish. Two tiny snowflakes the size of a nickle. Then my precious pearl jawfish, by far my favorite fish, greatest personality. After that I added a few corals. Then I went on holidays for a week, and when I came back, well, the automated feeder had dropped its entire content inside the aquarium and killed every fish/shrimp inside.
So after a few days of not sure what I wanted to do I decided to rebuild the tank, I ordered a custom built sump, so I would have more space in my display tank as well as having the possibility of adding a skimmer. So far I am very happy with the result. My main priority is to make the tank as much jawfish friendly as possible... I will upload a few pictures of how I made my tank as much jawfish friendly as I could later... I only have 4 posts so far so I can't upload any pics yet :S
So thanks for reading hope it wasnt too boring!
I have been reading this forum for a while (specially the blue spotted jawfish section) so I thought I should take a moment to say hello
I am new at this, I have got my first aquarium last xmas as a present from my wife. It was the typical freshwater aquarium pack (54 l or 15 gallons). Before I added anything I decided to read and gathered as much information as possible. I then learnt about cycling, ammonia, nitrites, nitrates, etc. So I inmediately decided I wanted a planted aquarium, upgrade everything, filters, lights, co2 etc. In a couple of months I upgraded to a bigger aquarium (freshwater again). Now I have 5 aquariums in my small apartment. Before the missus divorces me I decided I will get rid off 2 of them, so I will only keep my marine, my marine hospital tank and my 60 g FW aquarium.
So as this is a reef aquarium lets just talk about my marine. Its a nano aquarium that it was custom made to fit in a bookshelf. As usual it all started with some live rock, live sand and an external filter. I waited over 2 months before I added anything to the aquarium. Then I added the cleaning crew, few snails (including nassarius) and a skunk cleaner. A couple of weeks later I added my first pair of clownfish. Two tiny snowflakes the size of a nickle. Then my precious pearl jawfish, by far my favorite fish, greatest personality. After that I added a few corals. Then I went on holidays for a week, and when I came back, well, the automated feeder had dropped its entire content inside the aquarium and killed every fish/shrimp inside.
So after a few days of not sure what I wanted to do I decided to rebuild the tank, I ordered a custom built sump, so I would have more space in my display tank as well as having the possibility of adding a skimmer. So far I am very happy with the result. My main priority is to make the tank as much jawfish friendly as possible... I will upload a few pictures of how I made my tank as much jawfish friendly as I could later... I only have 4 posts so far so I can't upload any pics yet :S
So thanks for reading hope it wasnt too boring!