Hello, I am starting my first aquarium on my own. It is a 60 gallon. It has been up for one month and it has already gone through a few blooms. I hope to document my experience on here and get some advice on how to make it better. My background in aquariums is growing up my dad had a tank in the 80's and it was amazing, he had regular correspondence with Axelrod and even had a few acknowledgements in a couple of his books. My dad quit his tank in the late 80's and I had no further contact with salt for many years. He decided to star a new tank about ten years ago and I helped him with it a bit to get him up to date. After having his tank for a few years we actually started a LFS and specialized in salt only. The shop lasted about a year and then it went down because the town we are in didn't really have a big marine aquarium following. It has been about ten years now and after all that I have never really had a tank of my own. I recently became stable enough in my life to start one up and am really hoping to make the best of it.
My equipment:
2 dual penguin biowheel backpacks.
1 dual t8 light with a 50/50 and a 10k
1 cheap Chinese 1300gph wavemaker running 24h without a controller.
90lbs live sand
10lbs live rock
My creatures:
2 black clownfish
1 cleaner shrimp
3 turbo snails
1 sand sifting star
2 tiny mushrooms
1 small rock with a thin group of zoas.
My dad was hit with inspiration upon seeing my tank and literally just got water in a 60 of his own.
We are taking it slow due to budget restrictions but this week is my spending check and I am going to order a current marine orbit 48-60 led light, a wavemaker controller and another wavemaker.
I will post pictures as soon as I can, I am at dads watching him mess with his tank right now.i have included a picture of his as of right now.
My equipment:
2 dual penguin biowheel backpacks.
1 dual t8 light with a 50/50 and a 10k
1 cheap Chinese 1300gph wavemaker running 24h without a controller.
90lbs live sand
10lbs live rock
My creatures:
2 black clownfish
1 cleaner shrimp
3 turbo snails
1 sand sifting star
2 tiny mushrooms
1 small rock with a thin group of zoas.
My dad was hit with inspiration upon seeing my tank and literally just got water in a 60 of his own.
We are taking it slow due to budget restrictions but this week is my spending check and I am going to order a current marine orbit 48-60 led light, a wavemaker controller and another wavemaker.
I will post pictures as soon as I can, I am at dads watching him mess with his tank right now.i have included a picture of his as of right now.