Hi,
I have just registered as a new member.
My name is Dave and I live in Havant, Hampshire, United kingdom, and have been involved with marine fishkeeping for about 20 years (on and off)
Things sure have changed in that time with marine reef fishkeeping!
It was under gravel filters, then high tech trickel filters, now most people have a variance on the Berlin or refugium systems.
My tank is currently an acrylic cube shap holding about 60 litres of water.
It has some live rock & artificial rock in it for decor.The fish are one picasso trigger (about 3ins long), two black & white clowns, and an iridescent wrasse.Filtration is a CPR Bak Pak which I had to modify as using the venturi was like listening to a sherman tank coming up a gravel road! I stopped using this and enlarged the hole in the skimmer cop and fed an airline through using the skimmer chamber with a limewood aerator. The biological chamber also houses the heater thermostat.
There are several problems I have found with this acrylic tank, maybe because it has an 'enclosed' top as part of the structure with some holes in it for access, that any 'hang ons' such as protein skimmers create a lot of vibration and therefore noise. Also there is a rapid spread of coraline growth which is difficult to remove without scratching. I remember reading somewhere that Julian Sprung has made refrence to this as acrylic has minute 'holes' that coraline growth can get stuck to and difficult to remove! I have left it on the back & a blind side of the tank.
Currently I am debating on setting up a nano tank after reading the excellent 'Coral' magazine Vol 1 Issue 2, also our recent edition of 'Practical Fishkeeping' had a good article on the same subject.
or...get a four foot tank after all!
If there any members in the UK I would be pleased to hear from You! Dave
I have just registered as a new member.
My name is Dave and I live in Havant, Hampshire, United kingdom, and have been involved with marine fishkeeping for about 20 years (on and off)
Things sure have changed in that time with marine reef fishkeeping!
It was under gravel filters, then high tech trickel filters, now most people have a variance on the Berlin or refugium systems.
My tank is currently an acrylic cube shap holding about 60 litres of water.
It has some live rock & artificial rock in it for decor.The fish are one picasso trigger (about 3ins long), two black & white clowns, and an iridescent wrasse.Filtration is a CPR Bak Pak which I had to modify as using the venturi was like listening to a sherman tank coming up a gravel road! I stopped using this and enlarged the hole in the skimmer cop and fed an airline through using the skimmer chamber with a limewood aerator. The biological chamber also houses the heater thermostat.
There are several problems I have found with this acrylic tank, maybe because it has an 'enclosed' top as part of the structure with some holes in it for access, that any 'hang ons' such as protein skimmers create a lot of vibration and therefore noise. Also there is a rapid spread of coraline growth which is difficult to remove without scratching. I remember reading somewhere that Julian Sprung has made refrence to this as acrylic has minute 'holes' that coraline growth can get stuck to and difficult to remove! I have left it on the back & a blind side of the tank.
Currently I am debating on setting up a nano tank after reading the excellent 'Coral' magazine Vol 1 Issue 2, also our recent edition of 'Practical Fishkeeping' had a good article on the same subject.
or...get a four foot tank after all!
If there any members in the UK I would be pleased to hear from You! Dave
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