Rini
Well-Known Member
Hello all,
Hereby I open my new dagboek.
Before I start, excuse me for my English. I'm from The Netherlands, and I'm not daily speaking /writing it.
The past weeks I was looking for a new tank. And I had a few candidates.
The Red Sea max nano
The Bluemarine reef 60
Waterbox 20.
From previous experience I had a bit favor of the Red Sea. Support for me is important. Im working in the support area (ict) So Red Sea had already some extra points. And to be honest I like the design.
I had a few rules:
+ sump in the back, not below.
+ Plug and play
+ Support / after sales.
+ Good looking.
After some investigation it was clear that the Waterbox 20 needed all the technical stuff to buy. Not plug and play so I needed to collect this. The price came very close to the Red Sea
For me that was an no go.
The blue marine 60. Very nice to see. but, the led light was nog that great I read in reviews. It was good for the basic. Perhaps I stay basic, but I don't want that the light decide for me what to do. So that means that I have to buy another light. With that light the price came again very close to the Red Sea.
Long story short. I made up my mind, and was aiming for the Red Sea max nano.
If im honest, it was already decided before I did all the investigating of other tanks, and reading // watching hours and hours YouTube.
And today it was time to collect it.
So how do I get things going.
This time I want to start different as the previous 2 times.
I have decided to start with dead rock, dead sand.
the below pilar I have. And it is not that big, enough room for a little garden in front of it.
The sand is a bit bigger as the previous Red Sea pink live sand. The problem I had with that sand was that it kept floating through my tank. With this size I hope to avoid that.
So no Red Sea mature program this time, just Dr Tim one and only. And the ammonia bottle to get the bacteria population going.
No real seawater this time either. Just the salt from Red Sea coral pro must do the trick. Used it in the past, and it was good enough for me.So I stick with that salt.
This is a method that is not very popular here in The Netherlands to say. Sometimes I get the feeling that we are stuck in old principles / methods. So im not getting a lot of love on the dutch forums that's for sure.
The method used at the Netherlands is mostly : start with life stone, no sand. Some bacteria and let it stay for weeks and weeks,.... and weeks... and weeks... I'm in no hurry, but man...I watched an YouTube video from reef builders.. Nano in 1 day. Ok it is a bit fast...
So I started to digging in the bacteria stuff. And came up with Dr Tim. And to. be honest, I like that program.
So for me this is an test.
Something what I find strange with the red Sea nana max package; No heater. come one! mafkezen.
Raise the price and put in a damn heater...
Well I ordered an heater:
An Eheim Jager 75 watt. Simple, but does the trick.
Meanwhile I'm making my water, dripping I better say.
Want to put the pilar in some osmose water to clear the thing from nasty stuff.
As soon the Dr Tim stuff is arrived (it must come from the UK) I can get things going.
Probably going to build the stand tomorrow. so I can put the tank in place.
In short:
Going to start up with Dr TIm.
dead rock and dead sand.
Probably doing weekly water changes.
Not going to dose other things as I did in the past. Purely want to try with water changes
Water testing will be done each week.
Red Sea pro kit for MG / CA /
Red Sea Pro kit for Po4
Salifert for No3 / no2
Salifert for Kh. : In the Red Sea pro kit there is the KH test set, but I can't use it. For me it is not easy to see when the color switch.
In time:
Goal is to slowly go to hanna checkers. They are expensive, so it will come with time. For now I keep the Red Sea and salueert tests. And when I have some spare money I buy an hanna checker.
I have time. And I'm in no rush.
greetings from holland
Rini.
Hereby I open my new dagboek.
Before I start, excuse me for my English. I'm from The Netherlands, and I'm not daily speaking /writing it.
The past weeks I was looking for a new tank. And I had a few candidates.
The Red Sea max nano
The Bluemarine reef 60
Waterbox 20.
From previous experience I had a bit favor of the Red Sea. Support for me is important. Im working in the support area (ict) So Red Sea had already some extra points. And to be honest I like the design.
I had a few rules:
+ sump in the back, not below.
+ Plug and play
+ Support / after sales.
+ Good looking.
After some investigation it was clear that the Waterbox 20 needed all the technical stuff to buy. Not plug and play so I needed to collect this. The price came very close to the Red Sea
For me that was an no go.
The blue marine 60. Very nice to see. but, the led light was nog that great I read in reviews. It was good for the basic. Perhaps I stay basic, but I don't want that the light decide for me what to do. So that means that I have to buy another light. With that light the price came again very close to the Red Sea.
Long story short. I made up my mind, and was aiming for the Red Sea max nano.
If im honest, it was already decided before I did all the investigating of other tanks, and reading // watching hours and hours YouTube.
And today it was time to collect it.
So how do I get things going.
This time I want to start different as the previous 2 times.
I have decided to start with dead rock, dead sand.
the below pilar I have. And it is not that big, enough room for a little garden in front of it.
The sand is a bit bigger as the previous Red Sea pink live sand. The problem I had with that sand was that it kept floating through my tank. With this size I hope to avoid that.
So no Red Sea mature program this time, just Dr Tim one and only. And the ammonia bottle to get the bacteria population going.
No real seawater this time either. Just the salt from Red Sea coral pro must do the trick. Used it in the past, and it was good enough for me.So I stick with that salt.
This is a method that is not very popular here in The Netherlands to say. Sometimes I get the feeling that we are stuck in old principles / methods. So im not getting a lot of love on the dutch forums that's for sure.
The method used at the Netherlands is mostly : start with life stone, no sand. Some bacteria and let it stay for weeks and weeks,.... and weeks... and weeks... I'm in no hurry, but man...I watched an YouTube video from reef builders.. Nano in 1 day. Ok it is a bit fast...
So I started to digging in the bacteria stuff. And came up with Dr Tim. And to. be honest, I like that program.
So for me this is an test.
Something what I find strange with the red Sea nana max package; No heater. come one! mafkezen.
Raise the price and put in a damn heater...
Well I ordered an heater:
An Eheim Jager 75 watt. Simple, but does the trick.
Meanwhile I'm making my water, dripping I better say.
Want to put the pilar in some osmose water to clear the thing from nasty stuff.
As soon the Dr Tim stuff is arrived (it must come from the UK) I can get things going.
Probably going to build the stand tomorrow. so I can put the tank in place.
In short:
Going to start up with Dr TIm.
dead rock and dead sand.
Probably doing weekly water changes.
Not going to dose other things as I did in the past. Purely want to try with water changes
Water testing will be done each week.
Red Sea pro kit for MG / CA /
Red Sea Pro kit for Po4
Salifert for No3 / no2
Salifert for Kh. : In the Red Sea pro kit there is the KH test set, but I can't use it. For me it is not easy to see when the color switch.
In time:
Goal is to slowly go to hanna checkers. They are expensive, so it will come with time. For now I keep the Red Sea and salueert tests. And when I have some spare money I buy an hanna checker.
I have time. And I'm in no rush.
greetings from holland
Rini.