things to be added

[dhirt]

Hello forumers,

I'm starting my marine tank soon. These are the things i've bought:

1. Cannister filter (150litre)
2. Skimmer (80 litre with pump) with nutrafin additive
3. Substrate
4. Ammonia & nitrite tester kit
5. Aquarium thermometer
6. PH Tester
7. Hydrometer
8. 5 kilo of salt
9. 10kilo of sand

I'm planning to keep shrimp and some live rock in my 3 foot tank. Wat are the things to be added n how do i setup my lighting? Can i put in lets say 100 litre of water n will my skimmer hold it? Does it effect anything on the skimmer? Any other advise from u guys? Thanks

[jumpman23]

You've any picture?

what is the size of your tank?

Here how to calculate the (volume) litre

Volume = ( Length (cm) x Width (cm) x Height (cm) )

Litre = Volume / 1000

After you've blend everything inside, do a water test don't put in any fish.
Check the PH, NO2, KH, and Salinity within 1.02 - 1.023

What kind of salt you buy? Sea Chem, Kent marine, ocean free, dolphin there are certain salt containing nutrients tat the shrimp need.

Looks like u r using the canister? make sure u put good quality bio ring, bio balls, and filtration materials. Some people will remove the carbon and replace wiv bio material. Also add some micro backteria inside your canister, you can try adding JBL Denitrol. I recommend you put JBL filtration product, though it is expensive but it is 5 or 6 times more solid and outlast compare to the cheap mass production one from China.

Once water quality is good, then only consider adding some livestock in it.

It's all depend on your budget. If you've a budget you can find a chiller cost around RM 900 - RM 1200, wiv the chiller you can add corals.

Well, for start don't spend so much, familiarize urself wiv fish and water quality then only work forward for those.

For good quality lighting normally people will put Metal Hydrite, but it will warm up the water very fast, some will put T5 lighting, and for me i put ADA Aqua Design Amano NA-Lamp.


I'm using OceanFree becos it can accomdate 2 tube.



Lighting is very very important to ensure your fish color is pretty.

There's JBL lighting, which cost around RM 1xx but these are very good and bright aquarine light.

[dhirt]

Thanks jumpman23. The problem is the water is too hot 29-30degree. Will the normal fan do to stablilize the heat n how low can it bring down the temp? I'm afraid to on the ligh coz it'll bring up the temp. Chiller is way off my budget. Any suggestion. I'm facing a new problem, my skimmer is not foaming, but the water flow is there. Ive check my salinity n its ok. For your information, i'm using no brand slat with transparent plastic with no brand. Izzit the rite one. Or shud i get the ocean water? I mean from the shoreline not the further towards the ocean water. Which is better, the salt u recommend or the sea water for my shrimp. wats the name of the salt?
Apprciate if u cud provide summore advice jumpman23. Thanks

[tan]

what kind of skimmer you have? is it new? new skimmer need time to break in. post pic of your skimmer. you can add a small fan to chill your tank. evaporation will be great so you need to top up more water.

[dhirt]

Hello tan.
My skimmer is rio venturi skimmer with pump. At first, it does foam n collecting something but as it goes, the foam will slowly disappear. Wat about the original ocean water, izzit ok or better or otherwise. my ph is 8.2. izzit ok but the temp is 30. Pls anyone advice me more on wat to do.. thanks

[tan]

maybe your venturi is block with salt creep, try clean it with warm water. ph 8.2 is ok. temp between 26-29 is the best. stay clear of ocean water as its contain many undesirable thing. try mixing you own salt water

[renz]

Originally Posted by dhirt

Thanks jumpman23. The problem is the water is too hot 29-30degree. Will the normal fan do to stablilize the heat n how low can it bring down the temp? I'm afraid to on the ligh coz it'll bring up the temp. Chiller is way off my budget. Any suggestion. I'm facing a new problem, my skimmer is not foaming, but the water flow is there. Ive check my salinity n its ok. For your information, i'm using no brand slat with transparent plastic with no brand. Izzit the rite one. Or shud i get the ocean water? I mean from the shoreline not the further towards the ocean water. Which is better, the salt u recommend or the sea water for my shrimp. wats the name of the salt?
Apprciate if u cud provide summore advice jumpman23. Thanks

how big is your tank ?
if it's only 1 - 2 feet you can put it in your room
turn on your aircond
heat problem will be solved

for the skimmer problem
you check on youtube how to set your skimmer
someone put tutorial on how set the rio skimmer

YouTube - nano skimmer instructions