Hey boys and girls.

So I thought I best join the rest of you and create a tank thread, I didn't bother with one off my old tanks and really regret it after reading a lot off the threads on here. Please be patient don't usually feel confident with stuff like this so I hope its not too painful a read

BACKGROUND
Used to keep fish in the past from fresh to Marine, that being said I'm still a beginner although I do know some of the basics. I'm 35 Marrried and have to Wee lads, so space and money and the misses have not allowed me a Tank again until NOW!!  Yippee!!

THE TANK AND EQUIPMENT
Fluval EVO 13.5
AI Prime HD
Chamber 1 and 2 INTank basket (when they Arrive)
D-D heater and Controller
Jeabo SW-2
D-D jump guard
Micro ATO
UPGRADES

At a later date I think I will be looking for some sort of custom lid and will also be changing the Return pump and depending on parameters a Doser but that's for later down the Line.

LIVESTOCK

2 Clowns and a CuC at min. going for a mixed reef so the corals will be very much what takes my fancy at the time and if I have space for them



Tank is not wet yet which is killing me had it 5 days. but no rush Rome wasn't built in a day  I'm going to try and do things properly this time.

But I do have a few sneaky pics for you just too tease  and for the comments to follow that say I cant do that or that or I need this and that

Anyway I hope you can all come along for the ride and I'll keep you posted along the way.

Oh im a big boy and can take crititism so fire away

And sorry about the Photo's no clue how to get them on here any other way.


Tom 

Can I ask is there a reason you don't have the water in yet? You'd be best to fill it up and get the cycle started as soon as you can even if you are waiting on a few things to arrive

I had a feeling you may just be waiting for the salt and sand to arrive, that's good mate it'll all be worth it in the long run, I definitely agree with ro over tap water and I'm going to buy a ln ro unit in the next few months probably, possibly sooner, I'm in Scotland though so the tds on my tap water is next to nothing and pretty clean, I was talking about it in my lfs and asked them about the differences between ro and Scottish water and they did say ro is better but they have done setups in the past with our tap water without any problems, she thought ro was more of an importance in areas with hard water, I do plan on putting more coral in though so for that reason alone I'd rather play safe and use ro

So long overdue update, tank progressing nicely now. And still plenty off room for more coral this new year.

Happy reefing all.




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