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  • Posted on: 3/3/2010 21:12
New tank, I'm am new to marines but just upgraded #1
Hi there, Not long got my 90 liter nano and got a what I thought was a good offer on a larger tank.

Its a juwel rio 240 with cabnet and a V2 skim 400, protein skimer. Got that for ?200

Then added Sand and 11kg of live rock (more to follow) heater and using the built in power head to break the surface of the water and a Eheim classic 2217 (600 liters an hr) with added live rock as an extrenal filter.

Will be adding at least 2 powerheads to add movment in the water.

what do you guys/girls think is this a good setup?

Thanks
Mark x x x
marcalans marcalans
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  • Posted on: 3/3/2010 21:16
Re: New tank, I'm am new to marines but just upgraded #2
There is a link below to my face book page, The last few photos are my new tank that I mention above, the rest are my nano tank.


http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid ... id=605935564&l=5abb91f7f8
Howard Howard
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  • Posted on: 3/3/2010 23:33
Re: New tank, I'm am new to marines but just upgraded #3
I would take the internal powerhead out ( they take up loads of space ) and get yourself some powerheads ( Tunze or Hydor Koralia ) ..

Much easier to adjust flow and better than the internal Juwel.

I wouldn't put any live rock in the filter , it will just clog . Have all your live rock in the display ( nice and open structure so water can flow through it and detritus doesn't build up )

Use the external to run carbon and/or phosphate remover.
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  • Posted on: 13/3/2010 19:49
Re: New tank, I'm am new to marines but just upgraded #4
Hi there

Bought myself a juwel vision 260.Set it up about six weeks ago,so far so good.Got 2 clowns,2chromis,cleaner shrimp,mix of crabs a wicked watchman goby.
Got 27 kg`s of live rock.
4 inches of mixed sand bed.
300 deltec skimmer
fluval 405 filter.
2 korali powerheads
Not done a water change yet all levels 0.
I would ditch that filter system that comes with your juwel
it`s a pain to get out but looks so much better in the bin
then stuck in the corner of your tank.
The heaters not much cop either,swapped it for a fluval,miles better.
Howard Howard
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  • Posted on: 15/3/2010 18:41
Re: New tank, I'm am new to marines but just upgraded #5
You've got a 4 inch sand bed ? ( 10cm )

That is going to act as a DSB , and you are going to get areas of anaerobic sand in it . Don't get me wrong ,DSB's are good ( in the right setting ) , make sure you have plenty of clean up crew to turn it over and burrow in it.

If not , you may get build ups of H2S , which if you stir the bed with a gravel cleaner for instance could potentially poison the inhabitants.

Nassarius snails , bumble bee snails , etc
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  • Posted on: 18/3/2010 23:07
Re: New tank, I'm am new to marines but just upgraded #6
Hi howard

Sand bed is more like 3 inches and only from middle to front of tank.What do you mean by dsb?
Startin to get hair algea on live rocks and sand bed.
Got hermit crabs and shrimps but no snails,wouldn`t get a bumblebee snail there predatory on other snails and worms.