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Re: Rookie
I hope that I have lots to share, our water for example is very good, many people think that because I am in Africa we all live in huts and have lions in our back gardens !! this is true in some cases but not in mine. Our water is so good here that when moving my big tanks 100gal + I just fill them up with the hosepipe from the garden and bob's your uncle. Our tap water is very soft, ph 7.
I have a very limited knowledge of reef tanks and even though have been fishkeeping and breeding for years, I confess I am having second thoughts, some of the issues putting me off is the lighting requirements, electricity is always a concern, I have a swimming pool, tanks, borehole run a business frm home ! I am not sure I really want to install a MH 1000w light and run it for for 10 - 12 hours. The second thing putting me off is the diet requirements - freshwater is cool, I use tetra bits ( prima ) for my angels and smaller cichlids like keyholes.. Tetra Doromin for my big cichlids like my Golden Deacons and festive cichlids and Tetra min flake for my rummy noses, harlequins etc and then sinking pellets for my clown loaches, poka dot loaches etc, once a month or so I treat them with blood worm.
Reef tanks I am learning all the time, for example I am not really sure of the role or relationship calcuim plays so wee will see what happens. I really had my heart set on Moorish Idols, they have 2 at our specialist store but I am not sure if I can manage to get them to feed properly so I am knocked back to clowns for the time being. This is going to take weeks of research and having an empty tank is going to be ****.
Another issue that is nagging me id the temp. We have a climate and a half, in winter I have no real problems, we only get to about 7 - 10 degrees in the worst scenario, most days in winter are 18 - 20 degrees, in summer however even removing the heaters from the teanks can yield a tank at 28 - 30 degrees, with a reef tank does this mean I have to install a chiller unit or can the inverts etc withstand a 30 degree tank for a week or so.
I will take pics, the tank should be built tomorrow.
Muz
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Hi Muz !!* It sounds like you will have lots to share with us, it is just so nice to meet fish lovers from all over the world.* There IS always something to learn, and you must be excited about your new tank.* Show us photos if you can.* 8)
