The conversion!!!

[nicholas76]

I suppose we should clarify firstly what type of anemone nic is planning on keeping, this may assist us in pin pointing lighting requirements of that species.

My gut feeling is , he is aiming for one of the bigger monsters like yours! lol ( post a pic bud ). Those 40 litre setups wouldnt cut the mustard for sure!

[Tommo]

I suppose we should clarify firstly what type of anemone nic is planning on keeping, this may assist us in pin pointing lighting requirements of that species.

My gut feeling is , he is aiming for one of the bigger monsters like yours! lol ( post a pic bud ). Those 40 litre setups wouldnt cut the mustard for sure!

It does not matter what sort of nem it is , as people grow bubbles , mags,carpets .it all depends on how much light "not what type "

Hence thats why i asked for a pic

Agreed ,a 40 liter is far tooo small for any nem really.But like most people they fit them in some how !

[nicholas76]

How much lighting is spot on.... hence why i would always go metal halides overa row of bulbs everytime..... with the exception of those species that simply dont need it....

Overall I think we both agree a bigger tank is the better option!

Nic fyi on easy and hard keeping Anemones. lighting requirements good and bad etc

http://fins.actwin.com/species/anemone.html

[Tommo]

I would rather have t5's over metal halides , but ..... the problem is too mant tubes to worry about , i think getting different kelvin rating tubes gives you a better lighting spectrum.

A bigger tank is always the better option.LOL


Anyhow ,Nic post some pics

[Nic]

Thanks for the info guys, much apprieciated. A new tank would be ideal of course!!!! As i am a student the budget doesnt quite allow for that!!

Im having a bit of difficulty getting the piccies from the camera to the computer so youll have to bear with me guys im sorry.

Also, with my live rock...i am getting a rather dramatic increase in that dreaded green hair algae. The rock has almost a 'washed out' look with bits of that crap algae.
Any tips for removing it altogether?? Or is it just part of keeping a sw tank??

Thanks
Nic

[Tommo]

Also, with my live rock...i am getting a rather dramatic increase in that dreaded green hair algae. The rock has almost a 'washed out' look with bits of that crap algae.
Any tips for removing it altogether?? Or is it just part of keeping a sw tank??

Thanks
Nic

A few things it could be , High posphates,long lighting time,over feeding,lack of flow.

But i think it will die off as your tank set up is new , give it a few weeks yet and see how it goes

[Nic]

Thanks Tommo,
ive been keeping the lighting very minimal over the last few days just to see what happens. What would be the best way to conquer the algae do u suppose??

[Nic]

hi again guys....
another quick update. Im really struggling with the camera at the moment, computer troubles id say

The good news is though that i have put my first fish into my marie tank

hes a spotted mandarin fish and trust me....as soon as the computer is good again, he will be on display

i also have around 3kg of live rock in there. on this i have found some unexpected visitors
with it i have found 2 crabs a very, very long red worm of some description and a very wacky looking starfish

hopefully pics will be up soon

cheers
nic

[Bad Inferno]

Nic,

I have done the same thing a 40litre nano. Can I suggest looking at nano-reef.com Specialises in small marine. Mine is running fine after about 9 months. Mandarines are great looking fish do they eat frozen or dried food. I was always told they will die in a nano as they feed on copods which only accumulate in a large aged aquariums.

http://www.nano-reef.com/forums/inde...owtopic=182691

rob

[Nic]

oh nice...i love my mandarin, hes just got so much character about him
thx for that ill check out that site then

cheers