Artyspider's tank the first pictures

[Artyspider]

Hi all this is the 1st pictures of my tank (please note 1st marine tank ever) Any advice etc is very welcome. Please note the tank is level it is the lid hubby is on the job asap. The second pic is one of my live rocks!
Hope this has worked :confused:
Artyspider :)

[mfcfan]

:) cool pics there how long you had it set up for?
p.s iam guessing your a fan of dolphins too

[stevieh]

you will never get a dolphin in that tank hehe:D stevie

[Tetley]

Hi,

Looks nice, is that L/R (Live rock) you have in the tank?

ATB

[Artyspider]

Glad you like it.
It has been set up for 2 weeks and 3 days now. Yes I have 3 pieces of live rock only one of pieces is shown in the picture of the rock the one in the front is one of the live ones. Dam are you sure we will not get a dolphin in there? :D Yes we are dolphin fans too :o.
Artyspider :)

[Tetley]

Hi,

If you don't mind a little bit of advice, if you can afford it, you would be well advised to replace the rock you have which is not live rock. with live rock.

The stuff which is not live rock will do you no favours.

Second hand L/R is the cheapest way to go.

HTH

Ian

[Gillybaby]

Its looking really nice but would have to agree with Ian, 100% liverock is most definitely the way to go ;)

[Artyspider]

I was wondering about doing that so now you have said I will get to work on it thank you :D
Artyspider ;)

[Tangman]

Looking good Clare, as stated use only LR as ocean and that other reddish rock is no good for marines, also i would say your sand is a bit to deep as it will collect a lot of crud in it unless you have set it up as a DSB. If not this will cause problems later on with water quality maximum level of sand would be about an inch deep.HTH. Eric

[Tom2006]

Agree 100% on the LR, at the very least go 50/50 with reef bones (which is dried out rock and will become live over time). The rock you have in there at the moment will only cause you problems. You'll be up and running with stock in no time.