30gal Setup Pics

[kouma]

3 weeks old!!

I could'nt have done it without the great help from this site!

[aengus]

really nice tank

[Mongoose]

Cool Lionfish. What kind of camera do you have?

[kouma]

Sony DSC-93 (5.1 MP)

[Sugar Magnolia]

What kind of lighting are you running over the tank? Anemone's require very high lighting as well as pristine water conditions that a three week old tank really can't provide.

[kouma]

1 30 WATT AQUA RAYS (F30WT8-AR-FS)
1 30 WATT Ocean Sun 10,000K T8

Are these sufficient? my tank is 19" high.

Those Anemones are Condy, based on what I heard they don't need that much light.

[Sugar Magnolia]

I did a little reading up on condy's and the verdit is split on the lighting requirements. Some say med to high, some say low to med. So...found this article: http://www.terra-et-mare.net/htdocs/Departments/Marine/anemones.htm
Dr. Shimek seems to know his stuff, but I'll refrain from voting yay or nay on that subject since I'm not an anemone expert by any means. However, the one thing I think we all agree on is that a 3 week old tank doesn't have the stable water conditions that an anemone needs to survive and thrive.

[cich1]

i have to agree with Sugar Magnolia, your pushing your luck with your tank, i can't see a tank fully cycled at three week let alone ready for the bioload you've placed in there, the tank looks good so far though and i wish you luck. every tank needs time to mature, fw or sw and you've rushed yours from the start and i think you'll have troubles in the end

[nanoman123]

does the lion get along with the anenome and everything else? i also agree with chich and sugar magnolia. JMO, that tank isnt mature enough for that anenome.

anyway, nice looking tank!

~Matt~

[Wilkey]

nice lion. :D

Nice looking tank you got going there big guy. Do be carefull though if you are moving things along too quick, I would hate to see a disaster with such a nice start behind you already! You should share pics more often!!! That tank is looking too nice to be hiding it...

[gman0526]

What I would get out, ASAP is the lava rock., other than that nice looking tank.

[zigzag]

Dunno about having that heater in there with the wire, looks like the salt may eat through it eventually? I'd be careful, depends on the heater instructions though. I know mine says "WATER LEVEL" on it, and that's well below the top of it. Might want to double check.. but what do I know, I'm a newbie :)

[specsgirl]

Nice looking tank..I agree with the others about taking it slow from now on though.

[Condiman]

Great looking tank.