My Marine First Nano Cube Aquarium
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Me and my first nano cube aquarium
This lens is going to be my diary on my first experience into keeping saltwater fish.
Hopefully this will help me and anyone reading this lens become confident enough to start there own marine aquarium.
No doubt i will have a lot of ups and downs along the way , but i am here for the long haul
Hopefully this will help me and anyone reading this lens become confident enough to start there own marine aquarium.
No doubt i will have a lot of ups and downs along the way , but i am here for the long haul
A little bit about me and my new adventure
This lens is basically going to be a diary of my first steps into keeping a salt water aquarium.
I have choosen the Orca TL450 Nano Cube as my first tank.
The reason for that choice is that it comes complete with everything i need to get started .
whats in with the tank :
TANK
FILTER SYSTEM
HEATER
PROTEIN SKIMMER
UV STERILISER
LED LIGHTS
COOLING FANS
WATER PUMP
BUILT IN BIO CHEMICAL FILTRATION SYSTEM
2 X 18W T5 10000K LIGHTING
Hopefully this will be all i need to start me off on the right foot.
If not i can get some more extrasalong the way.
I have choosen the Orca TL450 Nano Cube as my first tank.
The reason for that choice is that it comes complete with everything i need to get started .
whats in with the tank :
TANK
FILTER SYSTEM
HEATER
PROTEIN SKIMMER
UV STERILISER
LED LIGHTS
COOLING FANS
WATER PUMP
BUILT IN BIO CHEMICAL FILTRATION SYSTEM
2 X 18W T5 10000K LIGHTING
Hopefully this will be all i need to start me off on the right foot.
If not i can get some more extrasalong the way.
New Table of Contents
- A little bit about me and my new adventure
- MY TANK HAS ARRIVED
- Getting there
- First Fish have been added today = 2 black and white clowns
- Some Good Videos
- lid open view of tank
- Some nice photos
- Nano sliding lid
- Bulbs contained inside of nano lid
- Handy Stuff
- Some websites i like to be part of
- View of Nano filter system/skimmer
- New Guestbook
MY TANK HAS ARRIVED
Getting there
Well i made a minor mistake after i had added the water to the tank , the chamber that houses the heater did not fill up as i thought it would , and before i could mange to turn the heater off the cold water rushed into the chamber ( that was holding a hot heater ) and BANG!!! my heater exploded into loads of pieces.
So i went out and bought myself a new heater and also some lovely pieces of living rock ( fiji ) .
I have now added the rock to the tank ( this is now were i cam across my second problem ) the box that holds the skum and crap that comes from the skimmer was filling to the top constantly bubbling all over the place , and i didnt really have a clue why that was happening , after a quick phone call to my local aquarium shop he told me the reason ( i had put to much water into the tank ) i needed to drop the level of water slightly to fix the problem.
Hey presto !! it worked .
the tank has now been running for 2 days without any problems , cant wait to start adding some corals and then some fish.
So i went out and bought myself a new heater and also some lovely pieces of living rock ( fiji ) .
I have now added the rock to the tank ( this is now were i cam across my second problem ) the box that holds the skum and crap that comes from the skimmer was filling to the top constantly bubbling all over the place , and i didnt really have a clue why that was happening , after a quick phone call to my local aquarium shop he told me the reason ( i had put to much water into the tank ) i needed to drop the level of water slightly to fix the problem.
Hey presto !! it worked .
the tank has now been running for 2 days without any problems , cant wait to start adding some corals and then some fish.
First Fish have been added today = 2 black and white clowns
lid open view of tank

This is the tank lid in the fully open position
Nano sliding lid

this is the tank lid in the fully open position plus the added bonus of being able to slide the lid down the back of the tank , allowing for total easy access to the skimmer/heater/filter
Bulbs contained inside of nano lid

Handy Stuff
Some websites i like to be part of
- Exceem
- Exceem is a brilliant forum dedicated to online free gifts
- Free Iphone 3g
- Get anything you want for free
View of Nano filter system/skimmer
View of Nano filter system/skimmer

this is the view of the system skimmer/heaters/filters
New Guestbook
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Hairdresser007
Feb 18, 2010 @ 12:32 pm | delete
- great lens you should do more
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rich107107
Nov 25, 2008 @ 7:06 am | delete
- yea does look good mate keep it up
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Ainsleee Nov 24, 2008 @ 10:06 am | delete
- Very informative lens, keep up the good mate.
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karlalanturnbull
Nov 24, 2008 @ 6:18 am | delete
- thanks , will be updating later today with info on what i have done over the last day or two [in reply to Emma Howarth]
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Emma Howarth
Nov 23, 2008 @ 10:38 am | delete
- Looks good, some really useful info there!
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karlalanturnbull
Nov 16, 2008 @ 11:49 am | delete
- thanks , hopefully i will be able to update with my progress every day [in reply to William bell]
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William bell
Nov 16, 2008 @ 3:48 am | delete
- Looks like this could be an intresting lens,good luck with your fishtank
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by karlalanturnbull
karlalanturnbull
Hello everyone , my name is karl and this is my first attempt at keeping a salt water aquarium
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