Newest venture.....

clare n · Jun 23, 2012

No the ceramics were hand made in Germany by a guy out there, then shipped to Manchester, the man drove all the way down to us to deliver and fit them today. the actual tank was bought second hand.

And yes so far out of all of them that was agony, and i have a high pain threshold!

wellington · Jun 23, 2012

Ah yes, Germans, which I am, they are the tops when it comes to aquarium anything, especially filters.

clare n · Jun 23, 2012

It has a deltec protein skimmer. It's the size of me when I sit next to it lol

Other than that the main filtration is the ceramics

chase thorn · Jun 23, 2012

Interesting scape!

clare n · Jun 24, 2012

30k of coral sand has gone in today, now filling the whole thing up with RO water. Should be interesting considering my Newton hasn't actually tested how water tight it Is yet...

BowandWalter · Jun 26, 2012

clare n said:
30k of coral sand has gone in today, now filling the whole thing up with RO water. Should be interesting considering my Newton hasn't actually tested how water tight it Is yet...

Uh oh. I recently had an 80 gallon explode because it wasn't water tight.

Melly-n-shorty · Jun 26, 2012

Ha ha ha you are setting up a new tank and we just broke down and sold our 220 custom tank. Interested in a skimmer or Hamilton lights? Lol. Looks good! Keep up the updates.

clare n · Jun 26, 2012

Well it's turned out to be water tight

it's now filled completely with r.o. Water. Now it's a case of wait.... That has to be in there for up to a month to clear out all the impurities and the silicone that's floating about. So more waiting... Melly&shorty are you in the uk? I think we have lighting sorted, but I'll get back to you. As for the skimmer... That thing could filter the north sea in a couple of hours it's enormous so we are def ok there thank you

Tom · Jun 26, 2012

Corals and inverts are cool, but I gotta say, I could never resist the dogface and porcupine puffers. Throw in the angels, a trigger or two, a nice moray or banded cat shark on the bottom, and you have the makings of MY dream come true.

I can't think about this anymore... I only have time for one all encompassing obsession, and its tortoises right now... Salt water tanks had their chance a few years back.

clare n · Jun 26, 2012

I'd love a porcupine... But I'll set a different tank up eventually

we had a Niger trigger, he was nice, I really love the Picasso ones too but I don't think he would go with what we have.snowflake eel is lovely. Hardy too, I came downstairs and he was glued to my wood floor, I shouted up to Newton who ran down, I thought he'd had it. Peeled him off with gentle persuasion and the bloody thing just swam off as if nothing had happened I couldn't believe it... He must have been out for hours.

clare n · Jul 16, 2012

A bit more progress. The water is still filtering stuff out of this ceramic rock. But the lounge is starting to look a bit more tidy now that the wall is coming along.... We can see it all taking shape now. It makes the wall look rather large.

Plaster board up

Plastered, what a mess on my return from work. I'm still finding it now, I pulled a lump out of my slippers last night.... Hmm.

Night time view

Now that's all done, one more rub down and I can finally start decorating. It won't be long until all the living things will be in there now

wellington · Jul 16, 2012

Looking good. Can't wait for the finished project, as I am sure you can't either. You have way more patience then I do.

clare n · Jul 16, 2012

Well I don't mind how slow it goes really, the tortoises keep me occupied, I did ask my husband the other day "what's the hold up" lol he basically rushed his last tank to get it up & going, but never really liked it, so this time he's pacing himself

I was getting a little impatient regarding the untidiness of it all and the use of my kitchen space for the temp tank, but I can see improvement now and an end in sight so it's all good

Here should sit my dining table... One day haha