Did I mention the 6ft?

I turfed the frontosas out of the 6ft tank and made it salty.
I have been cycling it for 4 fish I have being fish-sat at the lfs until my tank is ready.
Tank (the two powerfilters have been replaced with wavemakers)


Deltec 600 skimmer and using existing canister filter with media only.


We've had the ammonia part and nitrites have been and gone. Almost ready.
Just going to need a chiller which aren't real cheap to buy.


Whelk snail has survived famously through out it all. I added prime liquid daily.


These are photos of the actual planned fish supplied by my lfs.

A pair of lion fish. Male and female we think.


A clown triggerfish with a cute heart shape on one side.


An epaulette shark who is almost 2ft long. I have been watching him grow for months.

oh no....bren......dont go to the salt light...stay with us.......noooooooo.....stay away from the salt.......:lol::lol::lol::lol:...ok go to the salt sell me your Ls cheap ...... :lol::lol: cheers jk :thumbup:

:lol::lol::lol::lol: Get Behind me Jan :lol::lol::lol::lol:

we share and swap for choc cake....:lol::lol::lol::lol::lol::lol:

great pics there bren,love the lion fish.

Very nice! love the shark!

excellent keep us updated as I;d love to do something similar

I always wanted a volitans, leopard moray and dog face puffer with maybe a panther grouper!!

Make sure you tie some red string to that fish tank, its a bit small and you may end up losing it.

Very nice

Wow that is going to look amazing with those fish in it, keep us updated when its stocked :thumbup:

Nice set up Bren,love the fantastic pics of the TriggerFish and the LionFish <3

I want an Epaulette . They've shot up in price here though. £440 ($880) for a 12".

I'll stick to my £70 Bamboo's for now haha.

Update is tank is cycled yay! I added a deltec 600 skimmer which I had to modify the output tube with an upsidedown fanta bottle because it was tossing water out over the lids and the irrigation center didnt have the right sized elbow to fit it. Works well though.

I took out the powerfilters and added a couple of cheap 3000L 5watt $18 wavemakers from guppies.

I caught the tank at 30C so I bought a TECO TR10 200watt chiller and connected it from the canister so I didn't need a powerhead to drive it. Works great!

I was advised my my lfs not to put the expensive fish planned straight into the newly cycled tank as they might not be able to cope so instead I have introduced 5 blue-green chromis who are loving the 6ft space. The planned next two fish, the lionfish will eat the chromis though, so the chromis will have to go into my 3ft coral tank when the lions arrive. They are cute little fish and they follow me along the tank begging for more food all the time, little gluttons.

Nice update and cool photo's

indeed nice shots and update. we want more...cheers jk :thumbup:

Very nice. The choice of fish is awesome!

I don't know much about sw set ups but do you need a protein skimmer if you don't have corals?

I imagine with what that shark is gonna poop out a skimmer is a very good idea.
Just might save having to do wc quite as often as the saltmix isnt that cheap.

The first 2 of my 4 fish have moved in today.

Wow they are amazing <3 hope they settle in ok for you

excellent pictures and set up - fantastic beaties of fish you have got there!! look forward to seeing more pictures and respect for making the leap (your pockets must feel a bit light after buying all the things you needed to swoop!)
cole

very nice. keep it up. cheers jk :thumbup: