My lil Salty Adventure !!

hey guys how you all keeping had been thinking about goin salty for awhile now but was put of by everyone i talked to when i asked about marines but that changed when i got talknt to a friend down in tranquail garden near galway and he told me not to buy in on all im being told by everyone..as i only wanted to do it small scale soft corals only and he said that i can achieve that if i went with he was saying so thank you rick..i bought the tank new of rick which is a hai-yang 97l with led lights built in and my pal made the cabinet for me.i started this up about 3 weeks now and all going good with getting the salainty right etc and i then started to pick up bits and pieces of forum members and from sponsers shops(thank you ) im very happy with the way its turning out and can see the additive side of things as its an expensive hobby to be in what i have so far in there are 3 corals,3 sexy shrimp,blue knuckle hermit crab !!!!





Bush Coral

Green Stipped Mushrooms

Daisy Star Polyp


thanks to keelan from seahorse aquarium for send down all the stuff yesterday the live rock covered in coraline algae !!

now that looks the part. You finding it easy enough ?

Ye mad b@st@rd.

Kelly wrote: now that looks the part. You finding it easy enough ?

Hi Kelly Thanks not finish just yet have afew more things to be added to going to leave them as christmas pressys ya finding it easy once everything is at hand and plus im using really good salt which covers all mg,ca,alk,kh and im only keeping corals that are easy to look after but would love to keep sps and lps at some stage as this is were all the viberant colours are !!! you ever think of keeping saltys isit a i also just like knowing how saltys parameter work to know for the future

mickdeja wrote:Ye mad b@st@rd.

got to try it sumtime in my lifetime and that time is now

Hows U Keepin !!

Im doin well man. Fairplay to ye for makin the big salty jump. Wish I had the money to do it. One day I will get there too. Lookin foward to seein the progress over the next coming months in yer new setup. Big balls Adi.

Savage adi Delighted man, iv bin doing nothing but pricing opti whites all week for my salty adventure Your mans spot on it is easy enough to do soft coral tanks, this wil be my second go round. You will notice mag and cal levels changing the more you add corals no matter what salt you use. Sure thats the fun in it , playing around with the water to get it right Anymore info on the tank??? Sump system?? Skimmer etc...

Maybe when I get bored with this project i'll take the leap

Well done man you will enjoy but be skint

Fairplay to ya Adi nice setup there

mickdeja wrote:Im doin well man. Fairplay to ye for makin the big salty jump. Wish I had the money to do it. One day I will get there too. Lookin foward to seein the progress over the next coming months in yer new setup. Big balls Adi.

cheers mick ya it can be expensive alright but going doing it bit by bit.hope to see u keepin saltys one day and i will add everything im putting into it as i go along

Paul wrote:Savage adi Delighted man, iv bin doing nothing but pricing opti whites all week for my salty adventure Your mans spot on it is easy enough to do soft coral tanks, this wil be my second go round. You will notice mag and cal levels changing the more you add corals no matter what salt you use. Sure thats the fun in it , playing around with the water to get it right Anymore info on the tank??? Sump system?? Skimmer etc...

hey paul hows tricks man ya as said only keepin softie so they shouldnt be much of a bio-load on my filter when there is no fish to deal with im waiting on a skimmer atm but was advised i have no need for one for what im doing but goin to add one anyways havin noticed much of a change as keelan sent down 2 whoppers of softies and doing very well atm hope to see u back in saltys again soon !!!

Kelly wrote:Maybe when I get bored with this project i'll take the leap

its fun tbh kelly really like how corals operate..but im not going to be a tropical snob just because im doing saltys still like my trophs will never give up on them !!

geofftrainor wrote:Well done man you will enjoy but be skint

thanks geoff it sure does leave you skint lol its a pricey hobby but im enjoying what im seeing in my tank atm

lee77 wrote:Fairplay to ya Adi nice setup there

cheers lee only on a small scale for now but getting the look im looking for it will take time but will be worthed in the end i hope

good stuff adi, hope it works out well for ya, keep us updated on how you get on with the setup, be interesting to see how things change

Glad to see you in a salty adventure Adi

Do keep us updated ; thats a nice stripped green mushroom; is that what you were told it was? Where you get that?

Nice one adi

Disaster struck yesterday morning woke up to a weaking tank so had to strip it all down and head for rosscommon with the tank as he swapped it for me and guess wat it was the only one back from a pallet of them it would have to be me anyway got all put in stryo boxes and got the tank @ 7 last night so had a long night ahead 3 this morning waiting on everything to come back to temps and added things slowy!!! all set-up again and all happy out opening up nicely again lil update with added rock

minky wrote:good stuff adi, hope it works out well for ya, keep us updated on how you get on with the setup, be interesting to see how things change

cheers minky shur il give it ago and see how i get on

andrewo wrote:Glad to see you in a salty adventure Adi

Do keep us updated ; thats a nice stripped green mushroom; is that what you were told it was? Where you get that?

thank you andrew took the plundge liking it so far in bad need of getting test kits u knw were to get good one at a good price ya it a very nice stipped mushroom my friend is ragein i have it got it from keelan along with a very nice bush coral and my daisy polyp came from galway it has a very rare sponge living in the centre of it..will keep it updated but not much going in for now going to let it settle in over christmas

Big Chris wrote:Nice one adi

thanks chris you take care of one self

Unlucky man At least ye got on top of it with some added good luck with the tank swap Is that a internal filter in the right corner? What media are you using in it? Salifert do a great test kit, some can be pricey but its a piece of the puzzle you want to be as accurate as possible with

Darn; thats unlucky alright; but glad to see you are still at it!
Yeah i use the saliferts range of test kits; expensive but at least you know they are accurate and easy to use

SEEING SUMONE DELETED MY FOR SALE ADD !!!!

selling this setup as im going bigger 300 euro for all

corals and live rock staying !!!

Adi

Paul requested that you priced you setup.that was for sale. You completely ignored his request that spanned a week, in doing so you broke forum rules for sale that apply to everyone!

The forum rules are there to be applied not for you to take the piss out off!

Sorry adi that had to be removed, as per the rules. There was a member on not to long ago complaining about the for sale setup lack of prices etc.... The rules were changed to suit everyone, and they actually work great. I asked 3 or 4 days in a row bud, you were online every single one of them days and viewed the thread. I didnt even delete it the last night, i gave it anther day but by morning that was it gone