Peregian Tank
Posted on Tuesday, 01 May, 2007 at 3:51 PM by miskairal
I bought a tank 2nd hand from a guy at Peregian Beach on the Sunshine Coast of Qld in March 2006. It measures 121 x 35 x 40cm and has a central rear weir with a sump that measures 46 x 31 x 16.5cm. Unfortunately the centre brace runs right over the top of the weir making access to the weir next to impossible. It came with a small sand bed in both the sump and the tank, maybe 5cm deep which appears to consist of coarse coral pieces. The sump contained bio balls which I finally removed after I lost my Midas Blenny to them. The tank contained a fair amount of barren looking live rock with little or no coralline algae. It has a Queen skimmer which I have never used, in part because the tank has had so little stock in it most of the time, but also because of the cost of running yet another pump which I don't think is necessary on this tank. Lighting consisted of 2 x 150W Metal halides with new bulbs (14000k DE) and 2 spare unused bulbs but I took the lighting to use on my main tank as they have proper covers encasing them. The tank is now lit only by 3 x NO fluoro tubes that are 4 feet long. 2 are actinic and one is white. Water movement was only done with 2 small powerheads and the return. I bought it to use as a seahorse tank as my husband, Tony, really likes seahorses. I do too but after more reading I found that they are prone to health problems that I don't think I should tackle until I have had more experience.
Stock consisted of a Sailfin tang (Tangy) , a bleached anemone and
some bleached fluffy mushrooms and a duncanopsammia and what I'm pretty
sure is a heliofungia which I also moved to my main tank. I have left a
snail and a large hermit crab in there along with one group of fluffy
mushrooms. I have had a few things grow in there - an unknown coral,
mojano and a little group of 3 zoanthids that are brown with a green
centre. I have added the cowrie that came from the friend's tank. I have
also added a 3 of the corallimorphs I got from blags in March. This tank
is loaded with copepods and amphipods as well as bristle worms and
spaghetti worms. There is also a large red crab that I have seen at
night only.
On the 16th March 2007 I bought a second Mandarin, again a spotted
mandarin (Synchiropus picturatus) and female. I've named her
Angelina 2 in remembrance of that great little Angelina 1. A2 eats
frozen brine shrimp and I've seen her eat Granumarin granules and spit
them out. I have also seen her enter her "diner" which I am teaching
her to do so that if ever I have to move her she will know where her
food comes from OR if I should have to put competitive fish in with
her.
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