Need Help - Fresher in Marine Aquarium

[hitster]

Hello All,

I am staying in Mumbai...have been a fresh water aquarium hobbyist all this while since years along. One fine day i happened to come across this huge fish tanks in one of our Mumbai's western suburbs (known as Bandra). My eyes was stuck onto the tank so i went ahead to have a beter glance. The board said "Fresh & Marine" aquarium...i was curious and i went inside this shop. That was the day when i got mesmerised by the beautiful marine fishes which i saw...The first ever fish i glanced at was Nemo errr the Clown Fish and also Dory :-)
wow ..and many more...i instantly made up my mind , come what may, i will get myself a marine aquarium...and thats what i did the very next day... i made the purchases on all the basic requirements worth 8800 INR.
The only problem i face is that i dunno what to do with the stuff i got (Sea Salt / Crushed Coral / Canister Filter / Ph tester / Protein Skimmer / Bacteria / NO2 tester / PSB. The Aquarium keeper said he is not available to guide me to go aout till next 10 days as he is out of town...Now i cant wait to begin so i need help from you all...Specially if some one in from Mumbai city wanna volunteer help..which could be even telephonic...Anyone ready to help me?

[bertoni]

[welcome]

Hmm, I'm definitely not local. :) This thread might be worth reading, though:

http://archive.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=239848

[CarmieJo]

I'm not local either. But, you could start by mixing up the salt and water in some food grade plastic containers. Can you get reverse osmosis/de-ionized water? If so that is what you should use. Otherwise I'd use distilled. I don't know about in India but most American hobbyists find that using tap water causes algae problems because of impurities. Did you get something like a hydrometer or refractometer to measure the salinity/specific gravity? You could also get your pH adjusted. I know that this is not nearly as exciting as getting your tank set up :D but at least is is a first step.

[hitster]

guys,,,,
i have set up my new and first ever reef tank...looks amazing to me...
how do i post pics here on the thread itself?

[crustin]

post pics http://archive.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=531326 new reefer look here http://www.reefcentral.com/modules.php?s=&name=Content&pa=showpage&pid=1

[whiteshark]

Make an account on photobucket.com. Put you pics in there, Then, copy the img text and paste in in your thread.


http://i59.photobucket.com/albums/g282/whiteshark_2006/P5260044.jpg

[bllfish]

Get some books about setting up an aquarium.

[hitster]

Hey Guys,

Take a look at my first ever attempt at the Reef...

http://iah.in/community/modules/coppermine/albums/userpics/11434/normal_Image159.jpg

http://iah.in/community/modules/coppermine/albums/userpics/11434/normal_Image160.jpg

http://iah.in/community/modules/coppermine/albums/userpics/11434/normal_Image165.jpg

http://iah.in/community/modules/coppermine/albums/userpics/11434/normal_Image177.jpg

I would like to chat with a few guys who would be intersted in being friends with the dude in India with his Reef :)

[hitster]

By The way this is my New Tank

48"x15"x24" 12mm

Lighting -

MH 150W 20000K - 1 no
Azoo PL 10000K - 2 nos
4" Industrial Fan - 4 nos

Accessories

Venturi Skimmer driven by 1800Lt/Hr PowerHead
For flow in the Reef -
1. 3000Lt/Hr Aquanic Power Head
2. 2000Lt/Hr Atman Power Head

Live Rocks

30-35 Kgs

Corals

Leather Finger Corals - 4 nos

Polyps

4 different kinds of polyp rocks (Green / red Sand polyps)

Substrate used - 30 kgs of Medium sized crushed coral sand

Salt Mix - Red Sea

Would like to get a review / reply on my setup

As far as fishes are concerned , i just have 3 now

Yellow Tang 3 inch, Regal Tang cutie 1 inch, Blue Devil Full sized

PS - Blue devils best friend of the Regal Tang :)