Hello all,
It’s a pretty funny story how this 20G build came to be. My GF and I were at uncle bills to get her a Beta fish, one thing led to another and we were stuck on the gorgeous saltwater fish. We both always loved aquariums and I’ve always wanted a tank. Well we decided to go with a saltwater tank instead of the Beta and we were gathering everything we needed from Uncle Bills, to create this tank. Thankfully the employee at UB’s told me to first do research on saltwater tanks before getting fish and the supplies. Saved me some money and the depression that would come if I lost fish had I bought the fish and supplies the same day. Did some research and found a BudgetBuild by YouTuber/Company SaltwaterAquarium. Followed the steps(somewhat closely) and now I have the following:
Aqueon 20G high tank
Aqueon Glasstop(PIA to cut the plastic to fit HOB filter
Tidal 35 HOB Filter with carbon matrix
PopBloom 60W LED light
HITOP 75W Heater(have a EHEIM Jager 100w coming in the mail that I will swap out)
CaribSea Arag-Alive Fiji Pink 20Lbs
CaribSea Live Dry Rock 10lbs
Dry Rock about 10lbs
Instant Ocean Sea Salt
Reegugu 800GPH Wavemaker
2 Clownfish and 4 hermits(might have been a little early for the CUC?)
Used the whole 2oz bottle(maybe 4oz) of Dr Tims one and only when I put the Clowns in
Test Kits: API(Ammonia, Nitrite, Nitrate and Phosphate) Salifert Alkalinity(I’d like to get into corals
Imagitarium Refractometer
This is a very addicting hobby and unfortunately I’m a very impatient being lol. So I know this will be a very hard hobby for me. I’m based out of Fort Wayne Indiana and I’m constantly going to different LFS here and I’m sure they’ve had enough of me as I’ve been in daily since I’ve started the tank on Monday July 5th.
I did a 3 gallon water change yesterday as my nitrates were at 10-20PPM. Theyre at 5 PPM as of today July 10.
When would be a good time to try a soft coral? Here are the parameters for today:
Ammonia .25
Nitrite .50-1ppm
Nitrate 5ppm
Phosphate .25ppm
Salinity 1.025
Attached are some pictures of the build and the PAR distribution of the light.
It’s a pretty funny story how this 20G build came to be. My GF and I were at uncle bills to get her a Beta fish, one thing led to another and we were stuck on the gorgeous saltwater fish. We both always loved aquariums and I’ve always wanted a tank. Well we decided to go with a saltwater tank instead of the Beta and we were gathering everything we needed from Uncle Bills, to create this tank. Thankfully the employee at UB’s told me to first do research on saltwater tanks before getting fish and the supplies. Saved me some money and the depression that would come if I lost fish had I bought the fish and supplies the same day. Did some research and found a BudgetBuild by YouTuber/Company SaltwaterAquarium. Followed the steps(somewhat closely) and now I have the following:
Aqueon 20G high tank
Aqueon Glasstop(PIA to cut the plastic to fit HOB filter
Tidal 35 HOB Filter with carbon matrix
PopBloom 60W LED light
HITOP 75W Heater(have a EHEIM Jager 100w coming in the mail that I will swap out)
CaribSea Arag-Alive Fiji Pink 20Lbs
CaribSea Live Dry Rock 10lbs
Dry Rock about 10lbs
Instant Ocean Sea Salt
Reegugu 800GPH Wavemaker
2 Clownfish and 4 hermits(might have been a little early for the CUC?)
Used the whole 2oz bottle(maybe 4oz) of Dr Tims one and only when I put the Clowns in
Test Kits: API(Ammonia, Nitrite, Nitrate and Phosphate) Salifert Alkalinity(I’d like to get into corals
Imagitarium Refractometer
This is a very addicting hobby and unfortunately I’m a very impatient being lol. So I know this will be a very hard hobby for me. I’m based out of Fort Wayne Indiana and I’m constantly going to different LFS here and I’m sure they’ve had enough of me as I’ve been in daily since I’ve started the tank on Monday July 5th.
I did a 3 gallon water change yesterday as my nitrates were at 10-20PPM. Theyre at 5 PPM as of today July 10.
When would be a good time to try a soft coral? Here are the parameters for today:
Ammonia .25
Nitrite .50-1ppm
Nitrate 5ppm
Phosphate .25ppm
Salinity 1.025
Attached are some pictures of the build and the PAR distribution of the light.