Well here we go again.. I just had to look at the saltwater section in petco and see they had lightning maroon clowns for only $60! Then one of my dream tanks showed up on craigslist for only $80! Like, am I just supposed to not get back into saltwater?
I've been out of the hobby for six years after I broke down my 40 breeder lps tank when I bought a house. The itch has been with me the whole time and I now decided I need clownfish in my life. When I got out lightning clowns weren't available yet so I'm super stoked you can now get them for the same price as other clowns. I plan on getting of pair of them with a few colours of BTA and my other must have, a watchman goby pistol shrimp pair.
The aquarium didn't come with a stand so I am building one with a special addition. This tank will be in my gaming room to the right of my desktop and I will be building an led lit acrylic shelf wrapping around the stand and along the wall into the next corner of the room. This room was the spare bedroom but I tore out the closet to build a computer alcove into. The space is 29" deep and the tank is 27.5" deep so it will fit perfectly flush with the wall on the right.
The stand is mostly done and ready to be painted and tank has been cleaned and drilled for emergency overflow. I want to keep maintenance and noise on this tank as low as possible so my current plan is no sump. I still need to figure out lighting and flow, build rock structure, get fish and quarantine, and run electricity in the closet. That's what I'll be working on this weekend.
I've been out of the hobby for six years after I broke down my 40 breeder lps tank when I bought a house. The itch has been with me the whole time and I now decided I need clownfish in my life. When I got out lightning clowns weren't available yet so I'm super stoked you can now get them for the same price as other clowns. I plan on getting of pair of them with a few colours of BTA and my other must have, a watchman goby pistol shrimp pair.
The aquarium didn't come with a stand so I am building one with a special addition. This tank will be in my gaming room to the right of my desktop and I will be building an led lit acrylic shelf wrapping around the stand and along the wall into the next corner of the room. This room was the spare bedroom but I tore out the closet to build a computer alcove into. The space is 29" deep and the tank is 27.5" deep so it will fit perfectly flush with the wall on the right.
The stand is mostly done and ready to be painted and tank has been cleaned and drilled for emergency overflow. I want to keep maintenance and noise on this tank as low as possible so my current plan is no sump. I still need to figure out lighting and flow, build rock structure, get fish and quarantine, and run electricity in the closet. That's what I'll be working on this weekend.
