Starting marine tank...need advise~ - Page 4

13-10-2005, 10:30 PM

Yeah .... You need a Hydrometer

**KaLiB** · 14-10-2005, 12:11 AM

Just to add on a little about the hydrometer, do not stinch and go for the swing arm type at the very minimum. Those glass type which floats in the water is not so good as reading it can be difficult and they need a certain depth of water before it can operate properly. Swing arm type are easy to read and all you need to do is fill it with some water and it would work.

You missed out the most important, testkits. For FOWLR, you should only need ammonia,nitrite,nitrate and pH for now. Getting a pH pen would be worth it as its very convenient to use if budget allows.

14-10-2005, 11:44 AM

oh...hydrometer..haha...i have i have...and yes,its those plastic swing arm type.got it from my gf. she used it last time when keeping hermit crabs

and for those testkits...alamak...i hate testkits!!! gagagaga~

when i was in planted tanks, i dun use teskits too. dunno why. BUT, for this marine, i tink i can do something to this. hehehe...

14-10-2005, 11:46 AM

guys...i have 1 new headache. 10kg of C0 sand will come up to abt 2" height.

another 10kg of C3 sand will be total of 4".

but some of my frens told me i need at least 3-4" of C0 sand for the dsb to work.

how how? should i go buy one more pack ?

or is my combo of 10kg C0 + 10kg C3 enough?

14-10-2005, 12:43 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by bluezing

guys...i have 1 new headache. 10kg of C0 sand will come up to abt 2" height.

another 10kg of C3 sand will be total of 4".

but some of my frens told me i need at least 3-4" of C0 sand for the dsb to work.

how how? should i go buy one more pack ?

or is my combo of 10kg C0 + 10kg C3 enough?

bro remember to wash your sand...... before putting in

2 inch of grade 0 is abit too little for dsb

dont go for atman pump........

china made pump produce alot of heat and not good....

14-10-2005, 01:11 PM

alamak...i oredi book the pump liao..tonite collecting liao...

14-10-2005, 05:53 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by bluezing

alamak...i oredi book the pump liao..tonite collecting liao...

bro u keeping fish for so long liao should know mah.... china stuff......

u pay peanuts get monkeys

some more u no chiller.... hai.....

u using what filter?

**KaLiB** · 14-10-2005, 07:10 PM

Quote:

but some of my frens told me i need at least 3-4" of C0 sand for the dsb to work.

how how? should i go buy one more pack ?

If you want a DSB, yes, its better to get some more sand and make at least a 3" sandbed, if not more. A DSB should consist of around 3"-4" of fine(grade1,grade0) sand at the very least, the more coarse the sand the thicker the sandbed has to be.

Quote:

or is my combo of 10kg C0 + 10kg C3 enough?

For a normal aesthetic sandbed, its sufficient.

14-10-2005, 10:39 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by thanantosis

bro u keeping fish for so long liao should know mah.... china stuff......

u pay peanuts get monkeys

some more u no chiller.... hai.....

u using what filter?

haha...cos the other time i din really buy china stuff wor~

filter? me no filter leh...

skimmer + dsb...

maybe a hangon filter from freshwater

14-10-2005, 10:40 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by KaLiB

If you want a DSB, yes, its better to get some more sand and make at least a 3" sandbed, if not more. A DSB should consist of around 3"-4" of fine(grade1,grade0) sand at the very least, the more coarse the sand the thicker the sandbed has to be.

For a normal aesthetic sandbed, its sufficient.

ok noted....

14-10-2005, 12:11 AM	#32
KaLiB Moderator Join Date: Jun 2002 Posts: 3,635	Just to add on a little about the hydrometer, do not stinch and go for the swing arm type at the very minimum. Those glass type which floats in the water is not so good as reading it can be difficult and they need a certain depth of water before it can operate properly. Swing arm type are easy to read and all you need to do is fill it with some water and it would work. You missed out the most important, testkits. For FOWLR, you should only need ammonia,nitrite,nitrate and pH for now. Getting a pH pen would be worth it as its very convenient to use if budget allows. __________________ A fishtank is just like your computer. When your tank crash(OS crash), its time to cleanup(reformat hard drive) and setup(install OS) again and add new livestock(re-install software).

13-10-2005, 10:30 PM	#31
nim75sg Guest Posts: n/a	Yeah .... You need a Hydrometer

14-10-2005, 11:44 AM	#33
bluezing Guest Posts: n/a	oh...hydrometer..haha...i have i have...and yes,its those plastic swing arm type.got it from my gf. she used it last time when keeping hermit crabs and for those testkits...alamak...i hate testkits!!! gagagaga~ when i was in planted tanks, i dun use teskits too. dunno why. BUT, for this marine, i tink i can do something to this. hehehe...

14-10-2005, 11:46 AM	#34
bluezing Guest Posts: n/a	guys...i have 1 new headache. 10kg of C0 sand will come up to abt 2" height. another 10kg of C3 sand will be total of 4". but some of my frens told me i need at least 3-4" of C0 sand for the dsb to work. how how? should i go buy one more pack ? or is my combo of 10kg C0 + 10kg C3 enough?

14-10-2005, 01:11 PM	#36
bluezing Guest Posts: n/a	alamak...i oredi book the pump liao..tonite collecting liao...

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