The 3gallon noob tank

spec33 · 11/21/2016, 08:36 PM

So I have wanted to have a salt water tank forever and I new I couldn't have anything big so I thought I would give a pico tank a try. I know everyone says that small tanks are hard to keep but so far this one has been fairly easy with just waterchanges and topoffs every few days.

Tank: marineland contour 3
heater: Some german brand I think?I honestly forgot. The temp swings sometimes so I might get a new one
pumps: I use a fluval spec pump that I had laying around in the back then I use the pump that came with the tank in the display area. I think its around 100gph total.
Lighting: Now the light I have mixxed feelings about. it is veryyyyy purple but hey it only cost 10 bucks on ebay. It is a cheap chinese par38 bulb with a diy fixture made from some zoomed hanger. I think in total it costed me $30. As far as I can tell it is very strong. It bleached the anthelia I have when it was about a foot from the coral.

I started out with about 3 pounds of dry rock and a tiny bit of lr for seeding.

Inhabitants:
1 yt damsel
1 peppermint shrimp
1 emerald crab
1 scarlet hermit

The tank has been up for about 7 months and I recently switched to bb in order to be able to clean it better.

spec33 · 11/21/2016, 08:37 PM

Oh I also forgot the corals
so far I have easy corals that include
anthelia
some random zoas
a mushroom
clove polyps
xenia
gsp
had a finger leather but the tank got to 90 frm a bad heater and it along with the snails died

spec33 · 11/21/2016, 08:42 PM

I am missing everything sorry. here is a pic.

everything is closed im sorry I turned on the lights to take a quick pic.

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11/21/2016, 08:36 PM	#1
spec33 Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2015 Posts: 120	The 3gallon noob tank So I have wanted to have a salt water tank forever and I new I couldn't have anything big so I thought I would give a pico tank a try. I know everyone says that small tanks are hard to keep but so far this one has been fairly easy with just waterchanges and topoffs every few days. Tank: marineland contour 3 heater: Some german brand I think?I honestly forgot. The temp swings sometimes so I might get a new one pumps: I use a fluval spec pump that I had laying around in the back then I use the pump that came with the tank in the display area. I think its around 100gph total. Lighting: Now the light I have mixxed feelings about. it is veryyyyy purple but hey it only cost 10 bucks on ebay. It is a cheap chinese par38 bulb with a diy fixture made from some zoomed hanger. I think in total it costed me $30. As far as I can tell it is very strong. It bleached the anthelia I have when it was about a foot from the coral. I started out with about 3 pounds of dry rock and a tiny bit of lr for seeding. Inhabitants: 1 yt damsel 1 peppermint shrimp 1 emerald crab 1 scarlet hermit The tank has been up for about 7 months and I recently switched to bb in order to be able to clean it better.

11/21/2016, 08:37 PM	#2
spec33 Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2015 Posts: 120	Oh I also forgot the corals so far I have easy corals that include anthelia some random zoas a mushroom clove polyps xenia gsp had a finger leather but the tank got to 90 frm a bad heater and it along with the snails died

11/21/2016, 08:42 PM	#3
spec33 Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2015 Posts: 120	I am missing everything sorry. here is a pic. everything is closed im sorry I turned on the lights to take a quick pic. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk