buckshaw reef osaka 155

[icemandave]

hello all

Been a member for while now and after a year with a 60ltr marine tank it was time to update my tank.
After looking around i came across the fluval osaka 155 it was perfect for my needs and looks ace. tank swap over was fine with little stress ;-) . I have had tank running for two month now and all is fine got a bit of algee to deal with but its going slowly. last week i got a iquatics 6xt5 light unit and wow what a diffrence thats made. I do around 15% water change every weekend to keep on top of things.

item list:
Fluval osaka 155
Fluval 205 ex filter
Fluval 200w heater
Tmc UV unit
Tmc Skimmer
iquatics 6xt5 light unit

Fish:
2x tank breed clown fish
1x firefish
2x Lyretail anthias
1x cleaner shrimp
1x pep shrimp
9x hermit crabs
12x Snails

and coral

[icemandave]

some more photos made a lid for my tank last night due to having a new cat i will take some photos and post tomorrow any comments welcome



Spike the firefish




one of my fav photos from last night


some of the pictures where taken with the old 2xt5 but the close up on the fish where done when new light was fitted

[jennybugs]

The tank looks nice. How much live rock is in there? How much evaporation do you have to top up with that light unit?

[icemandave]

evaporation not that bad i will say 1ltr a week but due to me doing a water change every week its not that much of a problem but since the lid has gone on it does not seem to be as much evaporation. Live rock off the top of my head am not sure due to me swapping and adding from my old tank am going to pick up a couple more live rock this weekend this tank is far from finshed. going to make a zoa garden down the bottom right to make a cove effect with a few ric's in there.

[RichardT]

Nice looking Osaka, I've the same tank in my office I must be doing something different as I get 1-2 litres of evaporation a day, lol

[icemandave]

Put a lid on it that seems to work. I have come home tonight and there at most 1mm diff in water level from yesterday

[Lee09]

I lose a lot through evaporation but I'm using a MH. Tank looks good mate I like the less rock look.


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[icemandave]

there will be more rock in time. Am building it up one rock at a time filling that rock with coral then moving on up. but as you all know i will go out one weekend and buy more coral than i have rock ha ha.

[Lee09]

there will be more rock in time. Am building it up one rock at a time filling that rock with coral then moving on up. but as you all know i will go out one weekend and buy more coral than i have rock ha ha.

True, always end up with something totally different from what I wanted!


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[Lee09]

Oh and nice fish choices I really like the fire fish


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