Hello everyone, I am a water elf, today we come to talk about the new friends in the sea, what are the experiences, for the old fish friends, more or less have similar experiences, whether it is a novice or a veteran, interested in the comment area can publish their own experiences mutual exchange, learning experience, welcome everyone to participate warmly!
Start by determining your own type of marine fish tank
Marine fish tanks are mainly divided into: FOT (pure fish tank), LPS (soft coral tank), SPS (hard bone coral tank)
Among them, SPS has the most stringent requirements for water quality
↑SPS (Hard Bone Coral Tank)
↑ FOT (Pure Fish Tank)
↑LPS (Soft Coral Tank)
A component of a sea tank
Fish tank, more common 60 square tank, if you want to raise 30 micro tanks, that kind of tank does not have the position of the protein separator (hereinafter referred to as egg fraction), not in the scope of today's article, we are talking about a mature seawater system fish tank. If your fish tank is 80 or even 1 meter square tank, the glass thickness is at least 12mm, because the sea pressure is larger, and too thin glass is not safe.
Bottom cabinet, strong like good, can not be too short to cause the bottom cylinder equipment can not be put in.
The bottom cylinder, is placed in the bottom cabinet of the cylinder, this cylinder has several grids, respectively placed eggs (to be large enough), the main circulating water pump, water cooler circulation pump, MINI filter and other equipment, the design needs to be reasonable, if you do not understand, find a more reliable business to do.
After talking about composition, let's talk about the process of seawater circulation
The water of the main cylinder is taken to the bottom cylinder, and then the main circulation pump of the bottom cylinder is circulated by equipment such as egg division and MINI filter, and the cooling is returned to the main cylinder. Therefore, the design of the bottom cylinder is very important, you have to consider the water level, water flow direction, size and so on of each grid.
equipment
The main circulation pump, such as 60 cylinders, it is recommended to choose at least 3000L per hour flow pump, if it is domestic, it is recommended to choose 5000L, because the domestic pump is false, attenuation problems are more, the brand I do not talk about here, we can search online for a variety of brands of word of mouth and then make a decision.
Lamps, basically divided into 3 kinds, halogen lamps, tube lamps are T5HO, LED. Halogen lamps are common, the most economical is the turtle shell, but many people think that the appearance of the turtle shell is ugly, relatively large heat, only sunlight color. The shell components are turtle shell, ballast, shell support or hanger, lamp gall (at least 250W, if there is hard bone at least 400W), can be purchased separately. The advantage of tube lamp is beautiful color, relative heat is small, the disadvantage is that the lamp plate and lamp tube are more expensive, generally have to choose 8-10 tubes, with white, blue, white blue, purple, fluorescent purple, Fijian purple, etc., generally need to replace all lamps a year, expensive on the reflector of the lamp, ballast, it is not recommended to buy low-end T5HO lamps. LED is not very mature in China, and the price of good LEDs is very expensive, not as good as T5HO.
Protein separator, relying on rising bubbles to beat out the solid impurities in the water, so that it reduces the burden of the system, the nominal amount of egg treatment required is 3-4 times your total water body (the main tank and the bottom tank are a total of water bodies) is the minimum requirement, of course, the larger the egg, the better, will help you solve more nitrification system burden.
Flow-making, that is, the wave-making apparatus, simulates the formal circulation of waves, promotes the circulation of water flow, accelerates the growth of organisms, mainly depends on the flow, which is determined according to the specific biological habits in the tank.
Filtration system
It is recommended to choose the Berlin system, the point of view of this system is to rely on a large number of living stones, strong light, strong water flow to maintain water quality, use live stone to consume nutrient salts, live stone has a lot of beneficial bacteria, can be used as a natural filter material, strong flow is used to make the surface and internal water circulation of living stone, so that the internal beneficial bacteria to consume nutrient salts and other harmful substances. Living stones should be selected as large, porous and light as possible, and the landscaping should be left as much as possible, and many dead corners cannot be placed, which is easy to cause the accumulation of NO3.
Raising seawater fish must first raise water (in fact, when it comes to raising water, I have a lot to write, you can leave it for the time being to edit an article on water cultivation separately, first briefly explain), live stone to buy back first brushed with sea salt water, remove crabs, shrimp and other organisms on the living stone, soak with a specific gravity of seawater between 1.023-1.025, 24 hours of light to let him grow algae, use algae to consume NO3 on the living stone, and so on, all algae are albinized, indicating that NO3 is consumed, test NO3 as much as possible below 5. After raising, brush the stone to remove the algae. Then replace half of the water in the main tank and start to build a landscaping to lay sand with living stones, and then observe a week to test NO3 below 10 can be some good creatures, the organism must be slowly down, can not be too much at once, to determine that the previous organism has adapted to the new organism.
Routine maintenance
Change 1/4 of the water every week or 10-15 days, change the water first to reduce the salt, adjust the water temperature, and then add new water to the tank. Fresh water is replenished daily, because the daily evaporation of fresh water leaves salt, and the salinity will slowly increase.
Feeding less, choosing high-quality feed, do not feed raw fish, shrimp, etc., will pollute the water quality and may also be mixed with bacteria. Well, today's sharing is here, for the most basic sea tank players I still have a lot of not said, later have the opportunity to discuss with you in detail, interested friends can also talk about their own insights or good suggestions, for your reference!