Diving in at the Deep End

There is an amazing volume of instruction and advice in the whats’ and hows’ of marine fish keeping. We did our own research and found some good books; ‘ Marine Fish Keeping for Dummies’ and a beautiful colour photo book ‘ Marine Fish’. It’s been like studying for a course, and we’ve both compiled our own ‘Fish Notes’ with everything we have learnt! Even with all the studying I expect we will learn most of our lessons on the way.... the first wave taking us the fish shop.

LFS, or Live Fish Stockist to us newbies here. (There’s so much lingo to learn in this hobby! You’ll see what I mean as this blog progresses.) We spent a small gold mine at the LFS in Coventry. Some of the stuff we had planned to buy and for the rest we made some snap decisions with the advice of the reputable Fishman.

Here’s a list of our buys:

Quarantine Tank

· 24Gallon Nano Tank with cabinet stand

· Tetratec HT 50 Heater

Main Tank

· Godiva Deluxe Tank 48” x 24” x 18”

· Sump 4/5 partitioned

· Arcadia overtank Luminaire T5 lighting; 2 white, 2 blue 90cm Actinic bulbs

· Instant Ocean Skimmer 800

· Eheim Compact + 3000 Pump

· Marea 2400 Wave Powerhead

· Tetratec HT 300 Heater