The Old Tank

I currently run a 40 gallon "breeder" style tank, 36" wide, 16" tall and 18" deep. It is set up as "Fish Only" tank. This means that there are no invertibrate creatures living in there, other than algae and bacteria. It also implies that the filtration is "Wet Dry" type. More on what this means in later posts.

As you can see, the water quality and clenliness are not the best: There are levels of Nitrate and Phosphates that are acceptable to the fish, but not really great for them. Many corals would not tolerate the chemicals. The reddish algee only grows in the presence of phosphate, so that is why you can see that the water is not ideal.

The new tank will use Live Rock as filtration, which will help to remove these chemicals from the water.




Photography is done with a Cannon powershot G6. Excellent camera, although I am not yet skilled in its use.