Day 27 Ramadhan - Stay at Home

"You can never cross the ocean until you have the courage to lose sight of the shore."

Self-Study Today: Marine Life

This aquarium is almost 1 and a half year, the size of 4 gallons nano tank.

No skimmer, no sump, no chiller, no dosing.

Which shows that, with passion, patient and perseverance, this hobby does not have to be a very expensive hobby.

Now, we would like to step-up our experiment and at the same time guide you through as well!

Step 1:

Read, read, read and self-learn. From forums, books, watch YouTube, join communities. This is important so that you do not waste your money, time and effort. Also to avoid making huge mistake.

Step 2:

Decide what kind of marine life you want to care for? Only fishes or coral reef tank? For us, we chose coral reef tank with fishes @ saltwater tank (mixture of both).

Step 3:

What is the size of the tank that you want to use? We want to use 15 gallons nano tank.

Step 4:

Ready to purchase equipments based on your decision from the steps above. Be it new or secondhand, as long as it works, these are the things we prepared;

- LED light that is suitable for coral growth.

- Type of salt suitable for corals.

- Type of filter, we modified it to be all in one internal filter so that it attaches inside the tank.

- Sand, the granular size, for shallow or depth sand bed, all up to you.

- Life rock vs Dead Rock, each has its pros and cons, we prefer life rock.

Step 5:

Set-up time. This takes time, you must not rush it.

- Clean up the sand before placing it in the aquarium

- After you're happy with the depth of the sand bed, landscape the life rock.

- Fill in RO water.

- Pour salt (please not cooking salt!) until the salinate reading is 1.024

- Run the pump for 2 months without coral/fishes to allow everything to settle and stabilize encouraging the growth of good bacteria naturally.

Step 6:

We can't show you yet step 6 because we haven't reach the end of 2 months yet. Nevertheless, do follow our new YouTube channel: www.youtube.com/saltwater tank

Eat to Live

Today's main course cooked is between Buttermilk or Curry Chicken

Food for Thought

"And from [part of] the night, pray with it as additional [worship] for you; it is expected that your Lord will resurrect you to a praised station." - (Surah Al-Isra, verse 79)

Till then, my prayers for you and your family 🌷