7 Gallon Setup

Here is how i setup my 7 gallon. It was my "test" tank and i plan on upgrading to a 90+ gallon tank.

First i filled it half full with water.


I used rubble rock to decorate the tank.




Than i filled the rest of the tank. My lighting isnt that strong because do to the lack of sun in temperate regions most sessile inverts due not have symbiotic relations with algae. The only reason you would need strong lighting is for kelp.



After a while i went on a trip to the beach where i acquired limpets, chitons, bubble shells, cone snails, whelks, turbo snails, hermit crabs, and two different species of crabs. I also got some macro-algae (yet to be identified).





and there you have it, a small and easy to setup up temperate aquarium.

I'm jealous, With the sand, Do I use Beach sand or like reef sand?

I used beach sand as the animals i collected were from the beach therefore they were used to anything that was in the sand. Reef sand would work just as well.

I would probably use beach sand, One its cheaper and to its right at the beach =).
Lmfao I was going to ask you If I need a heater, Its cold water, course I dont need one.lol

Haha yeah. A lot cheaper in my experience.

Just a heads up the macros are growing very well .

Good

That'll be a pretty nice tank. Looking forward to seeing it progress.

Unfortunately i had to take the tank down but plan on starting a 30 gallon this winter.

May I ask why?

I envy your beach... All we have (regarding wildlife) at ours are sticklebacks and trout in the rather small estuary, crabs, lobster, capelin, starfish, snails, jellyfish, sea-lice, shrimp, kelp, macro-algea and the occasional fish that seem to stray from far-off places, for example: last year I caught a weird see-through fish with all orange organs and a white spine. It was about 1 1/2 inches in diameter... Anyways, not much to see around the beach if you ask me... Or maybe it's a beautiful beach, and I'm just so used to seeing it that I don't find it as special as others..?

Well i had to focus my energies on my reef. Also i wasn't ready for another project quite then. Now i am looking for another cheap tank though. Preferably 55+. Yeah california has many nice beaches .

Anything interesting I could set that 3 gallon up for? On the east coast

do you have any tidepools? always a good place to look.

Lol. Its like a 3 hour drive to the closest beach. Cant exactly go check.

Ha well if you serious....(start your own thread) i would get some sand from a beach if you think it's clean enough and get some base rock or granite from wherever just make sure its clean. I have heard that west coast species or more colorful than east coast however i don't know for sure.