IamCraiiggg Posted October 30 Share Posted October 30 I have been living in the Philippines for a year. I miss my old tank. Well tanks since I was in the hobby for years (swimmingswammi here). There are no salt water aquarists here. I think I can get parts shipped here but not live stock. But I am surrounded by some nice fish and corals. Does anyone have experience using natural ocean water, substrate, and rocks without coraline (there is no way to get starter algae) to start a tank? I am thinking about 5-10 gallons that I can do easy water changes with. A few chomis, some leathers, and a native monti cap to start. Quote Link to comment
Staticmoves Posted October 30 Share Posted October 30 3 hours ago, IamCraiiggg said: A few chomis, These guys like to swim around, 5 gal may be a little tight from my experience. 10 gal will be boarderline. I know quite a few people use filtered ocean water for there tanks, where access permits. actual ocean rock would be great and yes. Substrate....hmmmm.... may have to be careful with iron among other contaminates. maybe a strong magnet in a ziplock baggie and run it through very thoroughly. post lots of pictures, sounds like the start of a cool project. Welcome to NR! Quote Link to comment
ReefGoat Posted October 31 Share Posted October 31 13 hours ago, IamCraiiggg said: I have been living in the Philippines for a year. I miss my old tank. Well tanks since I was in the hobby for years (swimmingswammi here). There are no salt water aquarists here. I think I can get parts shipped here but not live stock. But I am surrounded by some nice fish and corals. Does anyone have experience using natural ocean water, substrate, and rocks without coraline (there is no way to get starter algae) to start a tank? I am thinking about 5-10 gallons that I can do easy water changes with. A few chomis, some leathers, and a native monti cap to start. Be careful out there collecting man. You absolutely can do it. A user on reef2reef that lived in a foreign country that I can’t recall, drowned collecting livestock for his tank. I think he was an experienced diver too. I’m pretty sure that’s how he stocked his tank. He was the dude that invented the “Donovan’s nitrate destroyer”. Seemed like a really nice guy. to answer your question yes it can be done. Obviously fish are going to be way more complicated than coral to harvest. Quote Link to comment
SantaMonica Posted October 31 Share Posted October 31 India has a similar situation, no salt tanks. So you might ask how they do things... https://indianaquariumhobbyist.in/forums/index.php Quote Link to comment
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