Picked up a very small amount of live rock and some chaeto. I'm going to let patience do the rest I guess. Skimmer continues to pull some fairly funky water out of the system.

I'm trying my best to not run the lights but already I'm sitting in front of the tank dreaming lol...

LOL Lights out sux

Looking awesome Brett! Nice to see the salt water in there! This will be one incredible SW tank! Very excited to see what you do with it! Very nice!:mrgreen:

How much does the waiting time suck? :lol:

How long you leaving the lights off for?

Haha. I meant my thread about whether I should feed the pods in my fuge at this point but thanks for the input lol...

But to answer your questions it a) sucks hard and b) lights off for a month I'm guessing but we'll see what the test kits tell me. Ammonia is STILL under 0.25 so maybe this rock wasn't that grungy?

Looks good Brett!!

I asked the kids yesterday who wanted to clean the skimmer cup. My bad.

http://www.fishbrains.net/images/build/fight.jpg

Teddy bear looks like your best bet... :razz:

Adorable kids, I would be wanting to clean it now rather than later :biggrin:
Unless you have it all stocked and are going to suprise us with photo's!

I'm bored waiting for my bacteria to get it on. Here's some quick and dirty pics:

Fuge with some rock and live rubble. My pods are growing in numbers. You can see my heaters and a bunch of rock tossed in the return area of the sump. Keeps the display nearly bubble free.

http://www.fishbrains.net/images/build/bored1.jpg

Skimmer right after I cleaned it. Already has a bit of stinky water in the cup. I'm excited to see what this thing can do with a bioload. Far left is my 20 gallon reservoir I empty to do water changes. Filter sock on my herbie is already pretty dirty.

http://www.fishbrains.net/images/build/bored2.jpg

I'm a nerd. So what!

http://www.fishbrains.net/images/build/bored3.jpg

FTS showing the 2 pieces of seed rock in the display. One on each shelf/tower.

http://www.fishbrains.net/images/build/bored4.jpg

Glow off the rocks makes the water appear cloudy but it's quite clear right now.

http://www.fishbrains.net/images/build/bored5.jpg

Left side of my water-change cabinet.

http://www.fishbrains.net/images/build/bored6.jpg

Hard to get a decent shot in the top ro/di reservoir. I extended a 90 out from my emergency overflow bulkhead and then glued my float valve to it. Osmolator pump in there too. It's neat working in my office (same room) and hearing that little pump kick on knowing it's taking care of my system.

http://www.fishbrains.net/images/build/bored7.jpg