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03-28-2012, 05:42 AM
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Braeden's 22 Gallon SPS Dominated Cube
Hi Everyone,
Now that I have some time on my hands, I am going to be showing my build to everyone. This is my first saltwater tank but I have done a lot of research and felt completely comfortable with setting this thing up. Currently my tank is about 2 months old but I am going to take you back to the beginning. Please comment and tell me if you see anything wrong and give me suggestions. Frame of the stand  Plywood for the sides and top of the stand  Painting The Stand  Finished Stand  Siliconing baffles in 20 Gallon Sump  Finished Sump  Koralia 750 (Circulation)  Test Kits, got calcium after I took this picture  Maxi Jet 900 (Circulation)  Eheim 1000 (Return Pump)  Bulk Reef Supply 4 Stage RO/DI Unit  Aluminum Bar for my 250W PFO Metal Halide. This was painted black and another piece was added to it for better mounting  Ready for placement in my living room  Sitting in it's permanent spot, looking pretty nice. I know It is by a window but the tank itself won't get any direct sunlight. Also I will be keeping the blinds closed most of the time.  This is up to about February 10th. Hopefully I did everything properly. I will post some more pics of the tank up and running from the last month later tonight or tomorrow. Please comment and tell me if I should change anything. Thanks 
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03-28-2012, 06:27 AM
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03-29-2012, 01:35 AM
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Filling up with fresh RO/DI water. Very exciting!!! Also got 3/4's of the rock in. Not my final aquascape.
 Adding Reef Crystals Salt  Made a stand for my skimmer so that it would be sitting in the proper water level in my sump. All I did was cut a square of egg crate out to the right size, then the PVC legs, then cut and drilled some holes in them so that detritus wouldn't build up in there, then I zap strapped the PVC legs to the egg crate.  Added the live sand   Under the stand  Water clearing up a little bit  I will post some more pics later. Enjoy!
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03-29-2012, 03:18 AM
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Here is where the fun part began for me. Watching the tank grow into a small piece of the ocean.
New aquascape. This I believe is my permanent scape. A new powerhead for the time being since the Koralia 750 was blowing my sand around a little. I will be putting a Koralia 550 in here along with this Maxi Jet 900. In the future I will hopefully get 1 MP10 which would be ideal since the 2 power heads that are in there now don't look the nicest. View from my chair  View from the front. On the front right rock there will be a neon green torch coral. I will also have 2 True Percula Clowns that will hopefully host the torch.  A couple of close-ups of my rock work    The Koralia 550 is now in and I also got a fan to blow over the water surface.  Also bought a Reef Keeper Light to control my metal halide, Koralia, heater and fan. I absolutely love this thing!! It keeps my temperature perfect. Between 78.4 - 78.6  Will be posting some more pictures a bit later, SPS and Zoas!! Stay tuned.
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03-29-2012, 03:40 AM
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There was an instant cycle from adding the 40lbs. of live sand. The Nitrates looked like this for the first 5 days
Day 1: 3ppm Day 2: 2ppm Day 3: 2ppm Day 4: 1ppm Day 5: 0ppm Correct me if I'm wrong but I think this is a full cycle, right?
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03-29-2012, 03:43 AM
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I would still wait, dont be surprised if you see an ammonia or nitrate spike.. wait your not usin any live rock? technically you have no real biological filtration, I would add a chunk or 2 of live rock even just in the sump to add the filtration, that will also ensure a cycle happens.
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I'm not 'fallow' you must be talking about my tank!
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03-29-2012, 03:55 AM
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