Another new member

[reef bound]

I think ARGAN from Kamloops made some of his own rock as well. Maybe PM him.

[Bugsy]

Welcome to Canreef.....

Where do you live in the Okanagan??

[liftcrew]

I am near Penticton.
I have set up 65 gal in a 36 inch high tank. 400 watt MH 20K, skimmer, 400 gph wave maker, deep gravel bed cranking 800 gph and an outside nitrate chamber.
Used concrete, coral sand, and ground styrofoam to duplicate a fave dive site. The concrete reef was done in three stacking pieces and cured for 8 weeks in running water.
The ph spike, when I went to salt water, was impressive. I was two weeks and a 50% water change before I got the ph down to 8.3. Seems to be fine now and several small mushrooms have taken residence on the structure. I seeded the tank with 40 lbs of small uncured liverock. I am thinking that estimates of a one month cure time you read about is cutting it a little close and the 4 - 8 months is closer to the safe truth.

[argan]

Hi there, welcome to the forums!

I used the Basic GARF recipe with a little less cement and added sand and Water Softener Salt instead of Driveway salt.

I did that because the Softener salt is fit for human consumption, so i figured its more fish safe.

Here is some links to threads on here

My Build thread

MMLR

More with pics

Reefer Rob's tank has some nice DIY rock and links to his pics are on the MMLR thread, 3rd page

[brizzo]

Welcome aboard! Funny, I was wondering a couple days ago if there were any salt stores in Pentiction...

So wheres the pictures?

[liftcrew]

Total pet is in Penticton and has good deals during their 2 for one sale.

[pinner_28]

welcome aboard lift crew
i'm also in penticton and have some leftover base rook if your in need of some
Terry