My new 93 Gallon Starphire Rimless Cube Reef Build

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Had been away few days hence could not do any posts.. My tank is finally ready for the cycling.. Over 135 gallons of RO water including Sump was being prepared few days back..

[Trevor W]

Great looking tank! That rock is very nice and your placement is awesome. I am looking forward to watching this evolve.

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Originally Posted by Trevor W

Great looking tank! That rock is very nice and your placement is awesome. I am looking forward to watching this evolve.

Thanks Trevor. Not sure how the orientation got messed in the picture...

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its been the end of 2 weeks since the cycle started.. Have seen no significant changes except a few coraline algae growing on the rock..

-My light intensity is quite low. Any suggestions what is the ideal intensity and how many hours in a day during the cycling stage..

- Also noticed the PH reading from the American Pinpoint shows 7.9 and fluctuates 7.91-7.95... Have been opening the fish room window during the day for air circulation.. Is this ok for now till the cycling is complete.. How do I get to raise it to 8 and above??

Btw have been adjusting positions of my 2 Siccee Voyager 4 powerheads in the tank.. as they are stirring up lot of sand from the front glass..

[Madreefer]

Looking good
I wouldn't worry about your ph level at all. It's fine where it is.

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Originally Posted by Madreefer

Looking good
I wouldn't worry about your ph level at all. It's fine where it is.

Thanks..I'm pretty much not doing anything at this point till the cyling is done. However did notice the evaporation is pretty quick.. Have a 5 gallon glass jar next to the sump in the basement and I do notice it gets empty upto 70percent daily.

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Have finally had the cycling complete. Water parameters were consistent past 15 days with Ammonia varying between 2-5ppm
Nitrates 0ppm
Nitrites 0ppm
Ph is ranging between 7.8 - 7.9. I have seen a drop from 8.1 . I suspect this is due to the CO2 levels in the basement. Difficult to keep the windows open now with Winter set in. Will monitor a bit more.2

Also i'm not sure if I was supposed to get any algae spike.. I have not got anything so far.. My rocks were being cycled for over 2 months in the bath tub before the Tank setup was done.

Had my first Clown fish move to their new home last weekend.. pics below..