|
|
|
|
|
#2
03-28-2012, 05:27 AM
|
|||||
|
|||||
Quote:
 
|
|
#3
03-29-2012, 12:35 AM
|
|||||
|
|||||
|
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!
|
|
#4
03-29-2012, 02:18 AM
|
|||||
|
|||||
|
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.
|
|
#6
03-29-2012, 02:40 AM
|
|||||
|
|||||
|
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?
|
|
#7
03-29-2012, 02:43 AM
|
|||||
|
|||||
|
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.
__________________
I'm not 'fallow' you must be talking about my tank!
|
|
#8
03-29-2012, 03:16 AM
|
|||||
|
|||||
|
Quote:
__________________
I'm not 'fallow' you must be talking about my tank!
|
Hybrid Mode
