20 Long Reef Build
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I don't have any overflows....
I am currently thinking zoa garden on top/surrounding the cave on the left with a leather on top of the cave. Then I am thinking lps and sps on the right side. So many options that I am considering right now lol.
If you look closely those pictures are posted from another member. They posted these to give me an example of what I could do.
Update time. Cycle is moving along quickly especially since it has only been four days. Params tonight are as follows:
Temp:79
Specific Gravity: 1.025
PH: 8
Alk: 8
Ammonia: 2
Nitrite: 5
Nitrate: 5
Phosphate: 0
Calcium: 400
Will update tomorrow with my stocking plans, for review from the pro's here to make sure I am not making any rookie mistakes with what I am mixing.
Temp:79
Specific Gravity: 1.025
PH: 8
Alk: 8
Ammonia: 2
Nitrite: 5
Nitrate: 5
Phosphate: 0
Calcium: 400
Will update tomorrow with my stocking plans, for review from the pro's here to make sure I am not making any rookie mistakes with what I am mixing.
Here are the tank params for tonight:
Temp:79
Specific Gravity: 1.025
Ph: 7.8 (is this low?)
Alk: 8
Ammonia: 0 (dosed back up to 4ppm)
Nitrite: 10
Nitrate: 10
Phosphate: 0
Calcium: 440
Dose the Ph seem a little to low to anone else?
I have also been thinking of stocking here in the last few days and here is what I am thinking right now:
1-Maroon Clownfish
1-Firefish
1-Yellow Clown Goby
1-Six Line Wrasse (maybe)
Still working on inverts and coral selection.
Temp:79
Specific Gravity: 1.025
Ph: 7.8 (is this low?)
Alk: 8
Ammonia: 0 (dosed back up to 4ppm)
Nitrite: 10
Nitrate: 10
Phosphate: 0
Calcium: 440
Dose the Ph seem a little to low to anone else?
I have also been thinking of stocking here in the last few days and here is what I am thinking right now:
1-Maroon Clownfish
1-Firefish
1-Yellow Clown Goby
1-Six Line Wrasse (maybe)
Still working on inverts and coral selection.
Michigan Mike
Freedom costs a buckofive
Idk...what's the first pic of? Anyway the third pic could be aiptasia but it also looks kinda like those no light loving sun coral/dendro looking things. I got a few, some are orange and some are black.
Anyway a fishneedit fixture is gotta be great on a 20l. I got one on my 29g and want one for my 20l that I want to put clowns and gtba/rbta in. They may not have great reflectors but on a shallow tank like that who cares? Throw in some ATI bulbs when those wear out and you are golden!
I think ph drops like that all of a sudden when you're cycling the tank.
Anyway a fishneedit fixture is gotta be great on a 20l. I got one on my 29g and want one for my 20l that I want to put clowns and gtba/rbta in. They may not have great reflectors but on a shallow tank like that who cares? Throw in some ATI bulbs when those wear out and you are golden!
I think ph drops like that all of a sudden when you're cycling the tank.
Yeah I love the fixture so far. The only problem I had with it was they did not ship any screws for the mounting legs. I sent an email and they arrived 2 days later. I am already planning to upgraded the bulbs to the ATI's :fun2:
I think you are right about the PH seems that it has gone down a hair more last night when I tested everything again. So ready for this cycle to be done.
The first two pics appear to be hydroid jellyfish. Cant tell about the third.
Chelle's Ocean
New member
I think sumps are a good way to go. I was in a situation where due to lack of space, and not wanted to spend the extra time and money on the sump I had to come up with a different way to keep things clean looking. So I came up with this...
In the last pic you can see I had enough room for my skimmer and Tunze ATO setup. The other side has my AC70 fuge mod, and heater tucked inside.
It's not perfect, but it was a super simple (and cheap) way to keep things hidden, and clean looking.
-RYknow
--- any issues with using that piece of gutter?
So after an extended leave it's time for an update. Tank has finally cycled. Going to do a very large water change tomorrow to bring the nitrates down. Then this weekend going to go get my first corals. If I keep only corals in my tank for the first few months. No crabs, shrimp, fish....just corals. Would it be ok to do water change every two weeks instead of one?
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