CCP's 2000 gallon Deltec reef tank
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Great Thread! absolutely beautiful tank.
I use Marco Rocks as well. Since you will be aquascaping and then adding live rock for "seeding" be prepared for the smell. I absolutely love my Marco Rocks becuase of size,shape, porosity, price but the first 2 weeks I cured in my garage with a skimmer and the smell was very strong. Not sure if you want to consider curing outside your offices for couple of weeks prior.....
I use Marco Rocks as well. Since you will be aquascaping and then adding live rock for "seeding" be prepared for the smell. I absolutely love my Marco Rocks becuase of size,shape, porosity, price but the first 2 weeks I cured in my garage with a skimmer and the smell was very strong. Not sure if you want to consider curing outside your offices for couple of weeks prior.....
Arnar
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Just a minor update but I got a call last night from New York telling me that my rocks had arrived and they were planing on sending them over to Iceland today. So I might be getting them tomorrow 
Another thing I was thinking about was the cycling of the base rock. I have about 1500 pounds of dry rock and I was originally going to cycle it in the big tank but it might foul badly so I might have to replace most of the water afterwards which is quite expensive. So I was wondering if I should try to cram the rocks into a smaller container and cycle it there first to get rid of the worst stuff and then move it to the big tank.
What do you guys think ?
Another thing I was thinking about was the cycling of the base rock. I have about 1500 pounds of dry rock and I was originally going to cycle it in the big tank but it might foul badly so I might have to replace most of the water afterwards which is quite expensive. So I was wondering if I should try to cram the rocks into a smaller container and cycle it there first to get rid of the worst stuff and then move it to the big tank.
What do you guys think ?
Arnar
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What I wanted to do originally was build the aquascape in the tank without the water in it so if I cycle it for few weeks in some appropriate container and then build the aquascape with 'moist' rock and then finish the cycle in the big tank. How long do you think the rock can be out of water before it needs massive cycling again ?
I would try to connect both our skimmers to the cycle container/s. I wouldn't think lights were important in the cycle since I'm just ridding the die offs.
I usually buy the rock already cycled so I'm not used to cycling liverock but I've observed the process in few LFS's
I would try to connect both our skimmers to the cycle container/s. I wouldn't think lights were important in the cycle since I'm just ridding the die offs.
I usually buy the rock already cycled so I'm not used to cycling liverock but I've observed the process in few LFS's
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If it were mine I think I would
Cycle the dryrock in a seprate container(s) with (preferably) a skimmer and a few pieces of live rock if possible. No light necessary. Actually light will just fuel algae at this point.
Until the smell is gone..........
Have your water ready to fill the main tank.
Then build your aquascape as you planned before (without the smell). Keeping a few spray bottles around filled with saltwater to keep the rocks moist as you are building. The rocks will be fine for many hours as long as they are kept moist......
Then just fill the tank and test for ammonia, nitrite nitrate for the next couple of weeks as normal to see if you go through another mini cycle.
I would actually let more die off occur and the rocks to shed and siphon off the detritus before adding the substrate (if you are adding substrate).
Good luck
Cycle the dryrock in a seprate container(s) with (preferably) a skimmer and a few pieces of live rock if possible. No light necessary. Actually light will just fuel algae at this point.
Until the smell is gone..........
Have your water ready to fill the main tank.
Then build your aquascape as you planned before (without the smell). Keeping a few spray bottles around filled with saltwater to keep the rocks moist as you are building. The rocks will be fine for many hours as long as they are kept moist......
Then just fill the tank and test for ammonia, nitrite nitrate for the next couple of weeks as normal to see if you go through another mini cycle.
I would actually let more die off occur and the rocks to shed and siphon off the detritus before adding the substrate (if you are adding substrate).
Good luck
JCTewks
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doing it in freshwater is an absolute waste of time. The whole point of curing/cycling rock is to let the beneficial SALTWATER bacteria colonize all of the rock. If you did it in freshwater, you'd still have to cycle it all over again in saltwater with prob a larger amount of die off of all of the freshwater bacteria.
scoobasteve
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pics? Updates?
GSMguy
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salt water...
also its not just about bacteria...
the rock will shed off lots of dust and fine particulate matter, lots of it organic. This will cause a few long cycles if the rock isnt cured properly before going in tank.
also i would do this in a dark room with the big deltec.... otherwise algae will overcome
Arnar
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Things are going painfully slow these days. I'm waiting for the contractor to saw a little bit more, level the stand and put in some cement.
I have got my liverock however and I am really pleased. I thought I might not have bought enough but seeing the rocks on the stand I see that it will do very fine. I also have other ~700 pounds stored elsewhere which will be a very good base for these beauties
... full size images here
I have got my liverock however and I am really pleased. I thought I might not have bought enough but seeing the rocks on the stand I see that it will do very fine. I also have other ~700 pounds stored elsewhere which will be a very good base for these beauties
... full size images here
robcampman
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I would like to see the plans for the equipment that's going to be hooked up on this system? how big will the sump be? Are you gonna use 8 1000 watt MH's or is it all going to be T5 fluorescent lighting?
at this size you would probably be using 2500 kilo's of live rock?
Man i can't wait to see this baby filled!!
at this size you would probably be using 2500 kilo's of live rock?
Man i can't wait to see this baby filled!!
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