Jason's 210 Reboot.
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Looking great
Good news the tank is almost cycled. I know that sounds almost impossible considering my tank has been setup for less than two weeks.
Well my LFS recommended dosing ammonia and then live bacteria to complete the cycle. Even he was skeptical at first. On 5 Jul I added ammonia chloride and brought up ammonia to 6-8ppm. A few hours later I added 10oz (per instructions) of Fritz Turbo Start 900. By 7 Jul my ammonia had dropped by half to 2-4ppm and my nitrate had jumped to 100ppm. Today 9 Jul, my ammonia is 0ppm and nitrate is between 50 and 100ppm.
Once my nitrate drops i'll need to add fish in order to feed the bacteria that feeds on ammonia. It just so have it I have 12 lyretail anthias arriving tomorrow at my LFS. I'll pick them up from my LFS on Saturday provided all my chemistry is still good.
I'll have to admit it sounds crazy that you can cycle a tank in 5 days, but its true and now i'm a believer. I know there are a few products out there that claim to do the same thing. While some do have the correct bacteria, most do not. There are a few companies out there that actually took the time and are growing the correct strains of bacteria that reside in reef aquariums (and the ocean). From what I've read, the crummy companies are using bacteria strains found in sewage treatment plants.....yuk.
Anyway. Hopefully this weekend i'll have some photos to share of my progress under the tank as well as of the anthias i'm introducing.
More fish to come.....here's my stock wish list as of now. I won't even go into the corals,
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Cheveron Tang
Aussie Harlequin Tusk
Hawaiian Flame Wrasse male and female.
Well my LFS recommended dosing ammonia and then live bacteria to complete the cycle. Even he was skeptical at first. On 5 Jul I added ammonia chloride and brought up ammonia to 6-8ppm. A few hours later I added 10oz (per instructions) of Fritz Turbo Start 900. By 7 Jul my ammonia had dropped by half to 2-4ppm and my nitrate had jumped to 100ppm. Today 9 Jul, my ammonia is 0ppm and nitrate is between 50 and 100ppm.
Once my nitrate drops i'll need to add fish in order to feed the bacteria that feeds on ammonia. It just so have it I have 12 lyretail anthias arriving tomorrow at my LFS. I'll pick them up from my LFS on Saturday provided all my chemistry is still good.
I'll have to admit it sounds crazy that you can cycle a tank in 5 days, but its true and now i'm a believer. I know there are a few products out there that claim to do the same thing. While some do have the correct bacteria, most do not. There are a few companies out there that actually took the time and are growing the correct strains of bacteria that reside in reef aquariums (and the ocean). From what I've read, the crummy companies are using bacteria strains found in sewage treatment plants.....yuk.
Anyway. Hopefully this weekend i'll have some photos to share of my progress under the tank as well as of the anthias i'm introducing.
More fish to come.....here's my stock wish list as of now. I won't even go into the corals,
.Cheveron Tang
Aussie Harlequin Tusk
Hawaiian Flame Wrasse male and female.
Cycle complete as of yesterday. My nitrates started to drop fast so it was time to add fish. My first batch of fish. 5 bartlets anthias and a flame hawkish. Those guys will provide the tank with what it needs to maintain the nitrifying bacteria. Still no coral yet. I plan on adding a clean up crew once I see algae growth. I've been lights off while cycling with Turbo Start 900, but due to a slight amount of ambient light hitting the right part of the tank, there's a tiny amount of diatoms.
I'll take some photos today of the beautiful anthias! My wife calls them saltwater goldfish
I'll take some photos today of the beautiful anthias! My wife calls them saltwater goldfish
Thank you! Bill at Custom Reef Creations will be getting those amazing fish for me when the time comes. Can't wait! The tusk is one of my favorites. I used to have one but lost him due to a pump malfunction while on vacation. I was distraught.
With how the tank is designed now and the fact that I have switched to the Neptune Apex and will have an IP cam, practically all that risk is mitigated.
Made some great progress with the tank over the past two weeks.
Waiting on some more extension cords to come in so I can rout the electrical out of the way and out of sight. Also going to purchase some black 5l dosing containers to replace the space saver jugs in there now. Also need to order a clean up crew. Need to keep on any algae that wants to get out of hand. The chaeto ball is still tiny.
Here are a a few pictures of the progress and the bartlets anthias. All with an iPhone so sorry for the saturation.
Waiting on some more extension cords to come in so I can rout the electrical out of the way and out of sight. Also going to purchase some black 5l dosing containers to replace the space saver jugs in there now. Also need to order a clean up crew. Need to keep on any algae that wants to get out of hand. The chaeto ball is still tiny.
Here are a a few pictures of the progress and the bartlets anthias. All with an iPhone so sorry for the saturation.
Thank you! My next reef will be the same height and depth, but the length will be punched out to 6'. Maybe 10 years from now
. Perfect low profile and quiet way to cool my tank the little it needs to be cooled. Picked this fan setup for $26 to my door. The only mod I needed to do to it was to extend the power cord a few feet. I believe it was 6', I needed around 10' so it would reach.
chillwill007
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Very nice
rimless75g
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Awesome tank, wow the equipments is nice as well.
I appreciate it. It's taken some time to get everything together.
Thank You.
Getting things in their places.
Had to run my back up reeflo dart for a couple weeks. My super dart needed a new seal. The super dart had a tiny bit of salt build up around the shaft.
Wish I had a better camera. Added a splatter hammer. Got to have something to break up the sps monotony.
Had to run my back up reeflo dart for a couple weeks. My super dart needed a new seal. The super dart had a tiny bit of salt build up around the shaft.
Wish I had a better camera. Added a splatter hammer. Got to have something to break up the sps monotony.
