TO MASA !!! Your Setup is lookin good and you are on the right path
Now take it slow. Is there enough space for you skimmer's cap to come off for cleaning?
Starting a tank
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TO MASA !!! Your Setup is lookin good and you are on the right path
Now take it slow. Is there enough space for you skimmer's cap to come off for cleaning?Live Rock
Today I was at the LPS, picking up my live rock.
Here still in the container.
Today I was at the LPS, picking up my live rock.
Here still in the container.
Live Rock in the Tank
Hi,
Of course I could not wait to long before putting it in the tank. So I some aquascaping.
Now we wait till tomorrow to see how it looks.
Hi,
Of course I could not wait to long before putting it in the tank. So I some aquascaping.
Now we wait till tomorrow to see how it looks.
Lighting
Hi,
I have a light unit of Oddesea, in the unit 2x T5 39w daylight and 2x T5 39w Antinic.
As far as I know it's enough for now, I still have space for another unit, that would double the amount of light. But that is for later in the year.
I put the lights on a time clock, so that I can control the antinic and daylight separate.
At this moment my tank in starting to cycle so no lights for a while.
Wouter
Hi,
I have a light unit of Oddesea, in the unit 2x T5 39w daylight and 2x T5 39w Antinic.
As far as I know it's enough for now, I still have space for another unit, that would double the amount of light. But that is for later in the year.
I put the lights on a time clock, so that I can control the antinic and daylight separate.
At this moment my tank in starting to cycle so no lights for a while.
Wouter
Waking up with a clear view
After putting in live rock yesterday, is morning the tank was clear again.
I think I will move some rock around in the near future.
After putting in live rock yesterday, is morning the tank was clear again.
I think I will move some rock around in the near future.
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Welcome mate and by the way your tank looks really good
Moving Rocks
This week I did some looking at my liverock, and every night I decided to move a couple of rocks. Next night still not happy with the looks, so moved some more rocks.
Ended up with the following:
This week I did some looking at my liverock, and every night I decided to move a couple of rocks. Next night still not happy with the looks, so moved some more rocks.
Ended up with the following:
what is it?
on the thread it looks like he has had the LR in for about 3weeks...
So... went through the whole cycle. The LR I put in was already cured when I put it in. Values were 0 for a week. So it was time to add some livestock. Add 2 Banggai Cardinals and a Green Star Polyp.
I didn't cycle my tank only a week. That is not possible. I did cycle for 3 weeks and kept a close look on the water values. I saw the ammonia spike, then the Nitrite spike, and then the Nitrate came. Did a water change to get the nitrate down to acceptable levels.
He said the live rock was in for three weeks and the poisons were down for a week before he purchased a fish... I heard a cardinal is bullet proof anyway.
I have heard If you have good LR, DSB and the right juices to grow nunu's (like some of the prodibio range or seachem stability) you can put fish in a day after filling it up...
Quote from seachem website: "Fish and other aquatic species may be introduced at any time as long as dosage is maintained for 7 days. For optimum biofilter performance use 1 capful for each 40 L (10 gallons*) once a month or with each water change and whenever introducing new fish or whenever medicating an aquarium."
Quote from Prodibio website: "START UP together in the same package STOP AMMO START and START Biodigest. It allows to quickly start the biological filtration of aquarium and then introduce a few hours after the first fish.
START UP NANO may be also used to treat a nitrite peak.
START STOP AMMO is a product based on extracts of specific plants whose main property is to trap the nitrogen from ammonia. Biodigest START is composed of bacterial natural nitrifying, denitrifying and optional selected for their ability to quickly initiate the nitrogen cycle and thus to transform the ammonia into nitrites, nitrates and nitrites into nitrate nitrogen.
START UP allows you to rapidly introduce third of your toughest fish in your aquarium (after 4 hours in fresh water after 12 hours in seawater)."
There are loads of the gurus on here that have done this, IMO they can do this because they understand a micro-environment, and know what is good for their tanks.
What my point is, is that everyone's cycles will be different depending on what they have put in. Rather judge the the Nitrogen cycle than the time scale.
It's alive !!!
It's been a while since the last post, but still going...
In the mean time I added some more fish.
It's been a while since the last post, but still going...
In the mean time I added some more fish.
nice...
what is the rest of the tank looking like?
How are those star polyps doing?
what is the rest of the tank looking like?
How are those star polyps doing?
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what time does the train leave? rush this tank any more than u have and its gonna go south. slow down fella you are buying fish that will be with you (in theory) for 15 years, take things slow and let your tank, lr and bacterial populations develop.