120g tank/stand/bar build

[gcrawford]

Looking great. I remember when my 120 was clean and sterile.....would like to see pics of the overflows in a year.

 

[kbourque]

Same here lol I'm sure it's hard to keep the plastic clean so I won't really stress on it I'll prob just let the coralline take it over

 

[J Rog]

Looks Awesome!

 

[kbourque]

Day 7
ph 8.1
ammonia 4
nitrite .50
nitrate 5
Kinda odd my sg went down to 1.022 from 1.024 i read something about sg dropping when you don't have enough fresh air around the water. Will have to figure out what's going on with that. Could be that I have the glass top closed with a little gap on the end open, and the cabinet closed with no fresh air. Simple fix would prob be as easy as putting an air vent in the doors with a fan inside if that's even the issue. On another note seems I have a bacteria bloom or atleast I hope so means it should eventually clear itself up.

 

[kbourque]

Week 2 update
Ph 8.0
Ammonia 1.0
Nitrite 2.0
Nitrate 40-80
SG 1.022
Temp 85

Still cloudy

Reworked my sump a little to where I can have flow going through my rock

 

[kbourque]

Well went almost a week without doseing ammonia cus my cycle seemed to stall and it didn't move so a couple days ago I added a raw shrimp and bam ammonia starts to go down now at .50 progress [emoji3]. And water is starting to clear up now which is nice I've also been doseing stablity on day 5 of that.

 

[kbourque]

Well got my new filters in from brs my tds went from an 8 to 5 ppm but I think I found my problem my waste water flow restrictor is a 300 I need a 550 for 75gpd so I ordered that. Anyway tank is looking much clearer now I'd say about 80%. Ammonia is almost gone waiting to see when the nitrite will fall off the cliff. My nitrates are insane right now around 160.

 

[fl2re]

Hopefully it ends soon!

 

[kbourque]

Pic update



Ammonia is gone nitrite is a 2-5 hard to tell with these api test kits and nitrate is 160.

 

[kbourque]

Added some drawer sliders to the bar that's holding the lights. Now they move completely out of the way for access to the tank.

 

[butchhe]

What a great place for a tank. When entertaining, most guests are in the kitchen anyway so now they have another spot to gather close by!

 

[kbourque]

Yeah even though it's empty we still sit there staring at it. Lol

 

[dmort]

Did you do a big water change to remove the nitrates?

 

[kbourque]

It's still cycling and not sure if I should or not. Been reading mixed reviews about water changes during a cycle. I'm on day 23 of the cycle

 

[revhtree Verified Admin]

Looking good!

 

[kbourque]

Well things are moving along smoothly cycle seems to be on schedule. It's day 37 and I have O ammonia .25 nitrite and 5 nitrate. Wasn't expecting the nitrate to go down with the nitrite, but I'm happy it is. Means less water changes . Redid my return lines the seemed to be in the way, now I have more room. Need to invest in the carbon/gfo reactors and a Kalk stirrer soon. Qt still isn't ready I may go purchase some mature live rock to stick in there to help it out. Also anyone else having trouble with the r2r app?

 

[fishroomlady]

tank is looking really good! can't wait to see it with life!

 

[kbourque]

Tests came out all 0s so dt must be fully cycled haven't had a chance to go to the lfs to get me a chunk of live rock yet, so tests are the same for qt. Also have some brown patches on the sand.

 

[kbourque]

First sign of life in the tank diatoms. I must be doing something right.

 

[Feltman]

Looking good. Def should of went with the brs Rodi unit from the getgo. I've had one 2 years now and never once had an issue. Also there dual gfo/carbon reactor is hands down best reactor on the market in my opinion. The brs website is where I get 80% of my dry stuff.