1st Saltwater Moneypit

[mikey1958]

I have my new 75 gallon tank and am I the process of getting it started..Our new stand is complete except for the doors and the substrate and aquascape is almost finished

 

[OrchidMiss]

Hello!
And welcome to the wonderful money pit wonderland of the seas!
Glad to have you with us!

 

[RJT]

Great job with the aquascape!

 

[carbondave]

Following as I am just starting my 75 gal journey as well. Like the scape!

 

[mikey1958]

Great job with the aquascape!

Thank you so much....

 

[Fish Styx]

Welcome to the poor house! Lookin' good!

 

[PotatoPig]

I’m so happy for you that you’ll never have enough spare money to afford a drug addiction.

Also new to running a 75 gallon money pit are you running a sump for filtration/heating/life support /etc?

 

[mikey1958]

I’m so happy for you that you’ll never have enough spare money to afford a drug addiction.

Also new to running a 75 gallon money pit are you running a sump for filtration/heating/life support /etc?

I am going to be running a penn plax max flo filter to start out..I have no trust in our utility company in order to run a sump without flooding the basement.
The heater is a Ehiem Jagger 300 watt.
.The lights are cheap but all I can afford at the moment. They are orbit lights but are programmable and can be interfaced with a wave maker.
I am using Carib Sea Argonite Special mixed with live sand.
I bought a 50 gal daily rodi filter
Anything can be changed in the future but this up should suffice for starters

 

[mikey1958]

Following as I am just starting my 75 gal journey as well. Like the scape!

If I can help you give me a shout

 

[mikey1958]

Well I finally put water in the tank..It's taken 1 month exactly to get to this point. The lights should be here tomorrow.
I guess now the fun begins? Pictures will follow

 

[Gumbies R Us]

Aquascape looks nice!!! Can't wait to see the progress

 

[mikey1958]

Ok I am back..After a 8 day stay in the hospital for acute pancreatitis I finally g back home.. I managed to get some live sand and water in the tank before i got sick..The lights were here and it took a few days to get on and running plus I had to add some water due to evaporation while I was gone..

My question is did the tank start cycling when I pit the water in or when I turned the lights on?

 

[danielankeny]

Ok I am back..After a 8 day stay in the hospital for acute pancreatitis I finally g back home.. I managed to get some live sand and water in the tank before i got sick..The lights were here and it took a few days to get on and running plus I had to add some water due to evaporation while I was gone..

My question is did the tank start cycling when I pit the water in or when I turned the lights on?

Pancreatitis sucks—take care! Cycle started when you added the seawater. The lights only help algae and diatoms grow, so many advise leaving the lights off or minimally on while cycling

 

[kevgib67]

Glad you are doing better! I had a stay in hospital for acute pancreatitis caused by an ERCP. Worst pain I’ve ever had and I know pain, coming up on 33 years of marriage ( my wife would say the same, ha)! Best of luck with your build, following.

 

[mikey1958]

Glad you are doing better! I had a stay in hospital for acute pancreatitis caused by an ERCP. Worst pain I’ve ever had and I know pain, coming up on 33 years of marriage ( my wife would say the same, ha)! Best of luck with your build, following.

I have had triple bypass and kidney stones.But pancreatitis has them all beat on pain..thanks for your concern

 

[mikey1958]

My tank has been running for 3 weeks now...I checked my parameters tonight. 0 nitrates o nitrites and .25 ammonia...being. A fishless cycle,how does things sound?