Tank was finally filled over about 2 days with fresh rodi and redsea blue bucket. Took about 110-115 gallons between DT and sump after rock displacement. Water pretty cloudy and had a nasty smell so I added some carbon, seems much better. Still cloudy but doesn't stink. That pukani is dirty, found small crabs floating. Trace ammonia showing on the seachem badge. Ordered a bottle of bacteria to help jump start things.
Fired up the lights to test, brand new actinic bulb is defective. I went front to back actinic, coral+, purple+, blue+ all ati. Was worried the fixture was defective but tester bulbs and the actinic wont fire in other fixtures as well. I'm sure BRS will do right and replace. Kessil 360x's work fine.
Redsea reefwave is nice but I cant get it to connect to reefbeat. Very frustrating going to have to reach out to either BRS or redsea on that.
Fluval sp4 return seems louder but I think its vibrations in the pipe passing through the stand. Going to replace the 1ft black vinyl with silicone to see if it helps. If not then a d/c pump will be on order. Most importantly though no leaks in any of the plumbing! Going to replace the emergency drain in the overflow to make it a little taller. Have more splash noise then id like and I cant raise the water level any higher without raising the backup pipe.
Ordered a new vortech mp40 to pair with the gyre. Gyre seems to do really well but I feel like paired with a vortech on the backwall will really help eliminate any dead spots. Also set up a spare tank to cure liverock in, going to order about 30 lbs from kp this week.
