Budluvcash RSR 525XL build

Budluvcash · Aug 4, 2016

However my ph is down to 7.85

Mebeknob · Aug 4, 2016

Did you paint your sump white or did it come that way?

Budluvcash · Aug 4, 2016

Vinyl wrapped

Budluvcash · Aug 9, 2016

I think my cycle has stalled I'm at 35 days and my nitrite is still high but but nitrate are only at 30 to 35 ish it's been this way for a while seems like nitrite is not converting to nitrate! I did a 30 percent water chance a few days. Confused lol

Budluvcash · Aug 17, 2016

44 days still not cycled[emoji24]

reefeqmover · Aug 17, 2016

New test kits?

Budluvcash · Aug 17, 2016

I just bought the one I'm using right before I started I think it's pretty accurate because the nitrites are coming down now just not fast enough yet. I think ultimately I let the nitrite get to high and kept dosing ammonium chloride instead of letting it get lower. Ammonia gone after 24 hrs every time i dose so I guess it taking a long time that I used dry rock and dry sand and just 1 bottle of dr Tims to get started I'm hopeful I done in the next week

reefeqmover · Aug 17, 2016

How high are they?

Budluvcash · Aug 17, 2016

Today nitrite was down to 1 lowest it's been since I started ammonia 0 it's been 4 days since I dosed so I did again today. So I must be getting close

Budluvcash · Aug 30, 2016

Finally after almost 8 weeks I finished cycling yahooooooooooooooooo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Lol

reefeqmover · Aug 30, 2016

Woot!!! Filler up

Budluvcash · Aug 30, 2016

I'm going to do a big water change Saturday then I will start adding some things! Seemed like this would never end lol

Budluvcash · Dec 22, 2016

Been a long time since I've updated however no corals yet a couple of mocha clowns and clean up crew members. Added an XR15 ordered a couple reactors, and a sump baffle for a refuge.

Will add a couple more pics next week when I get the reactors plumbed in and a couple new coral I'm eyeing out.

Budluvcash · Dec 22, 2016

These conks are the best I've seen cleaning the algae,

revhtree · Dec 23, 2016

Looking good!

Budluvcash · Dec 27, 2016

Taking care of the plumbing for the reactors.

Maddlesrain · Dec 28, 2016

May I ask which aquamaxx reactors those are and how exactly you're plumbing them? I'm having difficulty figuring out how to hard-plumb reactors. I just can't seem to wrap my head around it! Thanks! And also congrats on your build! It's looking nice!

Budluvcash · Dec 28, 2016

Maddlesrain said:
May I ask which aquamaxx reactors those are and how exactly you're plumbing them? I'm having difficulty figuring out how to hard-plumb reactors. I just can't seem to wrap my head around it! Thanks! And also congrats on your build! It's looking nice!

I have a GFO/Carbon Reactor and the other is the BioPellet reactor. I have a manifold with valves that I am just hard plumbing into the manifold. My return pump will supply my tank return and also flow to my reactors.