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Lenny blenny · Jun 10, 2019

just filled my tank with some fresh sea water, let the cycle begin!!! I’m sure this forum will be an invaluable resource, looking forward to lurking the many threads and hopefully one day contributing something worthwhile.

Oh one quick question. Do you think since I used sea water to cycle perhaps my rock will become live sooner and maybe I’ll get copepods from it? I live in Australia, with some prestine beaches just a short walk from my house so I’m not worried about water quality (famous last words haha)

Tank is a redsea 90L (20 or so gallons) nano reefer

Cheers

crusso1993 · Jun 10, 2019

Welcome to R2R!

kschweer · Jun 10, 2019

Welcome to R2R!!

NY_Caveman · Jun 10, 2019

Welcome to R2R! Great job on the aquascape.

Billldg · Jun 10, 2019

Welcome to R2R!!!

LiveWire · Jun 10, 2019

Welcome to the Reef!!

Sod Buster · Jun 10, 2019

Welcome to the group

4FordFamily · Jun 10, 2019

Welcome home, you will love it here!

I wouldn’t push it with the cycle, take it easy and test parameters.

Nice tank, thanks for sharing!

Lenny blenny · Jun 10, 2019

4FordFamily said:
Welcome home, you will love it here!

I wouldn’t push it with the cycle, take it easy and test parameters.

Nice tank, thanks for sharing!

Yeah absolutely, no rush.

Mr Fishface · Jun 10, 2019

Welcome to R2R! This forum really is a great resource.

As far as cycling faster; I am not sure. I don't think that many bacteria live in the water column so my initial thoughts would be that you would still have to go through a regular cycling process.

Thanks for the great tank picture!

Peace River · Jun 10, 2019

Hi! Welcome to R2R!!! You have a beautiful tank and very nice aquascaping - you may also want to start a build thread in the "member's tank" section of this forum so we can follow along with your progress and so you can look back in a year or so and see how far you've come. We're glad you're here!

Lenny blenny · Jun 10, 2019

Also I hope this isn’t being too greedy for an introduction thread, but has anyone had any success controlling sump levels wit

Peace River said:
Hi! Welcome to R2R!!! You have a beautiful tank and very nice aquascaping - you may also want to start a build thread in the "member's tank" section of this forum so we can follow along with your progress and so you can look back in a year or so and see how far you've come. We're glad you're here!

yes I was just thinking that actually, cheers

P-Dub · Jun 10, 2019

Welcome, Lenny and nice tank and killer aquascape.
When you say "sea water" I am assuming that you mean natural seawater collected directly from the ocean? It will not shorten the time it takes to cycle. PATIENCE, grasshopper. And then add a little more patience. Nothing, and I mean nothing produces fast results in reefing. You can tweak some time frames but the cycle has to do its thing.
Hit Like and please, share often!

Mjrenz · Jun 10, 2019

Nice tank, welcome to the forum!

Peace River · Jun 10, 2019

Lenny blenny said:
Also I hope this isn’t being too greedy for an introduction thread, but has anyone had any success controlling sump levels wit

yes I was just thinking that actually, cheers

@Lenny blenny - you are a long way away from "being too greedy for an introduction thread"

however there seems to be something missing at the end of your question???

Lenny blenny · Jun 10, 2019

Peace River said:
@Lenny blenny - you are a long way away from "being too greedy for an introduction thread" however there seems to be something missing at the end of your question???

Oh yes sorry

So my issue is I have a return pump and a wave maker both programmed to changed intensity over the course of the day, my siphon however is controlled by a gate valve. Now I have tuned it so my sump levels are perfect, no noise etc. but then when my wavemaker or return pump increases flow as it’s programmed to do, my valve setting is now incorrect and the siphon will suck and the sump level will change which stops the skimmer from skimming.

The only way I can think to solve this issue without a controller is to program the return to ramp up and at the same time ramp the wavemaker down and have like a seasaw program setup. So that the flow changes but not the volume of water flowing into the overflow

Lenny blenny · Jun 10, 2019

I should clarify, I’m running vortech s2 and Mp10 on the reeflink

Smarkow · Jun 10, 2019

Lenny blenny said:
Oh one quick question. Do you think since I used sea water to cycle perhaps my rock will become live sooner and maybe I’ll get copepods from it? I live in Australia, with some prestine beaches just a short walk from my house so I’m not worried about water quality (famous last words haha)

Consider snagging some rock or sand from a local fish store or a fellow hobbyist in your area to speed up the cycle. My understanding is that there are some, but not many bacteria in the water column at any given time.

Welcome to R2R!