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[Mark75]

So you did end up doing the acid and LC bath. Are you cycling the rocks in tank?

Yes,..did 1 hour acid bath, steam clean, tap water and lc for 4 days, another rinse and soaked in RO/DI for 48 hours and then into the tank.

 

[BlueDevil]

Yes,..did 1 hour acid bath, steam clean, tap water and lc for 4 days, another rinse and soaked in RO/DI for 48 hours and then into the tank.

Cool! I just started the SW curing process on mine last night. The LC bath didn't really leave behind much suspended phosphates so I'm curious to see if any gets leached during the curing process.

 

[Chriscrna]

Started cycling yet?

 

[BlueDevil]

Started cycling yet?

Nah dude. Still working on it. Stand is not complete yet. I hope to stain it this weekend. Rock completed the LC bath last weekend and has been sitting in a Brute with SW cycling. Tomorrow will be a week so I'm curious to see what the ammonia/nitrite/nitrate/phosphate levels check out at.

 

[BossGT911]

do you like the black gravel?

 

[BlueDevil]

Whoops! Sorry @Mark75. I totally missed seeing which thread this was when Chris posted and I responded as if he was asking me. LOL!

 

[Chriscrna]

Lol I thought I was talking to Mark.

 

[Mark75]

Whoops! Sorry @Mark75. I totally missed seeing which thread this was when Chris posted and I responded as if he was asking me. LOL!

No problem at all,..we are all friends here![emoji3]

 

[Mark75]

Started cycling yet?

Yes,..purchased 3lbs. of seeded Matrix from AM and added this to my refuge Friday. I added a pinch of fish food and off we go!

So now I only have to get through ammonia, nitrites, dinos, cyno, and any of the other new tank joys yet to come. [emoji13]

 

[Chriscrna]

I've got some Rastas saved for you when it's ready.

 

[Reefrookie220]

Any updates @Mark75 ?

 

[Mark75]

Little more than 3 weeks in and still cycling,..haven't even tested anything. I will start testing this weekend and may move my clean-up crew in if everything looks good.