Arsenix2001
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Hi everyone, new member here. About 15 years ago i started with a 5 gallon nano tank and eventually moved up to a 45 tall with a sump wet dry and skimmer and kept a mainly fowlr tank that did have an abundance of mushroom corals and a huge bubble tip anenome for about 5 years. Ran 2 96w pc actinic and 10k. Was a fun tank. Fast forward....
I got the bug again after a very boring stint in freshwater with a fluval spec. I have dreams of a 100 gallon plus tank and sump one day but due to space and housing I ended up with a very hard to find old stock aqueon 38 gallon and decided to go the way of HOB. I am running the tidal 110 hob, aquamaxx 1.5 hob skimmer, 2 jeabo 25w wave pumps and controller, hyggar 200w titanium heater w controller and two kessil a160we tuna blues with the base controller. I just ordered a aquamaxx fr-se hob reactor with a sicce 250 pump I plan on making into a chaeto reactor with strip leds. Have the jeabo dp4 doser im slightly nervous about using... I guess number one, set up sound ok?? Goal is some low to medium light corals, softies, bubbles, a bubbletip anenome and a couple of false clownfish with the standard cleaning crew and a fire shrimp.
Side note... Can you hang too much stuff on the back? Im worried about stress on the tank and feel like when i add the reactor I should move the lights to the sides..
To the main dish...
I started the tank with 30 lbs of natures ocean bioactive live sand which surprisingly did arrive wet. Ordered 25 lbs of live rock from a store in pa which arrived poorly wrapped and barely damp, if not even surface dry. It did not stink, just had a salty musty smell to it. I then added another 10lbs or so I got a steal on from my local Petco. Ive only had the tank running since last Thursday evening, so a total of 5 days but the water went from cloudy to crystal clear and I checked water parameters today and ammonia was at zero or barely percievable, nitrite zero and nitrate was at 4ppm. 1.022 salinity at 75 degrees. I checked my ro salt mix and its 0 nitrates. Is it possible this thing has already cycled? Or just hasn't even started yet... Im used to the old school "dont add livestock for 3-4 weeks" rule of thumb. Id love to get some chaeto for my reactor as well as some pods and a clean up crew to get started. Should I do a water change and have at it? Thoughts? Thanks in advance, got a wealth of knowledge from surfing as a non member
Lights basically in night mode getting ready to shut down...
I got the bug again after a very boring stint in freshwater with a fluval spec. I have dreams of a 100 gallon plus tank and sump one day but due to space and housing I ended up with a very hard to find old stock aqueon 38 gallon and decided to go the way of HOB. I am running the tidal 110 hob, aquamaxx 1.5 hob skimmer, 2 jeabo 25w wave pumps and controller, hyggar 200w titanium heater w controller and two kessil a160we tuna blues with the base controller. I just ordered a aquamaxx fr-se hob reactor with a sicce 250 pump I plan on making into a chaeto reactor with strip leds. Have the jeabo dp4 doser im slightly nervous about using... I guess number one, set up sound ok?? Goal is some low to medium light corals, softies, bubbles, a bubbletip anenome and a couple of false clownfish with the standard cleaning crew and a fire shrimp.
Side note... Can you hang too much stuff on the back? Im worried about stress on the tank and feel like when i add the reactor I should move the lights to the sides..
To the main dish...
I started the tank with 30 lbs of natures ocean bioactive live sand which surprisingly did arrive wet. Ordered 25 lbs of live rock from a store in pa which arrived poorly wrapped and barely damp, if not even surface dry. It did not stink, just had a salty musty smell to it. I then added another 10lbs or so I got a steal on from my local Petco. Ive only had the tank running since last Thursday evening, so a total of 5 days but the water went from cloudy to crystal clear and I checked water parameters today and ammonia was at zero or barely percievable, nitrite zero and nitrate was at 4ppm. 1.022 salinity at 75 degrees. I checked my ro salt mix and its 0 nitrates. Is it possible this thing has already cycled? Or just hasn't even started yet... Im used to the old school "dont add livestock for 3-4 weeks" rule of thumb. Id love to get some chaeto for my reactor as well as some pods and a clean up crew to get started. Should I do a water change and have at it? Thoughts? Thanks in advance, got a wealth of knowledge from surfing as a non member
Lights basically in night mode getting ready to shut down...
