Quick question about Filling the tank

Windirmere · Mar 22, 2022

Im not super new to the hobby but have been out of it for a while, Im starting a 20gal build soon and was planning on filling the tank with R/o and then mixing the salt in the tank its self, I will be starting with dead rock and sand so any issues with this? It just saves me the hassle of pumping water from a brute garbage can.

After its stable I was planning on ordering 1 small chunk of live rock for the refugium to kinda seed it, and then start cycling.

Geebs19 · Mar 22, 2022

That’s what I did with my last setup. Rodi or just ro?

Coralreefer1 · Mar 22, 2022

When you add the water to reduce all the sediment and cloudiness from the sand/aragonite, I would use a plate and hold it in the tank. Pour the water in the tank so that the force of the water flow is disbursed over a larger surface area. Trick of the trade in minimizing cloudiness and a mess in your filters, powerheads etc.
good luck to you…

Windirmere · Mar 22, 2022

Rodi, Just dug out my old mp10 and it works! has been in a box for I think 8-10 years @.@ Same with my old reef octopus 110 classic, it might be to big for me to use though.

vetteguy53081 · Mar 22, 2022

Windirmere said:
Im not super new to the hobby but have been out of it for a while, Im starting a 20gal build soon and was planning on filling the tank with R/o and then mixing the salt in the tank its self, I will be starting with dead rock and sand so any issues with this? It just saves me the hassle of pumping water from a brute garbage can.

After its stable I was planning on ordering 1 small chunk of live rock for the refugium to kinda seed it, and then start cycling.

I mix water and salt first , then add sand, then rock.

Windirmere · Mar 22, 2022

Looks like my old reef octopus 110 will just fit in the Red Sea's sumps skimmer chamber, I used this skimmer for a 65g tank before and it was amazing, is it detrimental to use a skimmer this large for this small of a tank?