700g total volume build

pdxmonkeyboy · Jan 6, 2020

Looking good!!

Ya know... not to late to just get a 40G all in one and call it a day

Daveobrien · Jan 6, 2020

This build is awesome. Both in scale/interesting, as well as speed. Great Job, looking forward to Water In the Tank! ( s )

gotwins86 · Jan 6, 2020

Awesome! So much going on. Can't wait to see it all come together and running.

Deep dive coral · Jan 6, 2020

Daveobrien said:
This build is awesome. Both in scale/interesting, as well as speed. Great Job, looking forward to Water In the Tank! ( s )

Thankyou so much. I'm 1 90° elbow from finishing the plumbing. And then water will start being made. Also I need to set up my mixing towers.

gotwins86 said:
Awesome! So much going on. Can't wait to see it all come together and running.

Thankyou. Very soon.

Deep dive coral · Jan 12, 2020

Alot to update. All plumbing is done. Main tank, sump, refugium, and frag tank are full. The initial dial in of the overflows are done. What a PITA that was. Got the heater running now. Need to fill the small tanks and start making salt. After that is clean the garage up. And get the mixing towers done. Install 2 power strips on the underside. For all of the equiptment. Next to come will be the final equipment list

biecacka · Jan 13, 2020

Looking good. Like the rock work, but will it allow for good drag placement as I don’t see many flat places. However the openness of the aquascape is awesome!

corey

Deep dive coral · Jan 13, 2020

biecacka said:
Looking good. Like the rock work, but will it allow for good drag placement as I don’t see many flat places. However the openness of the aquascape is awesome!

corey

More flat rock to be added for placement

Deep dive coral · Jan 19, 2020

Salt added, ammonium chloride added, microbacter7 added for 3 days now. Mixing towers complete. Freshwater sink installed. Next is control boards. And finishing wire management in sump area.

Deep dive coral · Jan 23, 2020

Ammonia was down to .5 today. Just added 2nd dose of ammonium chloride. Also ran a temp auto top off for the new system. And I made 140g of new RO water. Installed the auto shutoff for the rodi system. Also did some maintenance on my 60g holding tank. New GFO, cleaned skimmer, new chemipure, filter pads etc.

Deep dive coral · Feb 3, 2020

Hey everyone. Not much to report. Still cycling. I had a hiccup Ant the ammonia shot up through the roof at over 8ppm. According to an API tester. So not really sure I take that with a grain of salt. It came back down to .5 and then dosed again what should have been like 2ppm is showing 4pom on the ATI. so yeah..... not sure what's going on. Nitrates are through the roof at over 100 on a salifert nitrate kit. Nitrite kit should be here today. Lights are still off. And I just got a seneye for free. Just need to put the new slides in. We will see what that measures for a more accurate reading.

Deep dive coral · Feb 18, 2020

Update. All the ammonia is gone. Nitrite and nitrate are still VERY high. Did 2 20% WC. And started dosing microbacter7 again. Also added chaeto to the refugium as well as turned on my UV. Thinking of starting to run carbon to try and help with a carbon source for the bacteria to thrive on. It has worked for me in the past. Anyone else have any ideas? I'm open for suggestions.

pdxmonkeyboy · Feb 18, 2020

I would NOT run your UV, as it will reduce bacteria in the water column.

Deep dive coral · Feb 18, 2020

Beneficial bacteria is not free flowing.

pdxmonkeyboy · Feb 18, 2020

captrichc said:
Beneficial bacteria is not free flowing.

That is absolutely incorrect.

Deep dive coral · Feb 18, 2020

pdxmonkeyboy said:
That is absolutely incorrect.

Nitrifying bacteria live on and inside the rock and sand bed. Also inside the bio bricks etc. There may be some in the water column but it is minimal at best compared to all of the bacteria in the system.

pdxmonkeyboy · Feb 18, 2020

I would suggest you do a little more research or reach out to aquabiomics if that is what you still believe. There is a LOT of bacteria in the water column. Yes, it does colonize surfaces but how do you think it is exposed to the surfaces? OR that aquatic bacteria has no life history stage to disperse to new surfaces.

You asked for suggestions and I offered suggestions. But I am not here to argue with you, but I should point out that science doesn't care about your beliefs. It is what it is.

Sure, add a bottle of nitrobacter to your aquarium water and run your UV.

Glott3133 · Feb 18, 2020

incredible tank and build. You are a true master builder.

Deep dive coral · Feb 18, 2020

pdxmonkeyboy said:
I would suggest you do a little more research or reach out to aquabiomics if that is what you still believe. There is a LOT of bacteria in the water column. Yes, it does colonize surfaces but how do you think it is exposed to the surfaces? OR that aquatic bacteria has no life history stage to disperse to new surfaces.

You asked for suggestions and I offered suggestions. But I am not here to argue with you, but I should point out that science does care about your beliefs. It is what it is.

Sure, add a bottle of nitrobacter to your aquarium water and run your UV.

Not arguing at all. Just conversation. I learned something new today. Also I wouldnt add new bacteria with the UV or skimmer running when first adding.