ArowanaLover1902
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Well, I've run out of room in my 14 gallon, which really stinks. For this reason (but also because i simply want more aquariums and need room for the mandarin), I have been setting up a 30 gallon reef with a 25 gallon refugium. This tank is taking too long to set up though, and I haven't even started cycling it yet, on top of all this I need to cycle it for even longer than normal so as to establish a larger copepod population. Getting really tired of not buying corals (saw some really cool pipe organ coral and some awesome zoanthids today, had to resist), I bought a cheap little hang on filter that only has 45 GPH (which i didn't realize until too late), thankfully, I also had a much better aqueon quietflow 20, which does 125 gph. I am using the smaller one for chemical and mechanical filtration and the larger one for biological, it has some bioballs and another type of biological filtration, so it should work well, though I am thinking about switching up the medias between the filters, but I need some filter bags first (does anyone know how to DIY these things, I'm tired of buying them and never having enough). Running a really cool lighting system that has a built in timer, but I don't know the exact name, I'll just say it is made to light a reef tank and I know that it works because I bought it used from a friend. This tank (might) not be running for long, so I am not going to put a ton of effort into it, it won't be like the 14 gallon biocube, which is constantly monitored. If I do keep it after the 30 gallon is made it will probably be a frag tank. Haven't measured parameters yet because I'm pretty sure water should be good, 1/5 was from the biocube, so I'll at least shorten the cycling a little bit, also will probably ghost feed the tank 2-3 times, I would prefer the tank to be ready by next week and will be adding water from the biocube frequently.
