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Hi!Hi all. I'm relatively new to this forum but very excited about the quality information and friendly vibe. I'm in the process of cycling a new Waterbox 5526 peninsula after using a 55 gallon "poof of concept" tank. Having been a fresh water aquarium guy, I used my knowledge from that genre and applied it to salt water. My biggest fail is using a canister filter. I have been struggling with nitrates and phosphates for months. The Waterbox is a 170 gallon total system volume (130 gal DT and 40 gal sump). I am following the BRS 4-month cycle with lights off and fish in. The pic is how the tank looks today after a little over one month (lights on but only for the picture). I used dry rock, Reef Crystals for the salt, RO/DI water, and Caribsea live Fiji Pink sand. In my rock-scape I left many nooks and passages for the fish and was careful not to build too high so the Tangs have plenty of open space to swim free. Current live stock inventory is:
Fish:
Purple Tang 1
Yellow Tang 1
Ocellaris Clown x2
Red Head Solon Fairy Wrasse 1
Royal Gramma 1
Yellow Longnose Butterfly 1
Purple Firefish 1
Flame Angel 1
CUC:
Halloween Hermits 2
Conch 2
Red Leg Hermit 3
Cleaner Shrimp 1
To start the cycle I used Fritz TurboStart 900 and dose additional after each water change (30 gal every 2 weeks). Nitrates and Phosphates are now starting to appear so I may soon be able to add macro algae to the refugium. All the fish seem fine (Purple Tang chased the Butterfly for about 30 minutes but everyone is happy now). Most of the livestock were purchased from TSM Aquatics (https://tsmaquatics.com/ ). I favor them because they do a 30 day+ quarantine/medication on all livestock before releasing for sale. This saves me a lot of trouble and worry.
Any questions or advise I’m all ears! Thanks for reading.
Hi!
I'm new here too. My husband is pretty active on the site, he has a 28-gallon nano cube reef. I'm planning a 42-gallon seahorse tank. I was just curious about the BRS 4-month fish-in cycle. Being new, I've never heard of it. I was planning on using the Dr. Tim's method with my tank and doubt I can use the cycle you are using with my ponies, but it sounds interesting. And your tank is looking great! What, if any, corals do you anticipate adding, or are you going FOWLR? Where can I learn more about this method? My hubby has a 54 corner coming next month and he may be interested. Does anyone have any more info about the process? Successes? I'd like to tell my hubby about the procedure?
Great tank!
Cassi
Thank you for your reply. The 4-month cycle may be found here:
In fact, there is an entire playlist from BRS with a tremendous amount of useful information which I highly recommend. BRS has many videos of interest.
Not decided on corals yet. I plan to attend MACNA 2020 in Phoenix (August) as my tank will have completed the cycle. Hopefully while there I can be educated enough and select appropriate corals for my set-up.
I would love to have such a large tank. As you say, it's never big enough. Unfortunately, right now we are stuck in a mobile home. So, along with tight quarters, we are limited in what the floor will hold. We're adding a 54-gallon corner tank next month and I think that's pushing it. But as soon as we get our house, I know my husband and I will go much bigger. It's just a matter of time. Right now I can't imagine having 390 gallons! That would be wonderful (and very, very time consuming - which is great!)I have a 6 foot 180 gallon tank. And of course, it’s never enough. Unfortunately for me, the area of my house where my tank is, can’t accommodate longer than a 7 foot tank. So I can go 12 inches longer, and maybe 6 more inches front to back. I have a 24” tall tank now, so I could either do 30” or 36” deep. At 36” deep, I think I lit would be 390 gallons. That would be the best I could do. It’ll be a while because I would need to double the floor joists to support the extra weight...
Beautiful setup!!I plan on upgrading at some point. I'm simply going to out grow my current space in the next few years. The goal is to upgrade to are 250-300 gallon display with 3-4 raceways for growing.
Thanks!Beautiful setup!!
Will you be selling the 72 when you upgrade? I am looking for one. I am in WisconsinI have a 72 gallon bow front right now and want to upgrade to 100 gallon plus, I am looking at the Waterbox 135 or redsea reefer 525xl.
I have plans... Gonna go from the current 240 to about 550+/- 144x36x25
Have a few house projects that take precedence though...