And the journey officially begins. Inventory is as follows:
Tank:
Innovative Marine NUVO Fusion Peninsula 20
Filtration:
Current USA Orbit Marine IC LED Bluetooth
Substrate:
Day 1- I’ve started the cycle process with Seachem Stability & even though lights are off w/o stock I did a dry run of the parameters. Considering some light ghost feeds to help the bacteria get a strong foothold.
Parameters:
80.6 (according to thermometer that came with lights) I have it in my 3rd chamber with my pump.
Thoughts:
1) I don’t trust electronic thermometers but considering how reliable EHeim supposedly is, I’m surprised the orange light has yet to turn off & tank is reading 2 degrees above the 78 degree setting several hours later. I’ve set it to 76 about an hour ago & the orange light is still on & temp is unchanged. Any thoughts on this?
2) I read a lot of good things about the Vortex flow randomizes but I might have bought the wrong one, it seems big. Not sure if I’ll keep it or go back to the stock for better aesthetics.
3) I’ve left the lights at factory settings so please excuse the quality of my pictures. I’ll do more research on this over the next month.
Looking ahead, I will let the tank cycle 30 days, or however long it takes, and then start adding livestock little by little. Nothing unusual, a pair of clowns, yellow watchman goby, purple dottyback, CUC & then.... assuming I can add one fish I’d open to suggestions. If I can avoid killing all of my fish & see reasonable success I might add a few soft & very beginner safe corals.
I’m notoriously impatient but I’m going to take this very slow & steady.
Tank:
Innovative Marine NUVO Fusion Peninsula 20
Filtration:
- MightyJet Desktop Return Pump
- IM Media Caddy
- Heating: EHeim Jager 75watt
- Auto Aqua Smart ATO
- Jebao SLW 10
- Accel Aquatics Wide Vortex Flow Accelerator - model VA
Current USA Orbit Marine IC LED Bluetooth
Substrate:
- 20lbs CaribSea Aragalive in Fiji Pink
- 15lbs dry rock
Day 1- I’ve started the cycle process with Seachem Stability & even though lights are off w/o stock I did a dry run of the parameters. Considering some light ghost feeds to help the bacteria get a strong foothold.
Parameters:
- PH - 8.0
- Ammonia: 0
- Nitrite: 0 ppm
- Nitrate: 0 ppm
80.6 (according to thermometer that came with lights) I have it in my 3rd chamber with my pump.
Thoughts:
1) I don’t trust electronic thermometers but considering how reliable EHeim supposedly is, I’m surprised the orange light has yet to turn off & tank is reading 2 degrees above the 78 degree setting several hours later. I’ve set it to 76 about an hour ago & the orange light is still on & temp is unchanged. Any thoughts on this?
2) I read a lot of good things about the Vortex flow randomizes but I might have bought the wrong one, it seems big. Not sure if I’ll keep it or go back to the stock for better aesthetics.
3) I’ve left the lights at factory settings so please excuse the quality of my pictures. I’ll do more research on this over the next month.
Looking ahead, I will let the tank cycle 30 days, or however long it takes, and then start adding livestock little by little. Nothing unusual, a pair of clowns, yellow watchman goby, purple dottyback, CUC & then.... assuming I can add one fish I’d open to suggestions. If I can avoid killing all of my fish & see reasonable success I might add a few soft & very beginner safe corals.
I’m notoriously impatient but I’m going to take this very slow & steady.
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