Hello
Firstlyi sorry about mu English, it is not my mother tongue.
After researching for a couple of months, I decided to set up a reef aquarium. Agreed with a local guy to provide and set up the whole system. Along the way, there was some missteps and i have a feeling we did something wrong. If it is the case, I'd like to reset sooner than later. So any opinions/suggestions are welcome;
first my setup;
80 cm X 60 cm X 50 cm main tank (about 80 gallon with sump)
Bubble magus curve A8 PS
Maxspect RSX 150w
Jebao sw 8 wavemaker
Jebao DCT 8000 pump
here is what me and my guy did;
- Tank arrived. I started filling it up with RO water. It took for 4 days. While it was filling, I washed the sand multiple times (last one with ro water) and put it in.
- My guy added the salt to the water. But he forgot the bring the heater, so the water was cold (about 68 °F). Also he added some bacteria culture. Whole system ran including the protein skimmer. After 5-6 hours, when the water cleared , i put the fiji rocks in. Water was not crystal clear, it was a little cloudy.
- After running like that for 2 days (still no heater, the guy said it was no problem), I saw a leak in the water pipe, so i had to shut down the pump and the ps for 2 days. Problem solved. Water was still a little cloudy. PS gathered some sand and dirt and went silent.
- on the 3rd day finally my heater arrived (eiheim jager 300 w). The guy added active carbon and some fiber to the filter section of the sump. PS went wild for a while then calmed down. Heater was set to 77°F (but later I learned that jaggers have a calibration problem).
- system run like that for 2 days. I was away. When i came back at last nighr, I saw that water was actually 84°F. In panic, I pulled the heater out. (water still cloudy)
- this morning, I checked the tank before leaving for work. Water was cold again but pretty much clear ( not cloudy, as clean as it ever was) . I have no idea it this is good or bad :) also Ps cup was full but there was no dirt in it. Previously it was quite still.
- At work, i googled and learned about the famous jagger calibration problem. I'll put the heater back later this evening.
So, any of the mistakes above are serious? Any suggestions are welcome.
Thanks in advance
Firstlyi sorry about mu English, it is not my mother tongue.
After researching for a couple of months, I decided to set up a reef aquarium. Agreed with a local guy to provide and set up the whole system. Along the way, there was some missteps and i have a feeling we did something wrong. If it is the case, I'd like to reset sooner than later. So any opinions/suggestions are welcome;
first my setup;
80 cm X 60 cm X 50 cm main tank (about 80 gallon with sump)
Bubble magus curve A8 PS
Maxspect RSX 150w
Jebao sw 8 wavemaker
Jebao DCT 8000 pump
here is what me and my guy did;
- Tank arrived. I started filling it up with RO water. It took for 4 days. While it was filling, I washed the sand multiple times (last one with ro water) and put it in.
- My guy added the salt to the water. But he forgot the bring the heater, so the water was cold (about 68 °F). Also he added some bacteria culture. Whole system ran including the protein skimmer. After 5-6 hours, when the water cleared , i put the fiji rocks in. Water was not crystal clear, it was a little cloudy.
- After running like that for 2 days (still no heater, the guy said it was no problem), I saw a leak in the water pipe, so i had to shut down the pump and the ps for 2 days. Problem solved. Water was still a little cloudy. PS gathered some sand and dirt and went silent.
- on the 3rd day finally my heater arrived (eiheim jager 300 w). The guy added active carbon and some fiber to the filter section of the sump. PS went wild for a while then calmed down. Heater was set to 77°F (but later I learned that jaggers have a calibration problem).
- system run like that for 2 days. I was away. When i came back at last nighr, I saw that water was actually 84°F. In panic, I pulled the heater out. (water still cloudy)
- this morning, I checked the tank before leaving for work. Water was cold again but pretty much clear ( not cloudy, as clean as it ever was) . I have no idea it this is good or bad :) also Ps cup was full but there was no dirt in it. Previously it was quite still.
- At work, i googled and learned about the famous jagger calibration problem. I'll put the heater back later this evening.
So, any of the mistakes above are serious? Any suggestions are welcome.
Thanks in advance
