Hi all,
New to the hobby, and I’m slowly learning about best practices and all. Recently received and assembled my RS Max Nano with the following:
- 20lbs CaribSea Shapes LifeRock - I used Aquastik epoxy putty to aquascape
- 20lbs CaribSea special grade Arag-Alive reef sand
- Innovative Marine 5gal Hydrofill reservoir
- BRS 100w titanium heater system
- AI Nero3 powerhead
- Replaced filter sock with media basket filled with poly-fil and ceramic media
- Aquatic Life 4 stage RO system
Currently on day 5, and I’m using Red Sea’s Reef Mature Pro kit to cycle the tank. I’m not normally a patient person, so putting this together has been a practice in learning to do things methodically. I messed up my salinity by making the wrong calculation. Ended up putting too much salt, so I had to chase that down with more RO water. For testing, I’m using Hanna’s professional Reef Test kit. Figured out pretty quickly that it didn’t include everything I needed. Still waiting for Nitrite, Nitrate, and Ammonia kits that I ordered. Also, the carbon bag somehow ended up in the return chamber, which led to carbon particles being spread all over the sand and rock - oops…
I’m really excited to learn more and share with this group. Thank you all for all your helpful builds and posts!!
New to the hobby, and I’m slowly learning about best practices and all. Recently received and assembled my RS Max Nano with the following:
- 20lbs CaribSea Shapes LifeRock - I used Aquastik epoxy putty to aquascape
- 20lbs CaribSea special grade Arag-Alive reef sand
- Innovative Marine 5gal Hydrofill reservoir
- BRS 100w titanium heater system
- AI Nero3 powerhead
- Replaced filter sock with media basket filled with poly-fil and ceramic media
- Aquatic Life 4 stage RO system
Currently on day 5, and I’m using Red Sea’s Reef Mature Pro kit to cycle the tank. I’m not normally a patient person, so putting this together has been a practice in learning to do things methodically. I messed up my salinity by making the wrong calculation. Ended up putting too much salt, so I had to chase that down with more RO water. For testing, I’m using Hanna’s professional Reef Test kit. Figured out pretty quickly that it didn’t include everything I needed. Still waiting for Nitrite, Nitrate, and Ammonia kits that I ordered. Also, the carbon bag somehow ended up in the return chamber, which led to carbon particles being spread all over the sand and rock - oops…
I’m really excited to learn more and share with this group. Thank you all for all your helpful builds and posts!!