FTS as of March 23, 2021. Still lots of growth that needs to happen! The rest is the journey.
Background: I have a 40 and 27g. Decided to consolidate them as it took away too much time between both tanks.
The Red Sea Reefer Peninsula 500 was a bit too big for my liking as I live in a small apartment in Hong Kong. But I know the rule of thumb: when you go small, you always want to go big
So 130 gallons it is.
Equipment:
Orphek V4 Atlantik LEDs
Jebao 12000 return
2 Maxspect XF250 gyres
Aqua Excel skimmer (have it laying around. I’ll see how good it is)
Vertex RODI system for water
Will update other equipment later.
Tank is cycling now. The nitrogen cycle is easy imo. Filled with salt and RODI. Put in existing live rock I had and added 2 chromis 2 days later. I’ve been dosing MicroBacter7 daily. Fish are doing well after 4 days in. I placed one of my dendros in as well as a test for the water. If the dendro can’t live, nothing can. Using a T5 at the moment as I don’t have the Orphek V4 bracket yet. I prefer to put lights on in early to help photosynthetic organisms take hold and help the uglies stage along earlier. IMO, the uglies and algae will start anyway once you turn the lights on. Why not tackle them earlier while less stocked?
Decided to go half sand/half bb. I prefer BB but it does limit what types of livestock you can keep.
I’ll try to update as I go along. I’ll be transferring over all of my mixed reef and fish from the 40g after I’m certain the parameters are stable and the tank is ready for SPS.
Background: I have a 40 and 27g. Decided to consolidate them as it took away too much time between both tanks.
The Red Sea Reefer Peninsula 500 was a bit too big for my liking as I live in a small apartment in Hong Kong. But I know the rule of thumb: when you go small, you always want to go big
So 130 gallons it is.
Equipment:
Orphek V4 Atlantik LEDs
Jebao 12000 return
2 Maxspect XF250 gyres
Aqua Excel skimmer (have it laying around. I’ll see how good it is)
Vertex RODI system for water
Will update other equipment later.
Tank is cycling now. The nitrogen cycle is easy imo. Filled with salt and RODI. Put in existing live rock I had and added 2 chromis 2 days later. I’ve been dosing MicroBacter7 daily. Fish are doing well after 4 days in. I placed one of my dendros in as well as a test for the water. If the dendro can’t live, nothing can. Using a T5 at the moment as I don’t have the Orphek V4 bracket yet. I prefer to put lights on in early to help photosynthetic organisms take hold and help the uglies stage along earlier. IMO, the uglies and algae will start anyway once you turn the lights on. Why not tackle them earlier while less stocked?
Decided to go half sand/half bb. I prefer BB but it does limit what types of livestock you can keep.
I’ll try to update as I go along. I’ll be transferring over all of my mixed reef and fish from the 40g after I’m certain the parameters are stable and the tank is ready for SPS.
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