Truvu 70 gallon Build

jimsreef17 · Sep 21, 2017

The Truvu tank just arrived. Getting excited. Just waiting patiently for the Pukani to finish curing. I picked up some lanthanum chloride to speed up the process. Does anyone have some good pros or cons on using it before I do? Thanks.

revhtree · Sep 21, 2017

Great looking set up! Love that stand!

jimsreef17 · Oct 25, 2017

I have a question about curing Pukani dry rock. It's been sitting in a Brute can of salt water for about 12 weeks. I've been doing 100% water changes every few weeks. Began dosing LC every few days starting 3 weeks ago. I'm still getting ammonia readings around .6, and phosphates around .04. When is it cured, are these readings low enough or keep on trucking? Anything I should be doing differently?

jimsreef17 · Oct 25, 2017

Forgot to mention that I've also got a pump and heater in the barrel with the rock.

jimsreef17 · Nov 9, 2017

Finished staining and polyurethaning the trim for the stand tonight. Then we ran a successful leak test.
I attempted to get it all silently dialed in between the pump and ball valves, which I soon found out how takes time and patience. I drained the tank because I only used tap water for the testing. The phosphates have been holding steady about .02 on the barrel of dry rock I’ve curing. So with that being said, I ordered Jurassic Gel and will begin aquascaping next week. Now I’m starting to get excited as I see everything coming together.

JimFuller · Nov 9, 2017

jimsreef17 said:
I have a question about curing Pukani dry rock. It's been sitting in a Brute can of salt water for about 12 weeks. I've been doing 100% water changes every few weeks. Began dosing LC every few days starting 3 weeks ago. I'm still getting ammonia readings around .6, and phosphates around .04. When is it cured, are these readings low enough or keep on trucking? Anything I should be doing differently?

Ammonia should be zero, nitrite zero.

jimsreef17 · Nov 9, 2017

Thank you JimFuller

jimsreef17 · Nov 19, 2017

Started building the canopy tonight. Installing (2) Radion XR30 G3.

jimsreef17 · Jan 14, 2018

It’s been awhile since I’ve done anything with my build. I’ve been curing the Pukani dry rock for over 4 months and now I’ve finally got it in the tank. It was a huge challenge due to the small openings Truvu leaves you in the top of the acrylic tank. I had to pretty much piece together and glue everything in the tank. I think it’s probably a lot easier being able to build the aquasape out of the tank and just drop it in if you have a topless tank. Nevertheless I’m pretty happy with the results. Please feel free to criticize my aquascaping.