Waterbox 60.2

[Les82]

Hi all so i thought i would start a thread for my tank.
More so, so i can watch how it comes together but also some of you guys might know better ways to do things.

A bit about myself ive had a few reef tanks over the years but have been out of the hobby for 10years or so.

Ive been wanting to get back into it for a while and finally bit the bullet and bought a water box 60.2

So far im very happy with the quality of the tank and cabinet. Sump seems quite well thought out as well.

For the equipment
Ive gone with AI gear.
Ive got the AI prime 16hd
AI orbit 25
AI Axis 90 as the return pump returning via the chiller
AI axis 40 which is sending water from the sump to a remote refugium which overflows back into the sump.
Haliea 250a chiller
Coral box dosing pump which ill eventually dose the randy 3 part mix.
Skimmer i am still to buy but leaning towards the reef octopus essence 130.

On order and waiting for arrival
Top up unit autoaqua lite G2
Aquaone titanium heater 200w
Dymax cubes 1 box worth
RoDi unit 4 stage

Anyway thanks for looking
Les

 

[Les82]

Tank is now wet as of tonight. Filled with natural sea water as I live right on the beach. I collected right at the mouth an hour before high tide.

I plan on getting a piece of live rock from the lfs tommorow and placing that in to help with the cycle.

I am interested in hearing what others have to say with the bottled stuff to kickstand the cycle along. Ive never used it so not sure how I feel.

 

[kevgib67]

Tank is now wet as of tonight. Filled with natural sea water as I live right on the beach. I collected right at the mouth an hour before high tide.

I plan on getting a piece of live rock from the lfs tommorow and placing that in to help with the cycle.

I am interested in hearing what others have to say with the bottled stuff to kickstand the cycle along. Ive never used it so not sure how I feel.

Welcome, glad you are here. It looks like you are off to a great start. I’ve never used it because I have always started with all live rock but I know tons of people have used it successfully on here to cycle their tanks.

 

[TX_REEF]

Nice! Congrats on the new system. If I ever buy a new full plug and play tank system, I’ll go with waterbox as well. Based on my research I totally agree that their sumps are well-designed.

If you are getting a good piece of mature live rock to start things off, your tank shouldn’t need much in the way of cycling. Just go slow with adding livestock so your system can adjust and grow with the bio load.

Also, you can keep your lights off until you have livestock to minimize algae growth with tends to happen in brand new systems.

 

[Les82]

Welcome, glad you are here. It looks like you are off to a great start. I’ve never used it because I have always started with all live rock but I know tons of people have used it successfully on here to cycle their tanks.

Thank you, yeah im sceptical on it, because I was always taught to be patient with saltwater tanks. But it does appear people are having success with it so im curious.

 

[Les82]

Nice! Congrats on the new system. If I ever buy a new full plug and play tank system, I’ll go with waterbox as well. Based on my research I totally agree that their sumps are well-designed.

If you are getting a good piece of mature live rock to start things off, your tank shouldn’t need much in the way of cycling. Just go slow with adding livestock so your system can adjust and grow with the bio load.

Also, you can keep your lights off until you have livestock to minimize algae growth with tends to happen in brand new systems.

Yes, I was thinking lights off or at a minimum will be a good thing for now. But its a bit of a novelty having it lit up at the moment.

Im going to put a piece of live rock in today and see how it goes. But yes slow is best

 

[Les82]

Bit of an update.
Added 1 piece of live rock. And tank is just doing its thing.
I added the dymax cubes into the sump today and installed the ATO and heater.
Hoping the RoDi unit arrives tommorow as im gonna need to top up soon.

I also ordered a skimmer today
I went with the Nyos 120.

And I also ordered a roller mat filter for it.
Went for the N clear M fleece roller.

Ill get pictures once installed.

I also had a bit of a mishap with the remote refugium and its not working the way I planned it, so ive scrapped that idea for now. And planning on a small refugium in the sump. I think ill use a 3d printed refugium basket and put it after the skimmer.

Any way thanks for looking

 

[Gumbies R Us]

Following along!

 

[Les82]

Well a bit of an update.

My mum passed away a week ago and doing bits on the tank has definitely helped my mind getting through it all.
We have decided to name the tank after her an have called it Isabella reef.

The tank is now about 16 days old and has completed some what of a cycle.
I reduced lighting to 6hrs a day for a bit just to try and manage the algae blooms.
Ive started ghost feeding the tank and got an ammonia spike, followed by a nitrite reading and finally a nitrate reading.

I added some hermit crabs and snails, which I caught locally in the rock pools at low tide, and then got another small spike of ammonia and went through another small cycle.

I ghost fed 2 days ago and tested all paremeters today and I am pretty happy.
Ammonia 0
Nitrite 0
Nitrate very slight reading
PH 8.2
Alk 8.0

In the last couple weeks as well my RODI system arrived and ive set it up on the laundry. Its a reef pure 50gpd unit.

Ive also plumbed in the nyos 120 and run it in. It seems to be working quite nicely now.

Ive also had a section of acrylic laser cut as a baffle for the refugium im going to put in. And juat waiting for my refugium light from ebay to arrive.

Ive also installed an eheim reflex 800 which I picked up off market place for $100. Im using an axis 40 to run it. Ive never actually used a uv steriler on a tank before so this one is a learning curb.

Still waiting on my roller mat filter to arrive. Hopefully be here soon.