Tank Journal Archive

[daniel borja]

This has been the shortest cycle ive ever had in the tank! its been just over 2 weeks and the water is okay to put livestock in! i wasn't too surprised as it was NSW and all that was in the tank was base rock. The live rock in the fuge helped establish a pod colony. anyway ill take better photos when time allows but here was a few quick snaps from this morning.

 

[Bdear22]

Looking sweet man! Just don't go crazy just yet as beneficial bacteria needs to populate so params will keep stable

 

[daniel borja]

ive left it like it is for a few days already. i knew beneficial bacteria would still need to populate so ive been dosing microbacter7 from brightwell aquatics which has done wonders!! wont be adding more fish for at least another 2-3 weeks as the next fish on the list will be some dispar anthias. im thinking an anemone will be the next major coral to go in, as i need to make sure it doesnt go walk abouts when there is more coral in there haha

 

[Sarg]

Sweet as! I know a few coral that can go in there lol ;)

 

[Wrangy]

Awesome mate!! Looks really good and definitely not empty :rofl I'm really digging the scape too. Plenty of room for sps :rolleyes The nem might take you a while before the tank is ready but I'm sure that @TheJordans can help out with that :)

 

[Sam Parker]

Looking good mate, is that the light you have been waiting for?

 

[daniel borja]

Sweet as! I know a few coral that can go in there lol ;)

haha i know some too ;) ill pop over soon to pick those corals up. may make a slight detour to reeflections too and finally use my voucher haha

 

[daniel borja]

Awesome mate!! Looks really good and definitely not empty :rofl I'm really digging the scape too. Plenty of room for sps :rolleyes The nem might take you a while before the tank is ready but I'm sure that @TheJordans can help out with that :)

thanks wrangy! what do you mean with the nem?

 

[daniel borja]

Looking good mate, is that the light you have been waiting for?

same type but the one over my tank atm was the prototype that dave got in to play around with. he let me borrow it in the mean time to give him some feed back on it :)

 

[Sarg]

haha i know some too ;) ill pop over soon to pick those corals up. may make a slight detour to reeflections too and finally use my voucher haha

No rush mate just stirring. Tanks coming along nicely!!

 

[Sam Parker]

Have no idea how you managed to leave that voucher burning a hole in your pocket for that long!

 

[hoangii]

Looking @daniel borja love the scaping

 

[daniel borja]

Have no idea how you managed to leave that voucher burning a hole in your pocket for that long!

tell me about it Sam haha. cant wait till i go to reeflections and see what awesome SPS they got!!

 

[daniel borja]

Looking @daniel borja love the scaping

thanks mate :D will look better once it has more coral in it ;)

 

[Wrangy]

thanks wrangy! what do you mean with the nem?

Anemones need really stable water conditions is all :) I was just saying you might want to hold off a little while before adding one, not that I want to be a negative Nancy :p

 

[Ian G]

This has been the shortest cycle ive ever had in the tank! its been just over 2 weeks and the water is okay to put livestock in! i wasn't too surprised as it was NSW and all that was in the tank was base rock. The live rock in the fuge helped establish a pod colony. anyway ill take better photos when time allows but here was a few quick snaps from this morning.

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Love that RH bommie. Remember to go slow. Only bad things happen fast in reefing.

 

[daniel borja]

Thanks mate :) yeah I know how to go about it. Learnt a lot from my first tank and this site can he pretty hand at times too ;)

Love that RH bommie. Remember to go slow. Only bad things happen fast in reefing.

 

[daniel borja]

Anemones need really stable water conditions is all :) I was just saying you might want to hold off a little while before adding one, not that I want to be a negative Nancy :p

Haha oh yeah I thought thats what you meant. I should have been a bit more clear. Ill at least wait a month till I put a nem in there. Params are stable but we all know how quick that can change just by adding a fish or a couple of corals so ill keep a close eye on things before doing anything drastic :)

 

[Wrangy]

Haha oh yeah I thought thats what you meant. I should have been a bit more clear. Ill at least wait a month till I put a nem in there. Params are stable but we all know how quick that can change just by adding a fish or a couple of corals so ill keep a close eye on things before doing anything drastic :)

Haha no problems. Yeah give it a while to give the nem the best chance because that can be picky little bastards :p What sort of nem are you going to get???

 

[Ian G]

Your tank should be 6 months stable before adding a nem.