Smitty
Reef pro
Looking good.
My First Marine Tank
- Thread starter Sashimi
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Waddi
Shenanigans?
Welcome to the Forum bud!
Sashimi
Reefing newb
I did that when I first got to Japan. I set the christmas village in there so my 2 year old wouldn't mess with it.
baeya
Aquarium Addict
GREAT idea!!! I'll bet your 2 year old loved looking at it!
little_fish
Moderator
Looks good!
Sashimi
Reefing newb
My aquarium is up and running and has been for 24 hours. Salinity 1.025, the other readings I'll get later. I haven't added the live sand yet, I found some leaks and plumbing I want to fix before I start cycling. Pics to come, I'm getting an error when I try to upload pics currently.
Amba
Ol' Salty
Try posting to imgur then using the BB code.
Sashimi
Reefing newb
Ok, Here are the pics promised earlier as I was adding water and mixing in the salt. Like my rocks? LOL So I currently have water in the tank and have added Sand. Of course, it's really cloudy, so I'll post pics in a couple days. In the morning, I'll check salinity and ammonia/Nitrite/Nitrate.
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Ted
Living one day at a time
Looks nice...nice house also...
baeya
Aquarium Addict
Wow! Really like the look of your tank! The cabinet is really cool and it looks so nice in the space you have it set up.
Amba
Ol' Salty
everything looks great! i like the placement of your tank a lot
Sashimi
Reefing newb
The DT is still cloudy, but the tests yielded good results. I have 80lbs of the reef sand in the aquarium. I'm about the add 20lbs on reef substrate, only because I like the look of little shells mixed in the sand. I'm not producing skinmate yet, understandably so. Anyone want to see my sump?
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baeya
Aquarium Addict
I do! I do!!
Ted
Living one day at a time
of course we want to see your sump...
lilmatty5dimes
Reef enthusiast
Man your build has come along nicely. everything looks really good. cant wait to see it all colored up with coral. we all love pics here at the LR. so of course we do.
Sashimi
Reefing newb
So, here is my sump. There's a Magdrive 12 pump feeding 3 - 1/2" lock line returns. I'm using a CPR CS102 overflow with one bulkhead feeding a refugium, and the other feeding the skimmer section of the sump. This overflows to the second sump section, which is empty now, but I'm sure I'll use it later with reactors or probes. The refugium is gravity fed into the the second sump compartment as well. This overflows through a bubble trap to the 3rd section of the sump with the return pump.
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Sashimi
Reefing newb
The trash can is part of my ATO, I haven't set it up yet, but will soon.
lilmatty5dimes
Reef enthusiast
that looks really good. thanks for sharing
baeya
Aquarium Addict
Wow! That is some set up! Thanks for putting the pictures up!
Sashimi
Reefing newb
Did round 2 of tests, and the water has cleared up.
Ammonia .25 ppm I think. I find this hard to read.
Nitrites and nitrates 0
Salinity 1.024 It went down. It was 1.026 a few days ago. weird, I though salinity would go up with evaporation, not that I've noticed any. No, I didn't add any ro water. ATO isn't set up yet.
Ammonia .25 ppm I think. I find this hard to read.
Nitrites and nitrates 0
Salinity 1.024 It went down. It was 1.026 a few days ago. weird, I though salinity would go up with evaporation, not that I've noticed any. No, I didn't add any ro water. ATO isn't set up yet.
