bje's 75gal reef (finally)

RO/DI Unit - best investment so far. btw how often should i be replacing the cartridges in this? its still reading 0/TDS out after a month of usage. im guessing quarterly replacement?

 

current sump setup for now. decided to fill the fuge chamber just to confirm everything flows properly.

should i run carbon in my micron sock?

 

i havent a final list, nor is this set in stone, but some things id like to have:

SPS/LPS corals
clown, tang(s), possibly a dwarf lionfish if it'll work with the rest, scooter blenny, and a couple others that i saw recently that i liked but cant recall the name. id like a cardinalfish as well.

invert wise ill have a good clean up crew consisting of cerith snails, hermits, a fuzzy chiton (maybe), and then a cleaner shrimp. couple other cool shrimp i like, cant name them off of the top of my head at the moment.

mostly interested in corals at this point

 

just filled out the custom clean up crew request form on reefcleaners.org..... once tanks cycled im placing an order of some sort with john. has a great product list over there, for prices my LFS' cant beat even after including shipping. go john! you rock...

 

- added 12# of LR
- added 1 damsel from the 10gal
- moved the heater to the overflow chamber (eventually this will serve as the backup heater)
- 2 hermits decided to tag along from the rock i borrowed from the 10gal
- wiped down the entire inside of the tank with a new sponge to remove the salt residue. looks great now.
- SG = 1.023, Nitrate 2/ppm, nitrite 0/ppm, ph 7.9, alkalinity 210, temp 78 (cant wait till i can afford an apex)

 

damsel

 

so far no signs of NO2 or NO3.... waiting for the cycle to start. ive got ~15lbs of LR in there at the moment and a damsel.

the damsel is LOVING the space.... came from the 10gal i have running which was housing two damsels, condy nem, scooter blenny, and still has ~15lb LR and 2 inch sand bed.

im itching to give the scooter blenny a new home! im not putting him in though until this 75 cycles....

 

new FTS shot... can see straight through the tank now into the utility room behind (the 10gal tank i refer to is in the right back corner of the utility room atop of the fridge)

finally non-cloudy. got 99% of the salt buildup off of the tank from the newbie salt mixing i did.

now for the black background, or blue, havent decided which yet.

 

placed an order for 50lbs of marco dry rock.

hoping to place the order for 25lbs of mixed tonga/bali next week.

 

You won't get Tonga.... another export ban. Only time I can get Tonga locally is if someone breaks down a tank.