My 72 gallon bowfront rebuild build. Fresh or Salt?

Will I hope the replacements for those huge pumps make a difference. Should have them sometime next week.

 

I measured the inside of the stand and the tank should fit, that would be my 20g sump, it will fit inside, but I can't get it inside the stand, hahaha

 

Did you drill the back of your tank I just wana know if it was tempered or not. Im assuming its not cause when I did a test with polarized ghlass and a cell phone I didnt see the wave like effect. I wana drill mine to do a bean animal overflow

 

Ammonia is about 20ppm, the diatoms should be coming shortly, joy joy!!

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No I didn't drill it, I have a HOB overflow box.

 

I am going to assume you are doing water changes and adding prime or equiv product. I would sure hate to see your corals crash and fish die with that ammonia level.

You must have had some significant die off.

And you mean .20 right?

 

Yes I am putting Prime in there and I done 2 water changes of 5 gallons, actually sorry I think its somewhere in between 0 ppm and 0.25, yes so your right, my mistake! The Corals don't show to much sign of ill effects from the ammonia.

 

Temp - 77.4
Specific Gravity - 1.025
Ammonia - barely detectable.
Nitrite - 0
Nitrate - 0
Phosphate - 0
PH - 8.2
KH - 180 ppm
MG - 1560
Calcium - 420

Water seems to be OK! Not sure about the MG though.

 

Things are going OK I think. Tomorrow I get new corals

 

Stunning tank! Nothing like a brand spanking sparkly new tank