!!!NWFD1725 JBJ 28GNC Finally!!!

im really impressed with mine like i said i added a koralia nano and with the two return pumps feel like my flow is pretty good and also with the built in fans in my hood my temp with my lights on for like 3 hours stayed around 77 which is what my heater is set at so heat i dont think is going to be a problem knock on wood and the built in led night lights are nice touch. Also the wavemaker that came with it was also pretty cool i plan on running sponge in half of the first basket of the media basket and carbon in the other half then in the last two cheato because the back isnt painted. Also there is room for the a heater, stock skimmer, mini fuge all in the back

 

My tank is officially a week old

 

Todays test cycle is progressing nicely ammonia is on the way down
Temp- 77
Ph- 8.2
Ammonia - .75
Nitrite-1
Nitrate- 10
Phosphate- .5
Calcium- 480
magnesium-1160
Dkh- 13-14
Sg-1.025

also seeing a lot of baby pods thier small and white im guessing thats what they are

 

tested my ammonia yesterday it is at 0!! nitrite at 1 and nitrate at 10 i think my cycle is on the home stretch now i will post some new pictures soon also i am planning on getting a sapphire media reactor and skimmer anybody have any knowledge and expierence with these

 

anybody and i found a brittle starfish must have hitched on my live rock will get a picture if i ever see him again he cleaned up that piece of shrimp nicely lol

 

hey nice start so far good job i have the same tank i use no filtration at all took complete filter outta the back and just have a piece of filter for the water to pass thru ive found that if i set my wavemaker to switch every 20 sec. i have good results with water back there also but my power heads are upgraded and also have two extra ones inside of the display one blowing behind the rocks and a big one blowing out twords the front good luck man!

 

thanks i might try that

 

only thing i would say is more LR... i don't think you used live sand either and that looked like an itty bitty piece of LR...

the base rock aquascaping you did a kick ass job on though.

you have a lot of things squared away and your tank looks great.

i would add/swap a piece or two of that base rock on the front or top for some more LR though... not only does it add a lot of personality to the aquarium it will help out with

 

its tanks like these and members like this that i admire. Good for you man, your doing an awsome job cycling and i appreciate your patience! My rodi units coming tomorrow in the mail along with some extras so my tanks going to be set up tomorrow. And then i begin the whooolee cycling process. Again, i praise you for doing your tank right the first time by letting it cycle and not rush into things.

 

i actually got another piece of live rock but didnt add it due to it have bad anemone hitchhiker. Also that piece of live rock will spread to the rest of my rocks and thank you work the compliment on the rock setup it took a little time to come up with but very glad i did now i actually rescaped my tank a bit trying to give myself more rooms for corals. Also i dont think i am going to do halides right now cause of the corals i plan on keeping.

My fish list is up to 2 is all
a pair of clowns lol
and skunk shrimp
and fire shrimp

also i went all base rock and not live sand except for one small piece of live rock and bad hitchhiker free as of now