Jahmic's Tasty Cubed Reef Recipe
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Re: Jahmic's Tasty Cubed Reef Recipe
I'll definitely give it some time to get going and let you know what I think. It dropped right in and adjusting the bubble height was pretty straightforward and not too "touchy"...so that's a start.
Thanks for the heads up Charlie. I'll grab some 1/4" ID tubing (hopefully that fits) I have laying around and get that silencer outside the stand and away from the sump. I did notice it was placed awkwardly close to where moisture would build up under the collection cup, and had definitely wondered about that...
I'll definitely give it some time to get going and let you know what I think. It dropped right in and adjusting the bubble height was pretty straightforward and not too "touchy"...so that's a start.
Thanks for the heads up Charlie. I'll grab some 1/4" ID tubing (hopefully that fits) I have laying around and get that silencer outside the stand and away from the sump. I did notice it was placed awkwardly close to where moisture would build up under the collection cup, and had definitely wondered about that...
Ammonia - 0
Nitrite - 0
Nitrate - 0
The skimmer is running and I have a bag of carbon in the sump...but after cleaning the dust off the inside of the tank yesterday, the water is still pretty clouded. It's definitely going through it's early bacteria blooms as I can see biofilm forming on the rocks, sand, and acrylic, but I'm not detecting any changes in those levels. So, either that microbe-lift special blend is doing the trick, or the pieces of scallop I tossed in the sump weren't enough to get things going. I can definitely smell them in the water though, so I'm thinking this bacteria in a bottle actually works.
I'll be adding some chaeto this weekend and will start adding pods sometime the following week. Hopefully I at least start seeing nitrates at some point so that I know the cycle actually happened before I start adding CUC. Luckily I have stomatellas and collonistas breeding in my 20 like crazy, so I'll probably toss a few of those in to test things out once the algae starts to appear.
Nitrite - 0
Nitrate - 0
The skimmer is running and I have a bag of carbon in the sump...but after cleaning the dust off the inside of the tank yesterday, the water is still pretty clouded. It's definitely going through it's early bacteria blooms as I can see biofilm forming on the rocks, sand, and acrylic, but I'm not detecting any changes in those levels. So, either that microbe-lift special blend is doing the trick, or the pieces of scallop I tossed in the sump weren't enough to get things going. I can definitely smell them in the water though, so I'm thinking this bacteria in a bottle actually works.
I'll be adding some chaeto this weekend and will start adding pods sometime the following week. Hopefully I at least start seeing nitrates at some point so that I know the cycle actually happened before I start adding CUC. Luckily I have stomatellas and collonistas breeding in my 20 like crazy, so I'll probably toss a few of those in to test things out once the algae starts to appear.
Here's a little side project I just knocked out over the weekend...
Had to pry the top off to get the aluminum out...was a bit unnerving.
Gutted (to the dismay of hardcore Antiques Road Show fans)
The plan is to hide my powerstrip underneath the cabinet (that panel at the very bottom flips up. I'm going to keep an ATO bin on the floor of the cabinet, and I built a false wall for the back panel of the chest. I plan on running the cords for my controllers up through the old drain hole in the ice chest, behind the false wall, then mounting them to the inside of the lid.
I'll get some updated pics once I actually have some equipment inside...it'll be a while.
Had to pry the top off to get the aluminum out...was a bit unnerving.
Gutted (to the dismay of hardcore Antiques Road Show fans)
The plan is to hide my powerstrip underneath the cabinet (that panel at the very bottom flips up. I'm going to keep an ATO bin on the floor of the cabinet, and I built a false wall for the back panel of the chest. I plan on running the cords for my controllers up through the old drain hole in the ice chest, behind the false wall, then mounting them to the inside of the lid.
I'll get some updated pics once I actually have some equipment inside...it'll be a while.
Added some chaeto over the weekend and hooked up the fuge light. I also grabbed a couple scoops of sand from my cube to get some spaghetti worms and other microfauna in the tank, along with a nassarius snail, some collonista snails, and a few stomatellas.
It looks like the diatom bloom is about to start, I can see a few brown spots on the rocks and the sandbed. Decided to check the parameters again to make sure I wasn't imaging it:
Ammonia - 0
Nitrite - 0
Nitrate -
It looks like the diatom bloom is about to start, I can see a few brown spots on the rocks and the sandbed. Decided to check the parameters again to make sure I wasn't imaging it:
Ammonia - 0
Nitrite - 0
Nitrate -
My indecisiveness has finally come to a head :juggle:
http://www.marinecolorado.org/forums/showthread.php?19141
I'd been debating a Kole tang for a while, but decided against it in favor of a group of smaller fish. I'd been considering an anthias species, but just couldn't find one that I thought would be a great fit AND provide the amount of activity in the tank that I was looking for.
Looks like I may have a group of Acares Midget Reef Chromis on the way! Since they max out at 2", I plan on trying a group of 5 in the tank. It'll be a little while til I get them added...but it looks like I've at least finally figured out my stocking list.
Someone recently pointed out that my indecisiveness just means that I need a bigger tank so I can have all the fish I want. I intend on proving that person wrong.
http://www.marinecolorado.org/forums/showthread.php?19141
I'd been debating a Kole tang for a while, but decided against it in favor of a group of smaller fish. I'd been considering an anthias species, but just couldn't find one that I thought would be a great fit AND provide the amount of activity in the tank that I was looking for.
Looks like I may have a group of Acares Midget Reef Chromis on the way! Since they max out at 2", I plan on trying a group of 5 in the tank. It'll be a little while til I get them added...but it looks like I've at least finally figured out my stocking list.
Someone recently pointed out that my indecisiveness just means that I need a bigger tank so I can have all the fish I want. I intend on proving that person wrong.
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