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Jimroth's Big Ol' Tank
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Picked up Fire 7 tablet for $30 during Prime Day, and turned it into an Apex control panel following Neptune's instructions (by Terrence). I have the regular little control panel near the sump in the garage, which I like, but this will let me put a full control panel by the display for monitoring etc.
“Ghost Feeding “ maybe? Just feeding the empty tank, allowing it to breakdown n decompose, starting the cycle......??
I also worked with Alex when I started my new tank. I used pure ammonia as he recommended. Once it cycled, I added fish and coral. No issues.
That is one way but there are other ways to do fishless cycle. You can do raw shrimp, raw salmon, other raw fish. You can also ghost feed, dumb ammonia in, etc.....
I used Shop-rite brand pure ammonia as well. I wouldn’t worry about testing anything but ammonia and nitrite for now. Once the cycle is complete the other parameters should fall in range. If not, a simple water change will help bring it them line. I didn’t even have do a water change though.
Cycling continues in the tank. Skimmer is skimming, and (hooray?) brown cyano has started to grow. I added some substrate from an established reef, along with a couple of coralline-covered rocks I hope will get the pink and purple stuff going. Still lots to fix up and do. I think I'm doing a refugium early on, just to grow some chaeto. Plus, new toys, I bought the Radion multi-light mounting system. I'm a little pissed that the clamps don't work with my 3" eurobracing, but Ecotech assures me the setup will be stable without the clamps.
I added my first fish, kind of as a test and I couldn't wait any longer. He's an Ocellaris clown, I call him Mark Watney. He's been eating and hasn't died, so there's nothing mysteriously toxic in the tank.
My new sump lacks the baffles I used to have to catch microbubbles, so I took a shot at making a rock tower for the skimmer output to flow into. It wasn't big enough (3" pipe) , so I need to make one out of some larger pipe, like 4-5" or a little bucket or something..
My new sump lacks the baffles I used to have to catch microbubbles, so I took a shot at making a rock tower for the skimmer output to flow into. It wasn't big enough (3" pipe) , so I need to make one out of some larger pipe, like 4-5" or a little bucket or something..
radiata
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What fauna are you going to use to test for invertebrate toxicity?
That's a good question. I'm growing a fair amount of algae already, so I'll probably throw in a handful of snails and maybe a hermit or five.
