Red Sea 130D AIO

[Trio91]

coming along nicely

thanx dude, it better with all the effort i am putting into this....this is also called learning from your previous mistakes

 

[Trio91]

question, do you guys think i should cycle this with all my media intact? i usually ran the media afterwards but i never thought about the pros/cons of cycling "fully loaded"

 

[mnat]

Careful with the chemi pure blue, that stuff is made for when you have high phosphates and you need to drop them quickly. I have not read up on it in a while but I don't think it is something you wan to run constantly. We use the chemi pure elite which is the "everyday" stuff and love it.

As far as the cycle goes I would probably run unloaded, let the bacteria get a chance to settle before getting pulled out. It is ok to be a little dirty in the beginning to kick off a good cycle.

 

[Trio91]

Careful with the chemi pure blue, that stuff is made for when you have high phosphates and you need to drop them quickly. I have not read up on it in a while but I don't think it is something you wan to run constantly. We use the chemi pure elite which is the "everyday" stuff and love it.

As far as the cycle goes I would probably run unloaded, let the bacteria get a chance to settle before getting pulled out. It is ok to be a little dirty in the beginning to kick off a good cycle.

i was thinking that too as that's how I have always done it in the past

as far as the CPB is concerned I am actually not tied down to the stuff so if the census here is the swap it, I will. what about the regular chemi-pure? I wouldn't mind running that being that it retails for about $2 cheaper than the other 2

 

[Aeb1419]

I ordered chemi pure blue as well to battle my algae. I am not planning on keeping it for a long time. I just ordered it and I saw a special, order one and get another free. It was on foster and smith. not sure if the sale is still going

 

[mnat]

Regular chemi pure is a work horse and has been around for a while. You get some GFO and carbon in there which is nice. That is the only media we run in our nanos.

 

[Trio91]

Update, this weekend sand, rock and water went into the tank

I used some aragonite sand

 

[Trio91]

Here's a one tank shots filled

 

[Trio91]

 

[Trio91]

I also clipped on the gourmet grazer to hold the food for cycling

 

[Trio91]

I'm cleaning my gyre now, once that's all good n ready, that will go into the tank today. Other than that, just waiting now

 

[Trio91]

I'm going to add more rock from my other tank. Which is why I didnt fill it up all the way

 

[kschweer]

Awesome! It's all starting to come together. The aquascape looks great!

 

[Trio91]

Awesome! It's all starting to come together. The aquascape looks great!

Thanx, that was the wife, she came up with that tier'd look

 

[redfishbluefish]

Looking good Marcus. Like to see new tanks coming together.

 

[SeahorseKeeper]

Looking good!!

 

[Trio91]

question, about when do you guys think i should add the Matrix Media? i have never used it before and i want it to be as effective as possible

 

[njtiger24 aquariums]

looking good man. can't wait to see fish and corals in there. You know what type of fish your putting in?

 

[Trio91]

small stuff...i want some movement and maybe a little "schooling" action....@914joe has a nice livestock selection in his small tank....so something similar to that....im not big on buying super expensive fish that potentially can die on me

 

[Trio91]

Just an update, tank is still cycling. Amonia is around. 25 on API scale and the nitrates are at zero. The PH is a little low around 7.8 and I am going to add some kalk or baking soda "juice" to bring that up. (haven't decided yet) Tonight i was thinking of doing a small water change and then test again and take it from there