Hey Everyone,
As some of you may know Ive been posting around a lot on manhattan reefs regarding my 150 gallon tank that originally was going to be for freshwater but than decided to go back to salt. Figured I start putting pictures up of my progress since I have to now go thru the long wait of cycling process.
Im dumped Seachem Stability as looked through some sites and many people have had success with it. Soon I will be picking up live rock that has been in a running tank for years to add to the tank to help the cycle along as well as add more rocks to the tank.
The purple rocks you see are "Life Rock" and the other rocks are from a fellow member on here ocholoco, and yes I had to break that big rock dam thing was huge!
The sump is a custom sump with filter socks, reef octo classic 225, moving bed filter (kaldness) which was just added today and hasn't yet started to sink yet. The return pump is a laguna 2900 connected to valve as it is a very strong pump!
Temperature ranges between 79-80 and salt is a 1.024...anything I should change?
Today I just added ammonia chloride and the Red Sea ammonia reads .08ppm . I probably will have to add more, but unsure.
I will try to update anytime something changes. So far for stock Im thinking:
#1 Blue Face Angel (Will Be First Addition) Seen the same one at the LFS for about 3 months now must be healthy as a bull and he is a nice size probably around six inches and fat. I will list the fish from most wanted to least wanted from 1 being the most to 6 being the least needed.
#5 Yellow Tang
#6 Green Bird Wrasse
#3 Long Nose Hawkfish
#4 Antenetta Lionfish
#2 Australian Tusk
Pretty sure thats the stock Im going to go with. Has a variety of colors and uniqueness. This list isn't 100% engraved in stone if you have a suggestion please tell.
Im still unsure what sizes should the fish be obtained, of coarse all fish except for the blue face will be quarantined since it will be the first fish added to the tank especially if the one from the LFS will still be there after the cycle is finish. The long nose defiantly will be the biggest available probably at around 5 inches...
I guess I will update as the cycling goes on..
As some of you may know Ive been posting around a lot on manhattan reefs regarding my 150 gallon tank that originally was going to be for freshwater but than decided to go back to salt. Figured I start putting pictures up of my progress since I have to now go thru the long wait of cycling process.
Im dumped Seachem Stability as looked through some sites and many people have had success with it. Soon I will be picking up live rock that has been in a running tank for years to add to the tank to help the cycle along as well as add more rocks to the tank.
The purple rocks you see are "Life Rock" and the other rocks are from a fellow member on here ocholoco, and yes I had to break that big rock dam thing was huge!
The sump is a custom sump with filter socks, reef octo classic 225, moving bed filter (kaldness) which was just added today and hasn't yet started to sink yet. The return pump is a laguna 2900 connected to valve as it is a very strong pump!
Temperature ranges between 79-80 and salt is a 1.024...anything I should change?
Today I just added ammonia chloride and the Red Sea ammonia reads .08ppm . I probably will have to add more, but unsure.
I will try to update anytime something changes. So far for stock Im thinking:
#1 Blue Face Angel (Will Be First Addition) Seen the same one at the LFS for about 3 months now must be healthy as a bull and he is a nice size probably around six inches and fat. I will list the fish from most wanted to least wanted from 1 being the most to 6 being the least needed.
#5 Yellow Tang
#6 Green Bird Wrasse
#3 Long Nose Hawkfish
#4 Antenetta Lionfish
#2 Australian Tusk
Pretty sure thats the stock Im going to go with. Has a variety of colors and uniqueness. This list isn't 100% engraved in stone if you have a suggestion please tell.
Im still unsure what sizes should the fish be obtained, of coarse all fish except for the blue face will be quarantined since it will be the first fish added to the tank especially if the one from the LFS will still be there after the cycle is finish. The long nose defiantly will be the biggest available probably at around 5 inches...
I guess I will update as the cycling goes on..
