JKT69's 130D

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JKT69

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Figured I would go ahead and start this thread to chronicle the tank. Tank was re-born on June 5th...previously had been broken down and in storage for almost 2 years (long story). Upgraded to a Tunze 9002, the media basket (plan on running purigren and CPE), keeping the stock lights (for now), AquaEuro Chiller, Ecotech MP10, CaribSea Arag-alive Hawaiian Black, and ceramic rock which is highly pourous. I went fake rock because I wanted to know what was going in the tank, and I liked the way this looked.

I put the shrimp in about 4 1/2 weeks ago and it is basically non-existent...I am still in my cycle phase and just ordered some of Dr. Tim's One and Only and ammonia drops. I have been running no lights this whole time, up until this weekend, now I am keeping them on a couple hours each day, not running the skimmer (however I did run it some this weekend and yesterday just to get use to how it works, water level, etc)

I have been working on my fish wish list and am leaning towards a Goby, Lemon-peel dwarf for sure. What I am looking for is a bottom dweller, a swimmer and something else. First fish in will be the Lemon-peel I think.

If I do any soft inverts it would be along the lines of xenia or similar that shows movement in the tank. And finally I am thinking a pistol shrimp.

Here is a pic of the latest aqua-scape.

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nanoreefing4fun

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I absolutely love wavie flowie corals, they are some of my very favorite ones...

some of mine are

Hammer coral, Torch coral, Frogspawn my tank in constant motion :dance:
 
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itzjustinn

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feather dusters, xenia, kenya trees, toadstool leathers, frilly mushrooms,

u got alot of open sand bed, if you kept that xenia isolated on a rock by itself, it wont grow crazy. i love my xenia.
 
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JKT69

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Having never kept coral before, when it says supplement with X, that does that mean exactly? You dose the tank to provide that supplement?
 
dmatt88

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Most things corals need r in the salt mix therefore is the importance of water changes. Don't dose til ur tank needs it.

.............stay thirsty my friend.
 
dmatt88

dmatt88

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Depending on how many and what type of coral u keep u may eventually need to supplement. However doing 10% weekly wc is enough many times. Are you monitoring your calc n mag n trates?

.............stay thirsty my friend.
 
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JKT69

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I have not tested for any of that while I am in cycle mode...right now just testing nitrites and trates.
 
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itzjustinn

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thats cool. once your cycle is finished, test your levels for calc, alk, etc.... maybe do 50% wc also just to get some fresher water and replace anything that was used. get frags of the stuff i mentioned above and you shouldnt have to supplement for a while, plus u get to watch it grow. also liquid supplements are very easy and wont hurt, as long as you have tests for what your supplementing. u can usually just pour them in the tank or your top off.
 
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JKT69

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The never ending cycle. Tomorrow will be 6 weeks. Ammonia bottomed out but tries still high and trates low. Trates been high for a week now. Talk about a Sunday drive granny around town sight seeing cycle...this is it.
 
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JKT69

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Latest on the tank progress...cycling for 6 weeks, and last week I dosed with Dr. Tim's One and Only, nitrites still up but nitrates are on the scene now. Today I noticed the fake rock has a lot more noticeable purple on them, so that's a good sign. I ordered more Dr. Tim's and today I put in enough for a 50 gallon tank, since you cannot overdose this stuff I figured it good to add a little more than necessary. I run the skimmer every so often but since it's not producing any skim mate I figure it won't hurt to start running it more to continue breaking it in. The only thing I'm running are pumps and now lights for 5 hours, along with filter floss. I like that I'm seeing some purple now on the rocks. That has to be a good sign.
 
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JKT69 said:
Latest on the tank progress...cycling for 6 weeks, and last week I dosed with Dr. Tim's One and Only, nitrites still up but nitrates are on the scene now. Today I noticed the fake rock has a lot more noticeable purple on them, so that's a good sign. I ordered more Dr. Tim's and today I put in enough for a 50 gallon tank, since you cannot overdose this stuff I figured it good to add a little more than necessary. I run the skimmer every so often but since it's not producing any skim mate I figure it won't hurt to start running it more to continue breaking it in. The only thing I'm running are pumps and now lights for 5 hours, along with filter floss. I like that I'm seeing some purple now on the rocks. That has to be a good sign.
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When I'm cycled, I have the media rack and will run filter floss, purigren and chemi-pure elite and the tune skimmer. So...that should be enough to have me covered.
 
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JKT69

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Note to self... Cycling with ceramic rock and live sand takes forever. I may set a record for the longest cycle ever recorded by modern man.
 
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