superfrog
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Thank you! The wife and I spent quite a bit of time on this. Hoping its mission accomplished with enough rock and good flow
Superfrog's RSM 130D
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Thank you! The wife and I spent quite a bit of time on this. Hoping its mission accomplished with enough rock and good flow
superfrog
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Tank salted up and cycle started. Struggled to get an ammonia spike using pellet food. A bit of frozen mysis in an old stocking seems to have done the trick. Seachem Ammonia Alert disc showing 0.05 ppm. Yay! Now we wait...
SG: 1.023
Temp: 26 Celsius
PH: 8.0
Alk: 9.6
Ammonia 0.05 ppm
Nitrite: 0
Nitrate: 0
SG: 1.023
Temp: 26 Celsius
PH: 8.0
Alk: 9.6
Ammonia 0.05 ppm
Nitrite: 0
Nitrate: 0
superfrog
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Thank you. Now for the boring wait while the cycle does its thing. Plan on using the time to refine the hardware setup. Going to be building a control wall of sorts in the cabinet to mount the controllers against with the wiring hidden behind it.
Also need to complete my water level kill switch for the skimmer...
Also need to complete my water level kill switch for the skimmer...
superfrog
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Quick update. Cycle progressed really nicely and looks to be done! 
Readings at the moment:
Ammonia 0
Nitrite 0
Nitrate 0.75
Phosphate 0
After getting a decent rise and fall of ammonia and nitrite I was quite surprised to see the low nitrate readings. Even used a different test kit to confirm. I'm pretty sure the low readings are attributable to the Nitra guard bio cubes I have been running since day 1 of the cycle.
Also have some very tiny spots of diatoms on the substrate.
I'm busy setting up a quarantine tank at the moment in anticipation of my first 2 inmates, a pair of clowns
Will see if I can get a tiny softy frag this weekend as well. Gonna hold off on CUC for another week until I see some more algae signs.
Readings at the moment:
Ammonia 0
Nitrite 0
Nitrate 0.75
Phosphate 0
After getting a decent rise and fall of ammonia and nitrite I was quite surprised to see the low nitrate readings. Even used a different test kit to confirm. I'm pretty sure the low readings are attributable to the Nitra guard bio cubes I have been running since day 1 of the cycle.
Also have some very tiny spots of diatoms on the substrate.
I'm busy setting up a quarantine tank at the moment in anticipation of my first 2 inmates, a pair of clowns
Will see if I can get a tiny softy frag this weekend as well. Gonna hold off on CUC for another week until I see some more algae signs.
superfrog
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Day 3 in QT and the clowns are doing extremely well. Eating well and nicely active.
The DT is doing great also. All parameters nice and stable. Have added one cleaner shrimp and one blue legged hermit along with a small LPS.
Fresh pic from this morning as the radion was beginning to ramp up.
The DT is doing great also. All parameters nice and stable. Have added one cleaner shrimp and one blue legged hermit along with a small LPS.
Fresh pic from this morning as the radion was beginning to ramp up.
superfrog
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Decided to upgrade my skimmer in the rsm 130. Picked up an Aqua Medic Turboflotor Blue 500 (could they have come up with a longer name :001_huh: ) yesterday.
Great build quality and dead silent operation. Has started foaming up quite nicely Even tho it's breaking in
This now replaces the Tunze 9002 and I'm impressed so far. Especially since my mini 60 reactor still fitted in the back with the new skimmer
Great build quality and dead silent operation. Has started foaming up quite nicely Even tho it's breaking in
This now replaces the Tunze 9002 and I'm impressed so far. Especially since my mini 60 reactor still fitted in the back with the new skimmer
superfrog
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So impressed with the AM skimmer. Had to share this pic of the skimmate. Never got anything close to this with the 9002.
pic from last night of 3 day's skimmate
Bio load at the moment is 2 baby clowns, +- 5 tiny frags, 1 small elegance coral, 1 shrimp, 2 crabs and 3 snails
pic from last night of 3 day's skimmate
Bio load at the moment is 2 baby clowns, +- 5 tiny frags, 1 small elegance coral, 1 shrimp, 2 crabs and 3 snails