My Official Progress Thread (75gl)

drpaul84

Member
LOL sorry to the female fellas, i bought 50lbs off ----, and i bought 50lbs from SWF.com the one from SWF.com was nice barely any smell to it which is always good , so yea the rock thats in the tank was ---- an the tank curing is from SWF, been in there since wed gonna check water tonight see how it is maybe in a week or two i will put it in, should i do a big water change on it?
 

drpaul84

Member
ok guys and girls the tank is doing good it is nicey nice and clear fish are happy an the gamma come out of his caves an swims around but then retreats back into the cave when i come by lol, water looks good, gonna test tonight and do a small water change and gonna do the water change for hte LR also, should i be moving the LR around durin hte cycle? or just let it sit?
 

drpaul84

Member
whats goin on gang, tank is running strong fish seem happy except my gamma is gonna get bitch slapped if he keeps trying to go after my clownfish, i got a new light from a member on here its a coralife delux lunar light has 2 65w 10k bulbs an 2 65w actinic bulbs and the 4 lunar led's i like it a lot i also bought a nice dead coral today from the LFS, its white an looks really nice under the light.
my live rock is still curing, not sure if i should put it in yet or not...kind of nervous! should i just put 1 piece in at a time an do it slowly? its been in there for 2 weeks now have done weekly water changes, i guess ill just check the water parameters an go by that.....
hrmm what else, the room the tank is in is almost complete! i painted the walls the other night an looks great, just need to do the celing and trim work.
the fish all seem happy the 4 false percs are happy together swim in groups all the time an play together , never a hint of aggresion, only one that is agressive is the gamma, not sure what to do with him.....he looks awesome but he doesnt like anyone else in his area
 

drpaul84

Member
there it is, under the actinic lights think its worth it or just waste of money? i like it, looks really nice
 

paintballer768

Active Member
Doesnt look bad at all, I like it too. I see youre going the Fish Only With Live Rock (FOWLR) route for the tank. I recommend researching everything before you put it in. If I were you, Id put in another yellow tang or two, and a few others. Looks very nice though. If I could go back I would have mixed my sand with a bag of black sand too for the oo's and ah's. Very nice though. Im not good with the sump and refugium questions. Im still learning that aspect. Good luck!
 

drpaul84

Member
hey i have a simple question, how long should i have the lights on for and should i have them all on at once or should i have the actinics come on at one time and the 10k on at another time, right now i have the 10k come on for a couple hours then the actinic for a couple and the lunars are on all the time , but how long should they be on for? if split how much for each and if together how long for it all together
 

ledzep fan

Active Member
What kind of lighting do you have? If MH I would say around 8-10 hours a day. If pc you could run them longer. As for actinics I run mine longer around 15 hours or so. This is off the top of my head so someone can correct me if I'm wrong.
 

bjoe23

Active Member
You can leave the lights on from 8-12 hours. thats the normal lights, and the antics go on at night.
P.S. its gramma not gamma
 

drpaul84

Member
ok so i dont want to have the actinics on at same time with the 10k? but wont that up the watts which is a good thing?
 

coraljunky

Active Member
Originally Posted by drpaul84
ok so i dont want to have the actinics on at same time with the 10k? but wont that up the watts which is a good thing?

Actinics on when the 10k(daylights) are on.
 

coraljunky

Active Member
Originally Posted by drpaul84
ok so i dont want to have the actinics on at same time with the 10k? but wont that up the watts which is a good thing?

Typical lighting cycle. Times are just for example, to each their own.
Example:
9am-actinics on
10am-actinics and daylights on
6pm-daylights off and actincs stay on
7pm-actinics off and moonlights on
7pm-moonlights stay on until 9am the next day
 
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