New Reef Tank Progression (Pics)

latino277

latino277

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it will settle to the bottle as the Bac. grows on it. also you can add the spong filter that came with the PH's
 
shnabbles

shnabbles

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if your going to be staying the rock tall the lowest layer of rocks should be in the sand bed no sitting on top of the sand bed... later when you add certain fish and inverts that shift the sand they could shift the sand right out from under the rocks and cause an avalache and possibly even a soaked living room floor depending on how fast and hard the rocks fall and if they hit the glass!! :scared:
 
hot883

hot883

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Fishman, I tried running my filter and then it didn't clear up very fast so I thought I would just let it all just settle. Well that didn't work so I turned the filter back on and it cleared up in about a day or so. Thats a 55 with the big hang on filter.
 
f1shman

f1shman

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latino, mine didn't come with sponge bottom things, their optional, i'm probably gonna buy them though.
 
f1shman

f1shman

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hot888 i don't have one of those, I guess i'll just turn my PH off, but then the water won't be moving at all.. hmm..
 
latino277

latino277

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if it didn't come with it... the don't by them. I have them for my sweepers and I have never had to use them
 
f1shman

f1shman

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I heard many people are using B-ionic or something, where did you get it? I don't think they have it on the website i regularly use. They do have C-Balance, I think I might get that
Information on C-Balance:
This two-part calcium and alkalinity maintenance system adjusts calcium, magnesium, and strontium ions to Natural Seawater ratios, and achieves a balanced ionic residual. Makes replenishment of calcium and alkalinity easy, and keeps your calcium and alkalinity in perfect harmony, assuring the optimum conditions for growing stony corals and coralline algae. Packaged in two 500ml (16 oz) bottles or as a concentrate in two 3785ml (1 gal.) bottles. 16 oz. treats 1,900 gallons and 1 gallon concentrate treats 15,222 gallons.
So after i buy the sponge filters for the PH, the C-Balance, and an extra powerhead i shouldn't need anymore! (the extra powerhead is for the freshwater bucket, that I plan on mixing my own salt in, if i mix my own saltwater from my LFS freshwater rather then just buying salt water from them, I save $.20 a gallon and i'll be using reef salt not just regular salt which will replenish everything!)
 
f1shman

f1shman

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About the PH, i would keep them running, but I don't want them to get messed up by the sand. It's only 7.99 for a 2 pack of the sponges, so i might get them later on.
 
f1shman

f1shman

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Heres another thing I was looking into, since Kalkwasser can be so beneficial, but i don't want an expensive calcium reactor, how would this be?
Kent Marine Aquadoser - just works on 'gravity' lol
http://a1272.g.akamai.net/7/1272/1121/20020702165636/www.**************.com/images/products/large/p_234871.jpg
 
latino277

latino277

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I use B-ionic. from what i know it's a simalar product. should work just fine. you may not need that now since you don't have a large load.
 
f1shman

f1shman

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yup, where do you get the B-Ionic stuff? its not on the website I use regularly, and what brand makes it?
 
f1shman

f1shman

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nvm found it on a website (marine dep...) ya basically the exact same product as the thing I was looking at
 
f1shman

f1shman

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do you recommend I turn off my powerheads when i add the sand, I don't want the sand to ruin them, but then the water will not be circulated? would the sand ruin the powerheads?
 
latino277

latino277

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turn off the PH for now. then after you add the rock then you can turn them back on... at that point the grans will be so small that it will not affect the PH.
 
f1shman

f1shman

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okay well i put the sand in and took the PH out, took them out because I'm not going to have them all in the back anyways, taht was just to try them out. Heres a pic of it, lol the small wattage of the moonlights and how much it affects the tank really impresses me, so I have the moonlights shining on the sand pile lol, heres a pic it look cool, it looks much more purple in real life then the picture shows.
Front View Of Tank After Sand Is Added With Moonlights On

Top View Of Tank After Sand Is Added With Moonlights On

Tommrow the live rock and my protein skimmer is coming, stay tuned :p
 
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