Coral_chef Posted April 22, 2017 Share Posted April 22, 2017 This will the "journal" for me an my girlfriends 100day nano reef completion tank. We are moving about 10days into the contest as well which will be fun!! ? we will be building this tank as well as a 29gallon oceanic bio cube almost simultaneously. We will probably have some post on that tank in this thread as well. Neither of us have ANY ?experience with salt water aquariums so I'm sure it will be a journey. If you have any advice along the way feel free to share. ?? Plans: Equipment: tunze osmolator ato nano hydor koralia 425. innovative marine 14gal peninsula tank innovative marine aqua fuge light innovative marine filter sock marine land 100w heater(works ok, will probably upgrade) chemi pure blue nano current USA orbit pro LED Fish; Psychedelic madarin dragonette, Black clown 40$~R.i.p. Snow flake clown 50$~R.i.p. inverts: 6 of snails, And 3 hermits for 20$ already lost 2 hermits damn pom-Pom crab. Small sea urchin. Flower anenome if we get clowns corals: recordea floridas, 4 for 50$ 1 for 20$ acans, 3 for 50$ lost one octospawn,30$ hammer coral 30$ green star polyps. 2 for 30$ zoas 5 for 50$ anemone 30$ R.i.p. 400$ total spent FTS 5/11 FTS 5/23 FTS 9/15 6 Quote Link to comment
HouseOf1000Corals Posted April 22, 2017 Share Posted April 22, 2017 ? so excited and terrified at the same time haha 2 Quote Link to comment
Coral_chef Posted April 22, 2017 Author Share Posted April 22, 2017 Reef octopus thinking of using this skimmer. Quote Link to comment
Coral_chef Posted April 22, 2017 Author Share Posted April 22, 2017 So we went to the LFS today, purchased our Live rock and have it curing in a homer bucket along with koralia 425, & a 100w heater. That we will be using in the tank. Also started getting a plan for our corals and livestock in our heads!! Probably doing a mixed tank with a madarin goby. 2 Quote Link to comment
Coral_chef Posted April 24, 2017 Author Share Posted April 24, 2017 We got a "stand" today for our tank!! 3 Quote Link to comment
metrokat Posted April 24, 2017 Share Posted April 24, 2017 On 4/22/2017 at 1:30 AM, Coral_chef said: Reef octopus thinking of using this skimmer. I hope it will fit - @StevieT would know 1 Quote Link to comment
Coral_chef Posted April 25, 2017 Author Share Posted April 25, 2017 It will. More worried about the weight. Quote Link to comment
StevieT Posted April 25, 2017 Share Posted April 25, 2017 17 hours ago, metrokat said: I hope it will fit - @StevieT would know I know they were being installed in the Fusion 20's. Without the mounting bracket I can see it fitting, may take some trial and error getting it in the right configuration. 1 Quote Link to comment
1891Bro Posted April 25, 2017 Share Posted April 25, 2017 With this being yalls first go at a marine aquarium I'd stay away from the mandarin. What's yalls plan on feeding it? 3 Quote Link to comment
Coral_chef Posted April 25, 2017 Author Share Posted April 25, 2017 4 hours ago, 1891Bro said: With this being yalls first go at a marine aquarium I'd stay away from the mandarin. What's yalls plan on feeding it? I've been looking into copepod "farms" I saw one that you can stick in a 5.5gal. It does kinda seem like it might be hard to upkeep the food. I'm making sure I do plenty of research first. In other news I got my bucket cycle started. 3 Quote Link to comment
HouseOf1000Corals Posted April 25, 2017 Share Posted April 25, 2017 Those are some good looking rocks ?? Quote Link to comment
1891Bro Posted April 25, 2017 Share Posted April 25, 2017 34 minutes ago, Coral_chef said: I've been looking into copepod "farms" I saw one that you can stick in a 5.5gal. It does kinda seem like it might be hard to upkeep the food. I'm making sure I do plenty of research first. In other news I got my bucket cycle started. That is some nice rock, looks like what I got. Nice you're doing the homework on the Mandy too. No doubt if they were easy everyone would get one. Hell, I bet @Derrick1980 picked one up today. Good luck with the cycle, @brandon429 is a cycle expert, read into his thread on cycling on R2R for some rock solid advice. 2 Quote Link to comment
Coral_chef Posted April 25, 2017 Author Share Posted April 25, 2017 I also think I'm going to release a bottle of copepods into the tank early into the cycle. Quote Link to comment
brandon429 Posted April 25, 2017 Share Posted April 25, 2017 I hope nobody is going to dose raw ammonia or a dead shrimp to that bucket that rock looks fine, and it'll wait underwater just fine with its bac as long as you want to take to set things up. that rock is in all indications fully cycled I see coralline, though not perfect enough to appear painted, and white tubeworm fans which indicate there's living creatures on that rock and likely pods and worms too. that rock can wait right there bubbling in the bucket as long as you need to setup the tank, its skip cycle rock, ready to go if it came out of a standard live rock bin at the fish store. buy lots more of just that type, i like the purple stuff as opposed to waiting 3 yrs for white rock to turn that way, if not ten. this rock above might bring in hitchhikers, but we have rambling threads for that when it occurs 3 Quote Link to comment
1891Bro Posted April 25, 2017 Share Posted April 25, 2017 6 minutes ago, brandon429 said: I hope nobody is going to dose raw ammonia or a dead shrimp to that bucket that rock looks fine, and it'll wait underwater just fine with its bac as long as you want to take to set things up. that rock is in all indications fully cycled I see coralline, though not perfect enough to appear painted, and white tubeworm fans which indicate there's living creatures on that rock and likely pods and worms too. that rock can wait right there bubbling in the bucket as long as you need to setup the tank, its skip cycle rock, ready to go if it came out of a standard live rock bin at the fish store. buy lots more of just that type, i like the purple stuff as opposed to waiting 3 yrs for white rock to turn that way, if not ten. this rock above might bring in hitchhikers, but we have rambling threads for that when it occurs Would bet that was real Reef rock bought dry. I only make that assessment because I just bought the same stuff. Notice the bone white parts of it. It's artificially purpled. Looks great though. 7 minutes ago, Coral_chef said: I also think I'm going to release a bottle of copepods into the tank early into the cycle. If you do it too early they won't survive the ammonia spike. 2 Quote Link to comment
Coral_chef Posted April 26, 2017 Author Share Posted April 26, 2017 1 hour ago, 1891Bro said: Would bet that was real Reef rock bought dry. I only make that assessment because I just bought the same stuff. Notice the bone white parts of it. It's artificially purpled. Looks great though. If you do it too early they won't survive the ammonia spike. Thanks for the tips! i did buy this sold as "real reef rock" it was sitting in a crowded tank with lights and a sump. Quote Link to comment
1891Bro Posted April 26, 2017 Share Posted April 26, 2017 Well yours was wet then. Mine came out of a giant cardboard box on a pallet. Still depends on submersion time. I'd still use @brandon429's cycling guide on R2R. It's a cycling bible. Quote Link to comment
Coral_chef Posted April 26, 2017 Author Share Posted April 26, 2017 2 hours ago, brandon429 said: I hope nobody is going to dose raw ammonia or a dead shrimp to that bucket that rock looks fine, and it'll wait underwater just fine with its bac as long as you want to take to set things up. that rock is in all indications fully cycled I see coralline, though not perfect enough to appear painted, and white tubeworm fans which indicate there's living creatures on that rock and likely pods and worms too. that rock can wait right there bubbling in the bucket as long as you need to setup the tank, its skip cycle rock, ready to go if it came out of a standard live rock bin at the fish store. buy lots more of just that type, i like the purple stuff as opposed to waiting 3 yrs for white rock to turn that way, if not ten. this rock above might bring in hitchhikers, but we have rambling threads for that when it occurs Your saying I should drop, raw shrimp into it? Quote Link to comment
1891Bro Posted April 26, 2017 Share Posted April 26, 2017 He's saying not to, based on the appearance of the rock. More info on how long the rock was submerged before you purchased would be great. 1 Quote Link to comment
Coral_chef Posted April 26, 2017 Author Share Posted April 26, 2017 10 minutes ago, 1891Bro said: He's saying not to, based on the appearance of the rock. More info on how long the rock was submerged before you purchased would be great. I'll call the LFS tomorrow an see if I can find out. Quote Link to comment
SeaFurn Posted April 26, 2017 Share Posted April 26, 2017 I've looked into Real Reef Rock. It's man made live rock full of bacteria and just colored purple to look like corraline. It's not colored all the way through so if you break a piece off it will be white underneath. Tons of info on their process on their website. No need to throw a shrimp there!!! 1 Quote Link to comment
Coral_chef Posted April 26, 2017 Author Share Posted April 26, 2017 So just wondering I threw a couple dry pukani rock into that bucket. How bad will that mess with the cure? i just had a perfect piece for the aquascape that's in my head. Picture The aquascape thats in my head ? That cardboard is the exact tank size hahah. Our tank still wont be here till friday 2 Quote Link to comment
lkoechle Posted April 26, 2017 Share Posted April 26, 2017 4 minutes ago, Coral_chef said: So just wondering I threw a couple dry pukani rock into that bucket. How bad will that mess with the cure? i just had a perfect piece for the aquascape that's in my head. Picture The aquascape thats in my head ? That cardboard is the exact tank size hahah. Our tank still wont be here till friday Well "real reef rock" is already cured because it was never in the ocean to begin with. its man made materials put in large vats to cycle with the bacteria on it. So there's no curing because it never had hitchikers to begin with. you keeping it submerged is just preserving the beneficial bacteria it already has. throwing dry rock is a good idea because the good bacteria from your existing LR will help seed the dry rock and make it live rock. 4 Quote Link to comment
1891Bro Posted April 26, 2017 Share Posted April 26, 2017 22 minutes ago, lkoechle said: Well "real reef rock" is already cured because it was never in the ocean to begin with. its man made materials put in large vats to cycle with the bacteria on it. So there's no curing because it never had hitchikers to begin with. you keeping it submerged is just preserving the beneficial bacteria it already has. throwing dry rock is a good idea because the good bacteria from your existing LR will help seed the dry rock and make it live rock. Not all real Reef rock is sold wet. Got mine bone dry but had evidence of it having been wet at one time. That was why I asked to begin with. 1 Quote Link to comment
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