Mike83 Posted January 27, 2021 Share Posted January 27, 2021 Hello Reefers! Glad to be back from a long hiatus from the hobby. My Fiancé and I decided to start a tank even though we have 4 cats. I had the 15+ experience in the hobby and she never had a saltwater tank before, so It sounded like a good idea. She did not even know corals were animals that eat! Lol Without further ado, let me start the explanation and setup dairy of my new system. Initial fill and setup was January 9th 2021. Cycle completed on January 15th 2021 using Fritz Turbo Start 1oz and 3.6lbs of cured live Fiji rock This will be a mixed reef starting with softies and LPS. After 6-8 months, dependent on test results, my first SPS will be Birdsnest. The tank consists of the following equipment and inhabitants: Equipment Tank: WaterBox 20 Gallon Cube Refuguim: CPR Aquafuge 2 (Small) HOB Refugium Lighting: AI Prime 16 HD Waterflow: AI Nero 3 Return Pump: Sicce 1.0 Heater: x2 Ehiem Jager 100W Heater Controller: Inkbird ITC-308S ATO: Tunze Osmolator 3155 w/ 5 Gallon Bucket as Res. Water Source: BRS 4-Stage Value Plus 75GPD RO/DI System Salt: Red Sea Coral Pro Salt Test Kits: Saltwater Master Test Kit, Hanna 736, Generic Refractometer w/ calibration fluid Filter Chambers Setup & Media 1st Chamber – 10” Octo Cup w/ 2tbs of BRS Bulk Premium ROX 0.8 Carbon & Filter floss 2nd Chamber – CPR Aquafuge Output & X2 Jager Heaters 3rd Chamber – x2 Temp Probes, Tunze Osmolator ATO Sensor, CPR Aquafuge Pump, & Sicce Return PumpInhabitantsDisplay 20lbs of Caribsea Life Rock 3.6lbs of Fiji Cured live rock 20lbs Caribsea Fiji Pink Sand Black & White Ocellaris Clown Orange & White Ocellaris Clown Peppermint Shrimp Fighting Conch X4 Nassarius Snails Assortment of crabs and other snails Green Star Polyp coral Chalice coral Zoanthids Duncan Coral Frogspawn Coral Refugium (Approx 2.5 Gallons) 4lbs of live Fiji rock ½ Gallon Caribsea Mineral Mud (3” deep Bed) 1” deep Caibsea Oolite Sand (Layerd over Mineral Mud) Chaetomorpha Red Haliptilon Peppermint Shrimp Copopods/Amphipods More pictures to come! 2 Quote Link to comment
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WV Reefer Posted January 28, 2021 Share Posted January 28, 2021 10 hours ago, Brodey said: Hello Reefers! Glad to be back from a long hiatus from the hobby. My Fiancé and I decided to start a tank even though we have 4 cats. I had the 15+ experience in the hobby and she never had a saltwater tank before, so It sounded like a good idea. She did not even know corals were animals that eat! Lol Without further ado, let me start the explanation and setup dairy of my new system. Initial fill and setup was January 9th 2021. Cycle completed on January 15th 2021 using Fritz Turbo Start 1oz and 3.6lbs of cured live Fiji rock This will be a mixed reef starting with softies and LPS. After 6-8 months, dependent on test results, my first SPS will be Birdsnest. The tank consists of the following equipment and inhabitants: Equipment Tank: WaterBox 20 Gallon Cube Refuguim: CPR Aquafuge 2 (Small) HOB Refugium Lighting: AI Prime 16 HD Waterflow: AI Nero 3 Return Pump: Sicce 1.0 Heater: x2 Ehiem Jager 100W Heater Controller: Inkbird ITC-308S ATO: Tunze Osmolator 3155 w/ 5 Gallon Bucket as Res. Water Source: BRS 4-Stage Value Plus 75GPD RO/DI System Salt: Red Sea Coral Pro Salt Test Kits: Saltwater Master Test Kit, Hanna 736, Generic Refractometer w/ calibration fluid Filter Chambers Setup & Media 1st Chamber – 10” Octo Cup w/ 2tbs of BRS Bulk Premium ROX 0.8 Carbon & Filter floss 2nd Chamber – CPR Aquafuge Output & X2 Jager Heaters 3rd Chamber – x2 Temp Probes, Tunze Osmolator ATO Sensor, CPR Aquafuge Pump, & Sicce Return PumpInhabitantsDisplay 20lbs of Caribsea Life Rock 3.6lbs of Fiji Cured live rock 20lbs Caribsea Fiji Pink Sand Black & White Ocellaris Clown Orange & White Ocellaris Clown Peppermint Shrimp Fighting Conch X4 Nassarius Snails Assortment of crabs and other snails Green Star Polyp coral Chalice coral Zoanthids Duncan Coral Frogspawn Coral Refugium (Approx 2.5 Gallons) 4lbs of live Fiji rock ½ Gallon Caribsea Mineral Mud (3” deep Bed) 1” deep Caibsea Oolite Sand (Layerd over Mineral Mud) Chaetomorpha Red Haliptilon Peppermint Shrimp Copopods/Amphipods More pictures to come! Looks like you are off to a good start. 😊 Quote Link to comment
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