Sumpless Marine Adventure

[sumit89das]

Originally Posted by homer1475

Sounds to me like you need to teach your wife some patience.

Nothing in this hobby will be immediate, if she has given you 2 days to get rid of the smell but wants nemo "right now!!", your best bet is to stick with freshwater tanks.

Sorry to say, but this hobby is a lesson in patience.

FYI,
That smell is from the die off of the LR, it wont go away in a couple days. Best bet is to take it out, put in a large garbage can with a heater and a power head, then let it sit till it cures.

"Woman inspires us to great things, and prevents us from achieving them." — Alexander Dumas

[sumit89das]

Originally Posted by nmotz

Sounds like you got uncured LR. What is happening right now is that the rock is curing in your tank. Curing LR smells pretty bad. From your post it seems that you were trying to boost your bio capacity by adding more LR? In a cycled tank you have to be very, very careful about adding additional LR into the tank. There will almost always be some die-off which will release ammonia into the tank, and yes, smell really bad.
Worse for you, I don't think it'll be over in two days. You probably need to remove all the new LR, put it in a brute trash can with a heater and powerhead and just leave it to cure for a month or two. That's your best bet, but if you leave it in the tank it won't just stop stinking any time soon.

Thanks for the advise. I will remove the new rocks ASAP. Till then I have put some seachem matrix carbon in my top filter, hoping it will help reduce the smell a little.

[sumit89das]

Originally Posted by chueu

Dont need a heater in india

Exactly, the climate here is very hot and humid. The temperature now is 93 degrees as I am typing.

[chueu]

I keep my tank ard 27-30. I try to not let it go over 30. On very hot days, the air conditioner is on.

My reasoning is that it is 36-38 all year round. If they can live out there accounting a little for the depth, they shud survive indoors

[sumit89das]

Major overhaul done. Sump made with three chambers, plumbing done.
Sump details.
Chamber 1: 150 Micron Sock and Skimmer (Reef Octopus NWB 110)
Chamber 2: Refugium (Deep Sand Bed, Live Rock, Chaeto Algea)
Chamber 3: A bag of Seachem Activated Carbon and Return Pump.

Will upload the pics soon.
Gurus please advise if I need to make any changes in the sump.

[sumit89das]

Update:
Added more cured live rocks and the tank looks like this:


Sump with the Reefoctopus nwb110


Will be adding my first fish in a day or two.
Ph, Ammonia, Nitrite readings are great.
Nitrate is on the higher side. Will be doing a mojor water change before adding the fish, hoping the nitrate to come down.

[sumit89das]

added my first fishes.
2 common percula clown
1 royal gramma