New 20 gallon long reef

zwiththeach · 11/03/2017, 03:03 AM

Set up my 20 gallon long today 22 pounds of live rock aqua clear filter custom media 20 pounds of sand.waiting on my powerheads and also will add skimmer when it’s cycle. Fishless cycle with ammonia I’ll update with progress

zwiththeach · 11/03/2017, 03:12 AM

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Some photos

mcgyvr · 11/03/2017, 04:33 AM

Depending on where you got the "live rock" you might not have or need a cycle..
Or did you mean dry rock..

regardless... welcome..

ReefNomad · 11/03/2017, 05:12 AM

You could remove a few pounds of sand, it'll increase your water volume without affecting your overall cycling capability. In a 20 gallon your rock is the real bio-medium, and deep sand just becomes a nutrient trap.

zwiththeach · 11/03/2017, 02:19 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mcgyvr

Depending on where you got the "live rock" you might not have or need a cycle..
Or did you mean dry rock..

regardless... welcome..

I got it an an hour and a half away and it was out for a while there will always be a die of even if it’s a mini cycle I like doing the ammonia way to make sure the tank can handle it and break it down as I’ve done with all my other feed tanks

zwiththeach · 11/03/2017, 02:21 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ReefNomad

You could remove a few pounds of sand, it'll increase your water volume without affecting your overall cycling capability. In a 20 gallon your rock is the real bio-medium, and deep sand just becomes a nutrient trap.

The sand bed isn’t very deep at all if it wasn’t a 20 gallon LONG I would have removed a few pounds

11/03/2017, 03:03 AM	#1
zwiththeach Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2017 Posts: 15	New 20 gallon long reef Set up my 20 gallon long today 22 pounds of live rock aqua clear filter custom media 20 pounds of sand.waiting on my powerheads and also will add skimmer when it’s cycle. Fishless cycle with ammonia I’ll update with progress

11/03/2017, 04:33 AM	#3
mcgyvr Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: North Carolina Posts: 20,050	Depending on where you got the "live rock" you might not have or need a cycle.. Or did you mean dry rock.. regardless... welcome.. __________________ Who me?

11/03/2017, 03:12 AM	#2
zwiththeach Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2017 Posts: 15	https://ibb.co/hubyFw https://ibb.co/cnVEoG https://ibb.co/mBKw2b https://ibb.co/hci0TG Some photos

11/03/2017, 05:12 AM	#4
ReefNomad Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2017 Location: Grand Rapids, MI Posts: 130	You could remove a few pounds of sand, it'll increase your water volume without affecting your overall cycling capability. In a 20 gallon your rock is the real bio-medium, and deep sand just becomes a nutrient trap.