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03/02/2011, 05:30 PM
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Location: Calgary, Canada
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My new 65 gal tank
Hi, I'm new to the hobby and I'm trying to learn while doing my first setup.
I've been reading for a long time. Here is the description of my setup. This forum is the best way to document my progress and I hope to receive a lot of the valuable feedback from the people with experience in the hobby. -Tank Perfecto 65 Gal 36" x 18" x 24" -Modified beananimal coast to coast overflow -Sump 25 Gal with 18 gal of water -SWC 160 cone skimmer -Eheim 1260 Return pump -2 x 150 W Eheim Jagger heater -Tunze nanostream 6045 flow pump -BRS RO/DI -BRS GFO/carbon ractor with maxijet 1200 pump -40 lbs Caribsea ocean direct live sand (gave me 1" dept aprox) -50 lbs BRS ecosaver base rock -LED lights, 12 XP-G cool white/12 XP-E royal blue with dimming meanwhels drivers. Soon to be doubled. The skimmer is doing a good job clarifying the water, Should I put now the carbon reactor? And here are pictures of the actual status: |
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03/02/2011, 05:35 PM
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My tank is the similar in size, but i have an annoying brace bar about 3 inches from the top which cuts it down to about 21 inches.
Also only 17 back to front! Lovely tank though dude. Last edited by Jimbob.; 03/02/2011 at 05:47 PM. |
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03/02/2011, 05:44 PM
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Lights will be hanging from the stand above, also a gravity ATO will be there, I'm thinking to put a 5 gal container.
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03/02/2011, 06:07 PM
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Jimbob, yes, I like the proportions of this tank a lot, and I'm loving the way I made my overflow, I was looking for the minimum intrusion in the tank, I modified a little the beananimal design and I'm very happy with the result,
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03/03/2011, 07:40 AM
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Doing much better this morning, after filling yesterday, today the water is much clear, salinity is in 1025 and I'm going to test some parameters today. Later today I'll add a picture with the LEDs.
How can I post pictures to see them directly in the post and not as miniatures of attachments? |
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03/09/2011, 01:47 PM
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5th day of cycle, after adding two raw shrimps, ammonia levels are increasing fast, now at 2 mg/L. Now the water is clowdy and milky.
PH has been stable at 8,2 and dKH at 11,2. free ammonia at 0,8 mg/L. Nitrites and nitrates still very low. Yesterday I decided to put 8 Lbs of live rock to seed the tank with bacteria and coralline algae. Is this coralline algae going to survive the cycle? is there a way to treat that rock from nuisance algae? |
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