Started Mini Bow 2.5 Pico Reef!

[yonsu]

Can I ask what type of lighting you are using?

 

[Reefscape]

looking for an update??

Niko

 

[txaggies07]

Looks pretty neat. Good luck.

If you had just given me that liverock then I would be happy and you wouldn't have to be committing a crime by having that much rock and no tank.

 

[dexteryuen]

only rocks in the tank, where is the Ammonia comes from? and it is quite a lot..

 

[Reefscape]

The ammonia comes from the die-off from the live rock...The only time you see a very small ammount is when the live rock is full cured..

Niko

 

[guppyguppyfish]

pic,pic,pic,pic,pic,pic,pic,pic,pic,pic!dont leave us hanging!:hang:

 

[FeatherDuster]

Isn't a majority of the ammonia being generated by the added flake food?

 

[Reefscape]

a certain portion will be generated by the food, but the majority of ammonia that gets produced comes from the die-off from the rock as it cures in the tank...

Niko

 

[severum mama]

There is no die-off. I have about 100 lbs. of rock that has been curing in a Rubbermaid container since December. It got to the point a while back where it was completely cycled, but that was a while ago, and with no SW tank until now, I didn't keep feeding the bacteria.

As for an update, I threw some pellet food in there, as the flake food didn't seem to be doing the job. I haven't tested the water lately. I was really busy last week. But I can smell ammonia in the water so I'd guess that the cycling is coming along. As for pics, well, it looks exactly the same as the other pics lol! And Yonsu, I'm using a 10 W Coralife 50/50 screw-in CF bulb. Hopefully it will work ok for some easy corals. If not, I'll upgrade to the Coralife 18 W 9 inch fixture eventually.

 

[Reefscape]

Unless you were putting huge ammounts of fish food into the tank, you would not be smelling ammonia just from that food...

Niko