The 75gal reef tank cycle has started!!!!!!!

Well that i what we got for LR but we only have like 20 or so lb. We will have to wait to do the shrimp thing until we get more rock.
 
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There a few of the QT tank allso.

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Thank you for posting .
We are going to follow when we get our setup this weekend .
We are going to mix the water in buckets first ,how long should we let them sit b4 addingto tank?
About how much was your sump/r ?
great little qt you have think we will check out petsmart and get a couple,thanks
 
You know I may have to stop speaking to you Woodright now that I see an APPLE logo on your Dell laptop.. That is just blasphemy.. unless your running OSX on the Dell just to shove it in the Mac peoples faces.. ;) I have the same case for my 160G IPod though that I see to the left of your laptop. Sorry, computer geek in me coming out.
 
Ace25 said:
but just remember, the second you expose coraline to air it dies.. within a second. Then, for months/years later you have a nice white bleached spot at the rim of your tank. Something you want to try and avoid if possible, but sometimes you just have to do it.. ie, something bad happens and you have to do a 30-40% water change in the tank.
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Ace25 said:
True... hmm.. you really don't want the water level in the tank to drop at all. It is unavoidable at times.. but once you get the nice purple coraline algae growing that the top of your tank, the second you lower the water level and expose the coraline to air you kill it, causing it to turn white. Then you have a nice white stripe around the top of your tank where you know you dropped the water level at one point.
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I was thinking about this earlier this morning, and there's no way thats true. I've had coraline algae-covered rocks out of water for several hours (i.e. bagged up on the way home from the store) and the purple has maintained just fine after being put back into the tank. I suppose it could happen if you drained the tank for a while and the coraline got completely dried out, but I don't see how it being out of water for 5 min or so is going to immediately kill it.
 
Blossom112 said:
Thank you for posting .
We are going to follow when we get our setup this weekend .
Good Luck!
We are going to mix the water in buckets first ,how long should we let them sit B addingto tank?
I would say when your salt and ph levels are correct then add it to your tank so it could then start to be heated...or you could mix it in the tank so when your adjusting the levels the heater can be working too...but everybody has their own opinion so whatever you feel comfortable doing
About how much was your sump/r ?
He made it...total cost on the sump/fuge was $156.09 but it was also modified a few times as you can see on the build log so I would say if it wasn't modified at all it probably would of been $100 total
great little qt you have think we will check out petsmart and get a couple,thanks
Ya, it def was great in a bind...we're going to get a 20g and set up another QT for the 75g so once that is set up, his next project will be to modify it and build me a zoo garden...hehehe (it's great that he's so handy)
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What type of water are you plannign on using?
 
We thaught about using our lotus water treatment unit , but we think it inonizes the water .
We will buy the water for the tank
 
sploke said:
I was thinking about this earlier this morning, and there's no way thats true. I've had coraline algae-covered rocks out of water for several hours (i.e. bagged up on the way home from the store) and the purple has maintained just fine after being put back into the tank. I suppose it could happen if you drained the tank for a while and the coraline got completely dried out, but I don't see how it being out of water for 5 min or so is going to immediately kill it.
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You know, I wondered the same thing when I was told that.. my live rocks never seemed to bleach out when I transported them... but I did try something. My spraybar at the top of my tank was covered in coralline, so as a test, I removed a little more water than I normally do just to get the water level below the spray bar and expose it to the air for no more than 1 minute. 6 months later, my spray bar is still bleach white from when I exposed it. I don't know the reason behind coralline dying off on plastic/glass so much faster than rock, but that is my personal experience.
 
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