upgrade from 2Rm to 4 Rm HDB

[dirtnitro]

I started as a newbie with a 2ft, as I was worry about a lot of thing like running cost and equipment wise,I agreed it has been a tough road struggle to learn new things, and all the short form here in the forum it is using, I felt so noob, but this forum has help me a lot and this 2 ft have been with me for a year plus.

Recently found that the wrought iron leg has rust even I paint with aniti rust paint, no choice time to upgrade. Throw away my divider and paint the wall before the new tank (4x2x2) arrive this saturday I was really excited.

Here is the place just painted last week

[dirtnitro]

Waiting to shift house ...

Aren't they excited?

trunking , biohome and pump, hmm anything missing? yes the spray paint is for the new cabinet hinge to prevent rust

Sand...

waiting for the Big day this saturday..

[Guest]

Where is your most imprtant pcs of equipment the skimmer ?

[dirtnitro]

Where is your most imprtant pcs of equipment the skimmer ?

Ya buying from one of the reefer bro here as he is cycling his tank to get transfer before he can pass to me, anyway, think he will be done end of this month , is a deltec6xxx model cant rembr n a artic chiller 1/4HP seling both to me

[Guest]

Ya buying from one of the reefer bro here as he is cycling his tank to get transfer before he can pass to me, anyway, think he will be done end of this month , is a deltec6xxx model cant rembr n a artic chiller 1/4HP seling both to me

Great choice of equipment !

[Admiraltian]

Waiting to shift house ...

Aren't they excited?

trunking , biohome and pump, hmm anything missing? yes the spray paint is for the new cabinet hinge to prevent rust

Sand...

waiting for the Big day this saturday..

Will be waiting here to see more pic...

[dirtnitro]

just went to CF today but the shop owner say the shipment for fiji rock havent arrive yet left about a mixture of big and small, he suggest to me to wait for shipment since i want to invest on fiji rock rather then get these few pieces.

Shall I wait or shall I just get that mixture of Big & small to do with cylcing since all are the same rate?

suggestion are welcome

[Solo77]

Bro, Have u sourced ard before confirming Fiji rock? They are nice but with premium price. If u are keeping fish only can consider, otherwise for coral keeping, it does help in yr stacking but yr coral will steal the limelight of the rock eventually. Having said this, if u already made up yr mind, then suggest u get big pcs rather than small ones.

[Solo77]

By the way, wat lights will u be using? Thks.

[dirtnitro]

My old tank for 2 ft is Maxspect g2 110w , so dun wan waste it, buy another set of G2 110w , as Led reduce heat and radion is out of my budget

[dirtnitro]

Bro, Have u sourced ard before confirming Fiji rock? They are nice but with premium price. If u are keeping fish only can consider, otherwise for coral keeping, it does help in yr stacking but yr coral will steal the limelight of the rock eventually. Having said this, if u already made up yr mind, then suggest u get big pcs rather than small ones.

Thank for your suggestion , maybe I last time buy Rock that are not cured, give me alot of headache , maybe I go for a mixture to try 50%normal Rock n 50% premium rock , thanks for your suggestion

[dirtnitro]

:yeah: My tank finally come!!

Spend sometime to run the cable neatly , as I have very bad experience in messy cable on my previous setup, therefore hope to spend more time in run neat cable and piping with proper planning, will add on a protective acrylic cover for the power plug

spend lot of time in mounting the Maxspect light on wall as the wall plug distance must be quite accurate as well as the casing for the cable

My improvised little toy to record all water parameters during cycling as well as in future , like a data logger

[Admiraltian]

Nice.

[dirtnitro]

Nice.

Thanks, waiting patiently for nice looking LR to come by, and saving $$ for MP40

[Reefzzz]

Thanks, waiting patiently for nice looking LR to come by, and saving $$ for MP40

Scaping is one of the part that i like.... How u scape is one of the factors that will determine the outlook of your tank.. Enjoy it

[Admiraltian]

Thanks, waiting patiently for nice looking LR to come by, and saving $$ for MP40

Ok, I'm also looking for a wave maker for my 3 ft. Currently not running any in my tank. My preferred choice would be mp10wes.

[dirtnitro]

Now I am putting two market prawn in the tank for cycling, the stench is so awful, will the stench go away after the ammonia have gone down? today is only the 2nd day

[Admiraltian]

Now I am putting two market prawn in the tank for cycling, the stench is so awful, will the stench go away after the ammonia have gone down? today is only the 2nd day

Try adding more bacteria to speed up the cycling process. Hope this helps...

[Tian85]

Ok, I'm also looking for a wave maker for my 3 ft. Currently not running any in my tank. My preferred choice would be mp10wes.

You will need at least 2 of the mp10 for your 3ft.

[dirtnitro]

Try adding more bacteria to speed up the cycling process. Hope this helps...

Any recommendation of bacteria to purchase? and if the market prawn is rotting like with a white slime covering the whole prawn , and the ammonia now from 0.25 to 0.5, can I take out the prawn or leave it as it is?

[Guest]

:yeah: My tank finally come!!

Spend sometime to run the cable neatly , as I have very bad experience in messy cable on my previous setup, therefore hope to spend more time in run neat cable and piping with proper planning, will add on a protective acrylic cover for the power plug

spend lot of time in mounting the Maxspect light on wall as the wall plug distance must be quite accurate as well as the casing for the cable

My improvised little toy to record all water parameters during cycling as well as in future , like a data logger

May i know what controller is that ?

[dirtnitro]

May i know what controller is that ?

LOL! cos I found that record in paper will get wet and quite troubelsome, therefore custom made a acrylic case to house my old Iphone 3 without SIM CARD , with download Apps of aquarium tracker, quite useful as can plot the graph and enter quite a few parameters.

It is also auto set date and time for you when u enter the data.

[dirtnitro]

Nitrate level

Nitrite level

Ammonia level ! Finally! after two week of waiting.. getting some LR this saturday!

[dirtnitro]

Whew!! spend one hour to modify the fan and grill , hoping to cool the chiller coming tommorow!

The fan will run on timer not 24 Hour,, I do not want to tap to chiller control board just scare will mess up the wiring , so running on timer will monitor how often the chiller kick in.

Waiting for new LR to come and skimmer

[daryl]

Hi dirnitro,

It's a nice & neat tank you have there. Care to share total setup cost?