BB Used Setup

[SunkistC]

Added a bio pellet reactor.

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Eductor FR 30 feed by Eheim compact 1000

You might want to remove the black sponge at the top of the FR because soon the bacteria will colonized in the sponge and choke the FR

[MrSalty]

nice start bro..tank's looking good

[GE8]

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[GE8]

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[GE8]

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[Boonboy]

After 4 weeks of cycling, I have no confidence that the tank can start to stock.

Cheato shrinking

Zoanthids not looking well

Lots of nuisance algae

No coralline on dead rocks(not alive yet)

[Clement Chen]

Whats ur water parameters

[Boonboy]

Whats ur water parameters

Only check the salinity is 1.025.

Week 5 - still no coralline algae on the dead rocks yet. The zoas are not doing well(not opening up). GSP is most hardy (so far).

Tempted to add a frag of SPS...

[Boonboy]

New live stock...

2 x clownfish

1 x blue tang

1 x 6 line wrasse

1 x crocea

Some macro algae (caulerpa)

[Boonboy]

Decided to bite the bullet and try a frag of SPS... Fingers crossed...

[AquaReefer]

Oi feel sad for those LS. They will take the bullets and suffer.

[Boonboy]

Oi feel sad for those LS. They will take the bullets and suffer.

Well, I have done to the best of my ability to go through proper cycling. Hopefully, I would have reduced the suffering to the minimum or none.

Happy to update that so far the live stock seems to be fine. Clowns, Tang & wrasse eating well. SPS with full polyp extension(PE). Clam has attached to the rock. GSP seems to be multiplying (was told it may become a nuisance). Most of the zoanthids are okay except 2 frags that did not open fully.

Stocking slowly...

[ASHWIN]

Very Neat Setup bro.!

[JoeyBabooey]

Looking great bro! very neat! your crocea very cute =)

[Boonboy]

Updates for week 6...

Checked the ALK before water change and was shocked to find out it was only 5.7dKH. (No wonder the zoas did not open fully) After water change it was increased to 7.0dKH. Now I am buffering it to 8.0 - 9.0dKH.

Salinity 1.025

[Boonboy]

More live stocks...

Clean up crews & filter feeders...

1 x Astrea/Trochus (don't know how to tell the difference)

1 x Nassarius (was told it is a turbo/turban)

1 x crocea (~4 inch)

Calcium only 390... Buffering up...

Blue tang seems to be bloated as it indulge on the algae...

Moved the frag of SPS to the top...

FTS

[Boonboy]

Really like clams... Unfortunately, could not find maximas... only croceas.

From Aquamarin (Indonesia)

From Iwarna (Vietnam)

[Clement Chen]

wow very nice clams

[Boonboy]

wow very nice clams

Thank you...

One more shot...

Zoanthids...

[AquaReefer]

Stocking slowly...

You added some many LS still say stocking slowly? 4 fishes & a clam!

[Evolutionz]

clams need mature tank so there's enough food for them in the water column.. seeing your tank is only 1 month+ old im afraid it might not be able to sustain your clams.

[Boonboy]

You added some many LS still say stocking slowly? 4 fishes & a clam!

Ha ha... Yup... Not so slow after all... Initially, I intended to add them in 1week interval... Probably the next batch of live stock will be > 1 week later...

clams need mature tank so there's enough food for them in the water column.. seeing your tank is only 1 month+ old im afraid it might not be able to sustain your clams.

You are right to doubt that there may not be sufficient food for a 1 month old tank... I had tried to improve the tank by using water from a mature tank during the first 4 weeks of water change(weekly). I had also added some Algagen Tisbe pods to seed the tank. Hopefully, the Vega could provide sufficient "food" for the clams. Do you think I should target feed Algagen smoothie (Oyster delight) to the clams?

[Boonboy]

Updates...

Added some dead rocks to the refugium. Hopefully, it will come to live and house some copepods.

Also noticed that the tip of the SPS will be exposed during water change. Concluded that the return pump compartment volume is lesser then water change volume so I need to off the return pump resulting in display tank water level going down.

Advise for all: design a return pump compartment that can hold more water then what you want to change so your return pump can keep running during water change.

[Admiraltian]

Updates...

Added some dead rocks to the refugium. Hopefully, it will come to live and house some copepods.

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Also noticed that the tip of the SPS will be exposed during water change. Concluded that the return pump compartment volume is lesser then water change volume so I need to off the return pump resulting in display tank water level going down.

Advise for all: design a return pump compartment that can hold more water then what you want to change so your return pump can keep running during water change.

Dun worry abt sps been exposed during WC, in the wild during low tide, they r exposed to even longer periods without seawater. It will be fine.

[Boonboy]

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