My first decently sized marine 3x1.5x1.8

[Hairul Hakim]

Yeah actually already making it. The 3 pieces are in a separate tank curing with epoxy. Gonna make like a small overhang.

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[Hairul Hakim]

Opinions....

Should I add a reactor and bio pellets now or should I run it after cycling is complete?

Running chaeto as well, but very small compartment as my sump is now broken down to only 2 parts since the huge skimmer can't fit the original partition.

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[Hairul Hakim]

And yes, I'm planning to keep mostly Lps with some small fishes.

Fish in mind are

Yellow tang/purple tang

Royal gramma/blackcap basslet

Yasha goby/pistol shrimp

Flame angel/coral beauty

Helfrichi/purple goby

Maybe 2 anthias, unsure which.

Cleaner shrimp/blood red cleaner

Peppermint/brittle star/2hermits

3 cerith/3 turbo

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[woyeng**]

Bro, your setup just like mine !! Lol ! Good job !

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[Hairul Hakim]

Ammonia is 0 after 4 days.

Nitrite cycle starting-0.5

Been dosing mb7 10ml daily

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[tofubox]

Is that the rowaphos? If it is, it is really alot!

[Hairul Hakim]

That's rowa at the bottom. Carbon up top

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[Hairul Hakim]

Cycle completed.

0 ammonia

0 nitrite

5 nitrate

Is this common just after 1 week?

Seems a little bit too fast. Should I restart the cycle with another prawn?

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[youdontnowm]

Cycle completed. 0 ammonia 0 nitrite 5 nitrate Is this common just after 1 week? Seems a little bit too fast. Should I restart the cycle with another prawn? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

No need. And yes its common since u dose mb7 10ml daily lol. Mine took 8days without any bacteria dosing but with liverock. Start stocking slowly ! Sent from my GT-N7105 using Tapatalk

[Hairul Hakim]

Oh great. Thanks!

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[xeneryx]

Can stock liao

[Hairul Hakim]

Everything is in order.

Skimmer broke in, rowa and bio pellet tumbling well.

However, one major issue.

Found out that my water has some sort of current in it when I stuck my hand in.

Tried turning on and off one by one equipment, but still can't identify which equipment.

Anyone can recommend another way how to find out?

Sighs

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[Wolfyie]

Wohoooooo! Stocking time!!

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[tofubox]

I had this problem too, and was quite serious, if i put my hand there, can get a good small shock. You basically have to switch off one item at a time to identify which equipment is leaking the current. I traced mine to be the return pump, simply replaced mine as it was a cheap pump anyways.

[ASHWIN]

Get A Testpen

Off All Equip.

On one by one and see the pen light up not..

My 100% bet is your Pump wire..Sure broke or bent..Just inspect Your Reactor Pumps or skimmer..if not better test using testpen..Sometimes got fine cracked cant be seen from The naked Eye

Cheers!

[Hairul Hakim]

Hi guys, need some help.

Quite a few of my equipment are actually 'releasing volts' into the water. Checked with a test pen and on one by one. Basically the wp40, skimmer and return pump.

However, all these items are all under warranty.

I do read tho that all equipment actually do discharge volts into the water body for the tank, however, what is the acceptable level and what isn't?

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[resser]

Remove suspected equipment, plugged directly into some other wall socket and test it in a pail of low salinity water (waste less salt). Bring it quickly for replacement if tested positive. Otherwise, it's your multi-pin plugs. Can't be that unlucky.

[Hairul Hakim]

Bought a multimeter already. What's the approved voltage for standard equipment to be leaking btw?

Cause I read that all equipment usually have some kind of power surge cause of the magnetic field and strips especially from power heads and light sets.

Anyone knows what's the so called approved volts?

Read online that above 50 is considered not safe but that's based in us forums. Same with us?

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[Hairul Hakim]

Sighs. This is getting annoying.

Tested all my equipment with the multimeter. Every single item is giving off about 0.3 volts.

When I turn on the whole tank, the water is sitting at 0.8 volts.

So what is leaking? Can't seem to figure it out.

I'm still getting the tingling sensation when I put my hand in the tank. I don't consider these normal as I never had a tank that had these effect before. Anyone who knows about electric cares to give their input?

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[tofubox]

Have u tried isolating one equipment at a time? Switch off everything, and turn it on one at a time till u find the culprit causing the volt to jump 0.8

[I love angel]

You need to pull out the plug to isolate not just turn off the switch. The neutral is still connected when you switched off the switch, it will leak to any live or earth or your probe, it is a earth connection.

So need to pull out all the plugs. And one by one insert back to the sockets and turn on and check.

[resser]

Remove suspected equipment, plugged directly into some other wall socket and test it in a pail of low salinity water (waste less salt). Bring it quickly for replacement if tested positive. Otherwise, it's your multi-pin plugs. Can't be that unlucky.

Repeating my advice.

If you don't bother to listen, don't bother to ask.

[Wolfyie]

 

Repeating my advice.

 

If you don't bother to listen, don't bother to ask.

Look we did that. No need to be rude.

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[Hairul Hakim]

as I said, tried all the methods.

Every single equipment was giving off 0.3-0.4 volts into the water.

One equipment at a time and a new power point, even tried it with just plain water.

When everyting is up and full running in the tank, it's 0.8-0.9 volts in the water.

And I'm still feeling the tingle sensation when I place my hand In the tank.

Anyone else knows what could be the issue?

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[Hairul Hakim]

You need to pull out the plug to isolate not just turn off the switch. The neutral is still connected when you switched off the switch, it will leak to any live or earth or your probe, it is a earth connection.

So need to pull out all the plugs. And one by one insert back to the sockets and turn on and check.

Yeah I did unplug all equipment prior to testing.

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