Drahc's 5ft simple mixed reef tank

[Drahc]

Bought a new house more than a year ago and it took me that long to realize i have a good spot for reef tank right in front of me. I was originally looking at buying a used 4feet tank but didnt find any that suites my budget and likes in terms of design (specially the overflow design).

Finally last month I've found a 5ft tank thats close to what im looking for and its been delivered to my place by sgbros.

finish setting up.

will add more pics...

[ahchris]

Congrats Drahc! Looking forward to the progress.

[Drahc]

10-12-2014

working on the rock scape

and after a couple of hours and 250grams of epoputty.

[Admiraltian]

Camping here to see ur progress!!

[Angel Keeper]

Nice! Congrats, Bro!

Angel Keeper

http://www.sgreefclub.com/forum/index.php?/topic/128217-Angel-Keeper's-5-Feet-Mixed-Reef-Tank

[Damianiac]

Camping to see ur setup n filtration system.

[Drahc]

Nice! Congrats, Bro!

Angel Keeperhttp://www.sgreefclub.com/forum/index.php?/topic/128217-Angel-Keeper's-5-Feet-Mixed-Reef-Tank

Camping here to see ur progress!!

Congrats Drahc! Looking forward to the progress.

thanks bros.

more pics.

10-13-2014

adding sand and water

diy purifier

the painfully slow process of adding water.

water from purifier is collected to a big black pail for checking then pump to the main tank.

after several hours.

[Shadow Walker]

Whoa another big tank coming up. Camping here

[Drahc]

to continue.

10-18-2014

i started my tank cycling.

im still waiting for stocks of sand to come in but i decided to start the cycle early so i can put some livestock as early as i can.

everything is dead on my tank as rock is bleached (thanks tofu for advise) and sand is washed 5-6 times. ive decided to go fishlesz and shrimpless cycle using ammonia powder.

the product that i used is the same as that. i purchased it at clementi bakery shop. i screwed up the measurement and added to much of ammonia in my tank thath the color is wayyyyyed off the chart, its like realy realy dark green. thaths when i used stability on the first week and prodibio the next week follow up with 20% water change.

after 2 weeks ammonia drops 0, nitrite is low and nitrate is 20ppm+. i used prime then decided to add a couple of livestock to maintain the source of ammonia to prevent bacteria die off.

11-01-2014

up until now i still have them except for 1 chromis who recently jump out of iso box.

[SubzeroLT]

Good idea to use ammonium carbonate (baker's ammonia) to cycle the tank. How much did you put initially?

I understand that the rule of thumb is 1 teaspoon per 200L to get about 5ppm of ammonia.

[Drahc]

Good idea to use ammonium carbonate (baker's ammonia) to cycle the tank. How much did you put initially?

I understand that the rule of thumb is 1 teaspoon per 200L to get about 5ppm of ammonia.

at first i used half teaspoon and diluted it on 100ml water. i poured it to my tank and didnt detect any. then i diluted 5 teaspoon more on 500ml water and poured all of it. ( yeah i know im so bad and lazy) and thats where it shoots up way high.

[hanafi_weeseng]

Nice scape bro

[ReDDeviLs]

if you need more rocks, pm me.. i have some bigger ones but dried.

[Drahc]

Nice scape bro

Thanks bro.

if you need more rocks, pm me.. i have some bigger ones but dried.

Yeah im still missing a lot of rocks. I actually want to place a separate tower island on the left side for LPS.

[IshDeOne]

Diy purifer? Bro any links to show how to diy?

[Drahc]

Diy purifer? Bro any links to show how to diy?

sure bro.

special thanks to our bros here. i advice you read the thread all throughout. good luck.