Reef to the max journey to the sea

[Reef2Max]

Start of the Tank cycling .. Day one 

For cycling the tank, i am using the 21 day Redsea Reef Mature kit which consist of ;

Nitro Bac, Bacto- start, No03: P04-x , Kh-Coraline Gro 

[Reef2Max]

Day Two and Day  three started with the dosing of the bacteria accoding to the instruction manual, and today i did some water testing using redsea test kit .

 

[Reef2Max]

Day 3 water test parameter after start of dosing bacteria 

NH3/Nh4 ammonia - 1.2

N03 - 0

N02 - 0.05

PH - 8.2

KH - 11

 

 

 

 

[Jairus]

You might wish to get a calcium test kit in future too


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[Reef2Max]

You might wish to get a calcium test kit in future too


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Yap thanks for the advise, will be getting calcium, mg and phosphate test kit too as well

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[Reef2Max]

Some tank shot for now with rock.. I notice the water is turning abit milky, don't want why ?




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[Eric Ng Yong Keong]

Due to dosing of bacteria. It will clear up later


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[Eric Ng Yong Keong]

Might be ur rocks as well


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[yukok.lim08]

No skimmer yet?


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[victorchantm]

Hi, where did u get the rocks?


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[Angel Keeper]

More likely bacterial bloom... In a fresh tank, you might probably experience 2 blooms which should clear up in a week... By that time, your nitrate will be high... Dosing bacteria may shorten the period and deal with nitrates better...

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[Reef2Max]

2 hours ago, Eric Ng Yong Keong said:

Due to dosing of bacteria. It will clear up later


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ok thanks for the info 

49 minutes ago, Angel Keeper said:

More likely bacterial bloom... In a fresh tank, you might probably experience 2 blooms which should clear up in a week... By that time, your nitrate will be high... Dosing bacteria may shorten the period and deal with nitrates better...

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I was reading the instruction manual that No3P0x is able to help reduce the nitrate level after the 21 day cycling. Hopefully it does  

[Reef2Max]

1 hour ago, victorchantm said:

Hi, where did u get the rocks?


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The rock was ordered from Switzerland call PM Riffkeramik 

[Reef2Max]

1 hour ago, yukok.lim08 said:

No skimmer yet?


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Already placed the order for the skimmer, waiting for it to arrive.. heehee

[Angel Keeper]

NOPOX to me is for more like an emergency to me... You need the bacteria in there first otherwise NOPOX may not be of so much use... I use that whenever I add new fishes or feed more... It will multiply the bacteria... But you need to have the bacteria in there first...

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[Reef2Max]

i am following the instruction for the mature kit which i think the bacto start and Nitro bac are bacteria to kick start the tank . 

 

 

[Angel Keeper]

To add on, to have ammonia and nitrite reducing bacteria is easy... The difficult one is nitrate reducing bacteria...

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[davidlim1712]

Nice tank setup!!


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[CrazyJason]

Nice

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[Reef2Max]

Bought some vase line cream and apply to the door hinges to protect against rust. Although they say it is stainless steel hinges, but I think is better to add a layer of protection over it since saltwater is very corrosive.



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[mao ng]

Bought some vase line cream and apply to the door hinges to protect against rust. Although they say it is stainless steel hinges, but I think is better to add a layer of protection over it since saltwater is very corrosive.



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Thats a great idea! I am so going to do that. Btw hope you like ur reefer as much as i do! Bloody beautiful tank

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[Reef2Max]

Thats a great idea! I am so going to do that. Btw hope you like ur reefer as much as i do! Bloody beautiful tank

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Ya man.. really liking it so far. The best thing I like about this system is the tank is super quiet, Can't hear a single overflow sound

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[iceman]

Very nice setup 

[andrewsoh]

Mmmm.... not afraid this kind of self assemble cabinet might nt take the weight of the tank filled with water?


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[cedricang]

23 hours ago, mao ng said:

Thats a great idea! I am so going to do that. Btw hope you like ur reefer as much as i do! Bloody beautiful tank

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Yeap , a little extra care and efforts goes a long way . Some use grease to coat over it and it works beautifully as well.