Cycling my new tank.

Been working on this since september slowly... finally added water this week. 75 gallon tank with a 55 gallon sump.

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nice build, what are you going to keep in there?

Three clownfish, a tang, a mandarin, and a goby!

Great JOB!!

Great job...very clean and well put together.

Silly question I'm sure but having little ones around though and seeing that beautiful smiling face I was interested to know if you have a cover for that sump or will it remain open? My grandchildren would add all sorts of MEDIA to it...most likely unbeknownst to me...

Thanks guys The whole setup is still "under construction" I have to buy bulbs for the light, put a lid on the sump, and get some lights for the sump! However, I have a wife-imposed deadline of march 15 to have the whole business finished so I decided to begin cycling this week since the construction part can be finished while it is doing that.

Oh, and the little girl picked the colors for the stand.

Deadlines are great. It means get it done, who cares about the budget!

DMD123 wrote:Deadlines are great. It means get it done, who cares about the budget!

The tank looks like a better fit in that location than the longer one you had there. Cant wait to see it complete. Should we give you a deadline for pictures?

haha, I can take more pics this weekend, my 2nd koralia pump will be installed today, but that isn't really much to look at. Also probably adding a 2nd heater today, but those are equally exciting

Maybe I will just add one fish, it has been cycling since monday and i added probably 11 pounds of already cycled rocks and sand. One fish in 100 gallons of water won't make much of a difference in the bio load.

Zerc wrote:One fish in 100 gallons of water won't make much of a difference in the bio load.

Depends on the fish, some are big poopers!

Ihis one is not, hes been in my quarantine tank for almost 2 months. It is a 1.5 inch black and white clown.

Oh crap! I just noticed this isnt "General Discussion" its "General Freshwater Fish Discussion" Someone should move this before madness sees it!




I have more pics though, posting when I get home!

You've tainted our freshwater with your....... SALTWATER!



Jk! I didn't notice at 1st I was amazed my the build and flashy colors of the stand.

Zerc wrote:Oh crap! I just noticed this isnt "General Discussion" its "General Freshwater Fish Discussion" Someone should move this before madness sees it!




I have more pics though, posting when I get home!

Consider this your warning

madness wrote:

Zerc wrote:Oh crap! I just noticed this isnt "General Discussion" its "General Freshwater Fish Discussion" Someone should move this before madness sees it!




I have more pics though, posting when I get home!

Consider this your warning

wait i added something, your to quick

Here let me add it to yours

Well its nice to see you in the right forum now. At least those FW folks didnt ban you! LOL!
Your pics didnt make it over though. If you can repost them that would be cool.

They didn't? I still see them here. I will post more tonight.

Zerc wrote:They didn't? I still see them here. I will post more tonight.

OH, thats right, I forgot, the system here at work doesnt let the pics display from a couple different media sharing sites. I will be able to see them on my laptop.

Full tank shot, you can see the diatom algae growing, I put in a bunch of snails and some hermits today, there are little trails of "clean" all over the rocks now. I also added two small black and white clowns.

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Back of the tank, I finished the glass and lexan tops for the sump, and added another piece of 1x3 to the top.
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The first of two refugium lights! I found a low profile LED, but it only has 4 lights in it. Good light, but I will need a 2nd to get good coverage of my macro algae.
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That light just might be plenty. I only have a single white LED on my pico. Macro grows like crazy in it.

I was concerned that some chaeto might just not be under the light was all, this thing is super bright, just really close to the water so there isn't much spread to it.

Well yeah, that would be an issue if your fuge is a lot bigger than the spread of the light.

I'll post a pic later, I have roughly a 2.5 foot section of tank to cover.