Assuming work doesn’t run too late, tomorrow will be starting day for my first tank.
Tank - Aquatop Recife eco 24g cube ready to go. It’s really quite nice looking, but I imagine the skimmer/light may need to be upgraded sooner than later
Location - I’ve already received comments about the tank being too close to my TV. I’m going to move it more to the left so it should be around 2 feet away. This seems fine to me, feel free to say otherwise.
My main concern with this spot is the sunlight from my living room sliding door, but I do have a blackout shade which stays down for the most part anyways.
Water - It will be a game time decision between heading down to Fort Lauderdale inlet or going to one of my LFS that has filtered ocean water… and the fritz-zyme turbo start 900 that I have in the fridge will be going in as well.
Rock/Aquascape - I was given probably 100 pounds of CaribSea and just messed around with designs for probably 3 hours. I think I have my final layout, but it is going to be a little bit tight. Based on my handy dandy cardboard replica, looks like I’ll be leaving roughly 2 inches around the edges at the widest parts, which is primarily on the back side. Pics are attached. As per the height, it’s about 12 inches tall on the top left. The return impeller is 13.5 inches up but on the top right, so I think this should work well.
Cycling - My main main uncertainty is regarding when to start feeding my bacteria colony, and whether dosing ammonia chloride or ghost feeding is better than the other. I am leaning towards ammonia chloride but I know there are old fashioned reefers that will say to do otherwise.
Misc. - I went to Lowes looking for a gfci power strip, ended up just getting a gfci outlet. The part I’m more excited about is the smart timer/outlet I got, which will effectively allow me to have lighting schedules via the integrated app. Hoping this works well, if not will swap out for something else.
Inhabitants - TBD mostly. I know for sure is the pair of clowns, and whatever softies catch my eye.
Will post some updates as I move along!
Tank - Aquatop Recife eco 24g cube ready to go. It’s really quite nice looking, but I imagine the skimmer/light may need to be upgraded sooner than later
Location - I’ve already received comments about the tank being too close to my TV. I’m going to move it more to the left so it should be around 2 feet away. This seems fine to me, feel free to say otherwise.
My main concern with this spot is the sunlight from my living room sliding door, but I do have a blackout shade which stays down for the most part anyways.
Water - It will be a game time decision between heading down to Fort Lauderdale inlet or going to one of my LFS that has filtered ocean water… and the fritz-zyme turbo start 900 that I have in the fridge will be going in as well.
Rock/Aquascape - I was given probably 100 pounds of CaribSea and just messed around with designs for probably 3 hours. I think I have my final layout, but it is going to be a little bit tight. Based on my handy dandy cardboard replica, looks like I’ll be leaving roughly 2 inches around the edges at the widest parts, which is primarily on the back side. Pics are attached. As per the height, it’s about 12 inches tall on the top left. The return impeller is 13.5 inches up but on the top right, so I think this should work well.
Cycling - My main main uncertainty is regarding when to start feeding my bacteria colony, and whether dosing ammonia chloride or ghost feeding is better than the other. I am leaning towards ammonia chloride but I know there are old fashioned reefers that will say to do otherwise.
Misc. - I went to Lowes looking for a gfci power strip, ended up just getting a gfci outlet. The part I’m more excited about is the smart timer/outlet I got, which will effectively allow me to have lighting schedules via the integrated app. Hoping this works well, if not will swap out for something else.
Inhabitants - TBD mostly. I know for sure is the pair of clowns, and whatever softies catch my eye.
Will post some updates as I move along!
