SCA 120 Gallon PNP Build

[ash9965]

CJ Great so far . Quick Question on the Pond Matrix for a tank that is up and running how often would you remove the pond matrix and replace with new pond matrix or would you just leave it in permanently cleaning at certain time intervals ??? Thanks

 

[Water Dog]

Do you plan on turning on the ATS during the cycle? I'm curious as to how well the Rain2 will perform.

 

[CJs Aquariums]

CJ Great so far . Quick Question on the Pond Matrix for a tank that is up and running how often would you remove the pond matrix and replace with new pond matrix or would you just leave it in permanently cleaning at certain time intervals ??? Thanks

Matrix last forever... I just keep detritus from building up... actually will be adding another bucket for a 1-2" depth covering my entire refugium..

 

[CJs Aquariums]

Do you plan on turning on the ATS during the cycle? I'm curious as to how well the Rain2 will perform.

Yes it's Been runnjng since day 1... I'll cover progress as it grows... don't expect much until I actually start adding nutrients to the tank

 

[Water Dog]

I'm thinking that you should get some decent growth from curing the Pukani in your DT. We'll see... thanks for the updates!

 

[AlexG]

I am jealous because I don't have water in my system yet. I am sure that in no time you will have a thriving reef

 

[CJs Aquariums]

The build continues..... covering the bare bottom!

Debated on what type of sand to use... after asking around I landed on tropic eden mini flakes 2mm grain size...

My thought was I wanted a smaller size for sand sifters and wrasses.. but also didn't want it to blow around. I'm running Gyre 130 & 230 on the system and they def can move a ton of water... but considering flow has to travel 6 ft from the surface to the bottom of the tank.. I figured I'd be safe with 2mm grain size...

Turned out I was right! At 70% power I'm getting no movement and expect everything to work out

Now I didn't rinse the sand out of laziness and believing the hype about topic eden being "very clean" ... well .... that myth was busted... tank took a full day to start clearing up and prob will need a another day or 2 before it's crystal clear...

To be continued ....

 

[reefwiser]

CJ it's coming along. [emoji3] A tank is a journey sometimes things work and then sometime nature has other ideas. [emoji3]

 

[CJs Aquariums]

CJ it's coming along. [emoji3] A tank is a journey sometimes things work and then sometime nature has other ideas. [emoji3]

No doubt about that! Haha... we are NOT in control

 

[Mrwilcox281]

Following here and on YouTube. We just moved into our new house, so I can start planning my build. Keep up the great work.

 

[Reefaddict305]

Looking great CJ!!

 

[CJs Aquariums]

Tank has finally cleared... now the fun begins...

 

[CJs Aquariums]

Checked parameters ... nitrites are thru the roof 5ppm... ammonia is around 1ppm and nitrates are around 10-20 ppm

Only good news is my phosphates went down from .51 to .38

I'll give it a couple more weeks Before the cycle is done...

 

[Reefaddict305]

Cant wait to start seeing you add live to it. Do you have anything in mind as far as for clean up crew?

 

[CJs Aquariums]

Cant wait to start seeing you add live to it. Do you have anything in mind as far as for clean up crew?

Just the usual.. trochus snails.. hermits... and a few other kinds of critters

Will be awhile before I can add those ... nothing for them to eat... I've kept lights off during the cycle.. gonna start leaving them on now though

 

[Reefaddict305]

Just the usual.. trochus snails.. hermits... and a few other kinds of critters

Will be awhile before I can add those ... nothing for them to eat... I've kept lights off during the cycle.. gonna start leaving them on now though

Cant wait brother cant wait!!!

 

[markstubb]

I just barely missed your live stream on youtube. Did the aquarium break??

 

[Scurvy]

I just barely missed your live stream on youtube. Did the aquarium break??

He hit us with a late April fools joke. It must run all month long in KY. How many of us did you get CJ?

 

[markstubb]

i guess late is better than never? rude!

 

[CJs Aquariums]

He hit us with a late April fools joke. It must run all month long in KY. How many of us did you get CJ?

150 people joined in 20 seconds... never seen so many people click so fast hahahha... all good I cleared it up shortly after that