My first saltwater tank, 7g UNS AIO tank. After creeping around the forums and watching Lord knows how many youtube videos, I decided to pull the trigger. I didn't have space for a bigger tank so I decided to go Nano. Any opinions, thoughts, words of advice, as well as suggestions for types of corals to add when the time comes is greatly appreciated.
Equipment
UNS 30A 7g tank AIO
Dymax ph400
Kessil A80 Tuna Blue
Kessil mini gooseneck mount
Aquatop 100w heater
Caribsea Liferock
Caribsea Fiji Pink sand
I don't have a wave maker, not sure if I need one as the dymax pump kicks out a good amount of water movement
6/27/22
Rockscaped and began my cycle using the Dr. Tim's one and only/Ammonium Chloride. The tank holds ~4.75g with all the rock.
Added entire bottle of Dr. TIm's one and only solution (for 30gal tank)
18 drops of Ammonium chloride. Not running any media besides the stock sponge block that comes with it.
I am not using any lights during the cycle (only for the picture lol), I was told to leave it off for the entire cycling process to prevent algae from growing? Not sure how accurate this is.
I do not have any test kits although I should, I trust the expert reefer at my local shop. He said to just let it cycle for 2-3 weeks and then bring in a sample of the water for them to test all the parameters. Once the nitrogen cycle is complete I am Debating on doing the whole "4 month cycle" mentioned by BRSTV to avoid the ugly stage which involves getting some utilitarian fish to eat algae and coral parasites (any recommendations?) and spending weeks dosing microbial bright well. Not sure how many of you followed the 4 month cycle, I am wondering if it's all that necessary once the tank is fully cycled. Really, this is my first tank I just want to do it right. Please provide any insight advice on what you guys have done.
I’ve attached two pictures of the tank. The first being my initial configuration of the rocks and the second being how it is siting right now. The rocks do not touch any walls but they do sit pretty close to it. Not sure if this will be a problem down the road? Let me know which setup you guys like better! That’s all I have for now, so far it’s been really fun setting everything up I can’t wait to add life to it. I'll continue to update the thread with my build.
Equipment
UNS 30A 7g tank AIO
Dymax ph400
Kessil A80 Tuna Blue
Kessil mini gooseneck mount
Aquatop 100w heater
Caribsea Liferock
Caribsea Fiji Pink sand
I don't have a wave maker, not sure if I need one as the dymax pump kicks out a good amount of water movement
6/27/22
Rockscaped and began my cycle using the Dr. Tim's one and only/Ammonium Chloride. The tank holds ~4.75g with all the rock.
Added entire bottle of Dr. TIm's one and only solution (for 30gal tank)
18 drops of Ammonium chloride. Not running any media besides the stock sponge block that comes with it.
I am not using any lights during the cycle (only for the picture lol), I was told to leave it off for the entire cycling process to prevent algae from growing? Not sure how accurate this is.
I do not have any test kits although I should, I trust the expert reefer at my local shop. He said to just let it cycle for 2-3 weeks and then bring in a sample of the water for them to test all the parameters. Once the nitrogen cycle is complete I am Debating on doing the whole "4 month cycle" mentioned by BRSTV to avoid the ugly stage which involves getting some utilitarian fish to eat algae and coral parasites (any recommendations?) and spending weeks dosing microbial bright well. Not sure how many of you followed the 4 month cycle, I am wondering if it's all that necessary once the tank is fully cycled. Really, this is my first tank I just want to do it right. Please provide any insight advice on what you guys have done.
I’ve attached two pictures of the tank. The first being my initial configuration of the rocks and the second being how it is siting right now. The rocks do not touch any walls but they do sit pretty close to it. Not sure if this will be a problem down the road? Let me know which setup you guys like better! That’s all I have for now, so far it’s been really fun setting everything up I can’t wait to add life to it. I'll continue to update the thread with my build.