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First Tank!

jorahx4 said:
i was wondering how people start a 100+ gallon tank. would be a LOT of trips to a store for SW, or take awhile with mixing. although i guess people with big tanks also have big mixing stations.
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You just connect it to the RODI and let it fill most of the way over a couple of days.
Then add salt and mix it in the tank itself.

But I also have a 50G mixing station. Not accidentally matching a full bag of salt.
 
rygh said:
You just connect it to the RODI and let it fill most of the way over a couple of days.
Then add salt and mix it in the tank itself.

But I also have a 50G mixing station. Not accidentally matching a full bag of salt.
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Interesting. Do you add the sand / rock before you mix? Or after you add ro and salt in tank.


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Mozby's Reef said:
@kinetic just checked out your journal. That’s an impressive algae reactor build! How has it been working so far?
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It never overheated! But unfortunately dinos kicked in and I basically turned my reactor off for now. I'm growing chaeto in a bucket for now, and will reintroduce once I'm done algaeciding the crap out of my tank...
 
Coral reefer said:
Are you getting a bigger tank already? I can probly be convinced to deliver you 100 gal
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I really love the look of wrasse fish, and they tend to all be bigger / heavy swimmers. So need a lot more open space. So I’ve been day dreaming about getting a bigger tank. Just waiting till we get our house and all set up before I start investing into a big project.


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Update!

Water Tests - 3/30/18
salt - 1.024
temp - 76
alk - 8.4
calcium - 390
mag - 1160

alk went up a little, and cal/mag went down.

Frog Spawn is starting a new head! i can see the second mouth (well i assume its a new head. i dont know much)
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Been growing my pod population, it is now covering everything!
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Black spot on duncan has moved yet again. still have not figured out what it is. maybe a pest. maybe a pod. maybe i am going crazy
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jorahx4 said:
Black spot on duncan has moved yet again. still have not figured out what it is. maybe a pest. maybe a pod. maybe i am going crazy
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Hmmm I’d be concerned about a moving dot. Did you try blowing it off with the baster? Re-dipping sounds like a good idea for peace of mind.


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Mozby's Reef said:
Hmmm I’d be concerned about a moving dot. Did you try blowing it off with the baster? Re-dipping sounds like a good idea for peace of mind.


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Over the weekend I ended up getting some bayer insect killer. And redipped the coral. It was indeed a bug, it started squirming around and came off.


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