Jestersix

Ryan’s 40G first reef

+1 for the diy lids. Same story here with losing a few fish before getting the lid and I even have the euro brace to help the edge jumpers.
I'll be PIFing the 40 breeder lid and picking up a DIY mesh lid. I was hoping to keep evap down with a glass lid but as I'm not running a skimmer currently, I probably need the gas exchange areas of an open tank.
 
I added 3D printed random flow generator locline nozzles.
Testing shows 2ppm, 2ppm, 30ppm.
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Finally the cycle makes some progress! Ammonia fell from 2ppm to 0.6?ppm in one day. Nitrites are off the chart at 2-3ppm. I stopped testing for nitrates until these hit 0,0. I’m thinking by Monday it should be fully cycled. That would be 9 days. Not exactly 48h like R2R said haha.


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Weekly cleaning is probably good

You are now relying on a sensor to do something that would normally have done.
If the sensor fails...either ON or OFF, what happens?
Do you flood or burn out pump?

Food for thought

I think I have one
It is frequently beeping and needs to be reset way too often
 
Weekly cleaning is probably good

You are now relying on a sensor to do something that would normally have done.
If the sensor fails...either ON or OFF, what happens?
Do you flood or burn out pump?

Food for thought

I think I have one
It is frequently beeping and needs to be reset way too often
Thanks for the heads up, I’ll clean it weekly.
 
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