Carey's Bio Cube Build

[carey]

eek I just realized that the lr in the back compartment doesnt have any water in it yet. Should I just leave it for awhile so I can get some die off to jumpstart a cycle or should I fill it with water and worry about the rock later?

 

[needmorecowbell]

Could you put the rubble in the display tank?

 

[carey]

Its such a pain to get in and out of the back compartment thats why I put it in before i added water and pushed it back against the wall.

 

[carey]

I'm gonna start loading rock in now, get the water level up so I can run the filter.
LOL

 

[xxwolfpackof1xx]

pics please

 

[needmorecowbell]

I'm guessing it was wet when you got it right?

 

[carey]

half is base and half is LR from a lfs. I had them in the last cube underwater they then went to a bucket with water while i waited for the new cube.

 

[needmorecowbell]

I think you should be fine then

 

[carey]

All filled up and rock is all in! Now to wait for the filter to get some of the floating sand. LOL

 

[xxwolfpackof1xx]

i wish my tank had lights oh well paitence is key

 

[xxwolfpackof1xx]

but looking good non the less!

 

[carey]

Thanks wolf. Can't wait for it to clear up. I wanna run the tests on it and see if the cycle started in the bucket.LOL Hopefully I have some ammonia when I test.

My tank took exactly 18 gallons of water to fill after rock and sand displacement.

 

[xxwolfpackof1xx]

quite a bit of rock and sand displacement. im getting my heater soon idk why but im excited. should i get the top or heater today im debating bewteen the two

 

[carey]

Get the heater. it will help you cycle.

 

[xxwolfpackof1xx]

i need that darn kkit! its nice to hear things are going swimmingly on your end

 

[carey]

Water is almost cleared up, i can see to the other side now. i also kinda like the rocks the way they ended up. I got a really nice smaller piece from the lfs the other day and its full of coralline. Nice piece to seed my tank. And it weighed less than a pound so thats like a cheapo way to get coralline in the tank.

 

[xxwolfpackof1xx]

your waters clearin up alot faster i musta stirred alot of sand up

 

[Bettababe1011]

Awesome! It's so exciting!

How many gallons is that? I can't remember for the life of me!

 

[xxwolfpackof1xx]

29 not sure home much is left after all tht rock

 

[carey]

Yepper it's a 29g cube. i just did my basic water testing even though it's prob way too soon but I got:

1.023 Salinity
0 ammonia
0 nitrite
0 nitrate
8.3 Ph

Guess I'll wait and see if anything tests tomorrow. I'm worried I may not see a cycle since I added so much LR.