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Edit: it's an orchid dottyback not a neon.

Well guys today was the big day! Fish and small CUC added, 2 baby ocellaris clowns, 1 baby neon dottyback, 3 trochus snails, 3 scarlet reef hermits, and 2 nassarius snails(all they had). Here's some pic' s enjoy!

Here's another update on the tank. It's now day 14 of the cycle and everything is going great and at a fast pace. Here are my parameters so far ammonia is 0ppm after peaking at ~1, nitrite is at ~2ppm after going off the chart, and nitrates are ~40ppm. No algae blooms have happened, only change...

Source is a jumbo shrimp, that's still in the tank.

It peaked at .5 - 1ppm, it's a 40 breeder. I am using seachem stability to speed it up and it seems to be working.

Here is a day 7 update on the cycle. Ph 8.1, salinity 1.025sg, ammonia .5ppm, nitrite .25ppm. I have not started testing nitrates yet because I am waiting for nitrite levels to level out first. More to come!

Yep it's torture! At least I have my freshwater tank keeping me company this time.Here's a pic for you guys.

Thanks, I am going to start testing ammonia tomorrow to see if the shrimp has started breaking down. It was just a regular jumbo I bought at the store raw and unseasoned.

Done and done, hopefully the cycle will get going pretty quick with the live sand and life rock that is supposedly spored with bacteria and I had a little stability left from another tank.

Ok and I just add it and let it go until the cycle completes? Thanks for the help.

Yes the cycle is complete when you can add ammonia and It goes to zero without nitrite ever rising above 0.

Yes keep adding ammonia if your nitrite is dropping now your getting close, it's strange that you have 0 nitrates though but I guess the pwc and plants could have processed it. Remember patience is key for this hobby.

Tank is filled! It's a bit cloudy but I have both wavemakers going so hopefully it will settle. Salinity is 1.025sg and I'm waiting for ph and temp to stabilize. So the guides I have read and your suggestions say to cycle with a raw shrimp, what size type do I get? Should I add some fish food...

Thanks! It was the second stand I have built and I borrowed a finishing nailer which helped a ton.

Making saltwater! Should have it full by tomorrow, fingers crossed for no surprise leaks.

I second the water change. I remember when I cycled my first tank it seemed to stall on nitrite so I did a big enough water change to get nitrite to a readable level and it cycled within a week after however my cycle still took a month.

New update. Rocks, background, and equipment are in. another view of the rocks. I would have already had water in but my rodi system came in missing the ro membrane! So after a long conversation with marinedepot they sent me one free of charge. More to come!

Lol new tanks are always scary, I leak tested both of mine outside before finally filling them up

I do not have any experience with sunsun(I run a fluval 306 on my 45g) but I would shoot for a 4-10x turnover rate for fw aquariums. So for you 120-300gph, I would be willing to bet sunsun claim of 525gph is overrated and more than likely with no media in it. So if you plan on running it packed...

Your sw light will probably work if you switch to 6500k bulbs. If you have a adjustable led you can just change your settings. I have a Ai hydra on my sw tank and it lets me adjust each color individually.

I had a tank one time that leaked at the bottom, the water would slowly fill the gap up between the glass and bottom trim and overflow out the lowest corner. So if it is leaking you will know it and it will probably get faster as you fill the tank up.

Thanks arnoldndana it's a work in progress. Here an update hydra is mounted and final leak test.

Ok I will stick with the coral pro since I have already have it. It's looking like Monday now before I can start, marine depot drug their feet shipping my ro/di system. I went with a spectrapure maxcap 90gpd unit.

Thanks for the welcome Bdonaldson. Did the coral pro salt cause any problems in your tank? I purchased it just for the reasons you stated because I would like to stay away from dosing for as long as possible. I also read from multiple sites to pick a salt and stay with it because switching could...

Christmas came early this year!pending my ro/di system showing up this week I hope to have it setup and cycling by this weekend.