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aiptasia....get it out!

Sounds like you are right there! Good job! Fish in the tank soon!

You are on your way! Keep it up. Shouldn't be long now. It is good that you are processing the ammonia fast. Now the nitrite will start to process and you will be done!

A pound per gallon is a good rule of thumb, but it can vary with how heavily you are going to stock....etc.

I always continue to dose to 4ppm every day until it goes to 0ppm ammonia and 0ppm nitrites in 24 hours. Then do the water changes and add fish. That is what your fish will do once they are in the tank.

Keep dosing the ammonia back to 4ppm. The ammonia is simulating fish waste. That will be constant. Just keep in mind that you will only reduce the nitrate by the percent that you change each time. ie... two 50% water changes doesn't equal one 100% water change. say you start with 80ppm...

How much water you remove will determine the nitrate levels. I would do one huge one. If you have 80ppm nitrates and do a 50% water change, you will bring them down to 40ppm and so on. Once the bacterial colony is established you could conceivably change all the water and be ok. I would do...

Look like you are on the right track. When you get ammonia and nitrite to get to 0ppm in 24 hours you are good to go. Well done!

Sounds like a good plan!

When the cycle is done, you will have to do water changes to get the nitrAtes down.

I would dose to 4ppm and see what happens in 24 hours. If you are cycled it will go to 0ppm ammonia, 0ppm nitrItes and some nitrAtes. Then you will know without a doubt you are cycled. I would remove the shrimp also.

Here is the conversion and a good video.... Refractometer Calculator - Northern Brewer

My 120 gallon with 30 gallon sump took 2 capfuls to reach 4ppm. Then test every day to see how long it takes for it to come down. You should see the nitrItes come up and the nitrAtes come up last. When you can process 4ppm of ammonia to 0ppm ammonia, 0ppm nitrItes and large number of nitrAtes...

If you use pure ammonia, you can dose to exactly 4ppm, then you will know what you are dealing with.

I would dose with pure ammonia and then test every day. That is the only way to be sure what your levels of ammonia are....That's just my take on it.....

Won't water just sit in the last section? There is no flow through it if the drain is in the first section and the return is in the middle. I would worry about the final section getting stagnant....Am I wrong?

You know the rule! Pictures or it didn't happen!

Being from Vegas and seeing some these tanks first hand, many have failed and been removed.

You can also put the two pieces edge to edge and run a bead of flexible silicone on the part where they meet. I usually tape both pieces so that the silicone doesn't get messy. Then take a putty knife or something like that and smooth it flat. Let it cure overnight and you have a flexible...

I definitely prefer the Bubble Magus over the Coralife.....

This is saltwater.

They can go anywhere they want until they find their happy spot, then they will usually stay put.

I had two of those in a 29. I would add another.

Acrylic is lighter but scratches easier (with mag cleaners...etc). Glass is heavier but less likely to scratch. Those are about the only differences that I know.

Lots more rocks would be good also!