Upgrade Time (125 gal Freshwater to Saltwater)

[SeanMonster]

I added some immediately, and lost some of them. Once they get past 6 months it seems they are better "seasoned" for most corals. That's just my opinion and experience.

 

[Dary421]

Nows the time .., start with either LPS or softies and eventually to the sps... as always , start a little slowly and build up a little momentum

 

[Sniperhank]

You can technically add corals right after a cycle is complete, though I wouldn't be adding anything sensitive and not hardy until the 6 month mark like one would think as an anemone.

 

[Bdonaldson]

Thanks guys I Will start slowly and add a couple at a time. I Dont want to overwhelm the system.

 

[Bdonaldson]

Yeah I definitely wouldn't add a anemone until it was at least a year old.

 

[Sniperhank]

Well think of things like SPS just like an anemone then. Corals have an extremely low bioload and you can fill a tank to the brim right off the bat if someone was so inclined...though I don't see that as economically friendly due to a small bump in the road, which all tanks do as they mature, could kill everything off.

 

[Autumnsky]

What corals have caught your eye?

 

[Bdonaldson]

I have frog spawn, a couple of torches, hammers, a green leather that I'm going ymto start with. Each week I will add some more. Here is a list of what I have in addition to what I mentioned already.

Several zoanthids
Mushrooms
Green star polyps
Leather toadstools
Kenya tree
Some acropora
Acans
Gorgonians
Clove polyps
Duncan
Candy cane
Favia

I think that's it.

 

[Autumnsky]

Nice! You have such a variety already!

 

[Bdonaldson]

Thank you.

 

[Bdonaldson]

Well I have my apex controller setup now. Thanks to Travis from Fishofhex on youtube. Very nice guy. All is going good and getting better all the time.

 

[MrsOddi]

Just read this entire thread from start to finish. What a journey this has been! Nice job!

 

[Autumnsky]

+1 Agreed, you are doing well. For me too, to see how it is all going as well, it is fun to watch the developments. Thanks for sharing the fun with us!

 

[Bdonaldson]

Thank you MrsOddi and Autumn. I am excited to be adding some more coral this weekend. Will post pics afterwards.

 

[Bdonaldson]

Redid my mesh screen tops today. I replaced the bkack 3/4 inch bird mesh with the white 1/4 inch mesh from BRS.
I really like it so far.

 

[Bdonaldson]

 

[Sniperhank]

Looks real clean. Whats with the glass panels on the one segment though?

 

[Dary421]

Barb ,...on a saltwater setup you're prob going to want to lose the glass oanels,....the smaller egg crate looks nice [emoji106]

 

[Bdonaldson]

I only have it on that one side because it stots the water from splashing up on the thermostat. I need to see about getting the thermostat move just haven't had time to look into it.

 

[Bdonaldson]

Did a 45% water change last night. My ammonia was up to 4.0 yikes.