Day 1 in the adventure

[Aqua Pro Builder]

How many watts of T5 are there?

 

[DontXtripNfall]

Complete lighting system

2 x 55 watt T5 power compacts (1 watt-liter/4 watt-gallon)
10,000K/Actinic lighting
Electronic ballast
High polish, textured aluminium reflector
Blue LED moonlights
Fan-cooled hood for extended life of electronic components
High transparency, polished lens

 

[NYreefNoob]

they arent really t5's they are power compact's and the rock turning white is from die off. give it time. also i would suggest not leaning the rock on the back wall will fall and possibly crack or break something. remember nothing goes fast in this hoby except for money

 

[DontXtripNfall]

i made sure theyre steady and theres nothing to move them right now but yes i will fix my whole aquascape.. Wingo your rock broke into 1/4 and 3/4 pieces >< but wat can u do..

Water test update:

amm- 1.0
temp-79.5 w/ lights on 78.3 off
alk- 2.0
nitrate- 5.0
nitrite- 0.2
calcium- normal

 

[BrooklynsReefMan1]

thats your ammonia spike....and i didnt even relize it said t5 pc on it wow that flew right over my head

 

[Aqua Pro Builder]

i made sure theyre steady and theres nothing to move them right now but yes i will fix my whole aquascape.. Wingo your rock broke into 1/4 and 3/4 pieces >< but wat can u do..

Water test update:

amm- 1.0
temp-79.5 w/ lights on 78.3 off
alk- 2.0
nitrate- 5.0
nitrite- 0.2
calcium- normal

Wow how you manage to break it???? Incredible hulk:biggrin::biggrin::biggrin:

 

[Sean]

what does calcium- normal mean
does your calcium test kit give you an actual reading?

 

[basiab]

I just read through this thread and I have a feeling you live rock is not too live, at least not the first rock you put in. You said you forgot the salt and my guess is that most if not all that was on the rock is dead. But the piece you added should be ok and will eventually seed all the rock. When you prepare water for the tank it should be at the right level of salinity before you put it in. Why are you having problems with it going up and down? You are not pouring salt straight into the tank, I hope.
Maybe you need to do a little more reading on how to cycle a tank.

 

[BrooklynsReefMan1]

usually strter calcium kits like the one he might have are very broad like green is good red is bad..... i stay a 430

 

[DontXtripNfall]

I just read through this thread and I have a feeling you live rock is not too live, at least not the first rock you put in. You said you forgot the salt and my guess is that most if not all that was on the rock is dead. But the piece you added should be ok and will eventually seed all the rock. When you prepare water for the tank it should be at the right level of salinity before you put it in. Why are you having problems with it going up and down? You are not pouring salt straight into the tank, I hope.
Maybe you need to do a little more reading on how to cycle a tank.

no i meant i forgot to post about salt, its been in there b4 i put the rock.. im no dummy

im not pouring it straight in, and im having problems with the hydrometer..

 

[Aqua Pro Builder]

no i meant i forgot to post about salt, its been in there b4 i put the rock.. im no dummy

im not pouring it straight in, and im having problems with the hydrometer..

use refractometer(not too expensive) but remember, it's not EXTREME accurate either if you have other solute in the water but anyway good enough for most cases.

 

[DontXtripNfall]

Someone from reefcentral on the RSM board is being very generous and sending me a spare he had.

 

[Chiefmcfuz]

Tank looks very nice!

Lets talk a moment about the red sea max lighting system. They are only Power compact lighting. The t5 they throw in there is the bulb diameter. I think they intentionally did this to mislead people into thinking they have T5 lighting. So with that lighting. If you want to upgrade the lighting down the road it will cost you a fortune as well. Keep that in mind. nano customs has a package that is pretty expensive.

I am also not too happy with the skimmers performance and would prefer that the option to use my own was there as well. All in all it is a good starter tank, but please keep in mind that the tank is pretty much a soft coral/ some easier care LPS coral tank.

Great luck with it and wait for it to finish it's cycle before you add any livestock. Patience is a virtue in this hobby.

 

[DontXtripNfall]

Tank looks very nice!

Lets talk a moment about the red sea max lighting system. They are only Power compact lighting. The t5 they throw in there is the bulb diameter. I think they intentionally did this to mislead people into thinking they have T5 lighting. So with that lighting. If you want to upgrade the lighting down the road it will cost you a fortune as well. Keep that in mind. nano customs has a package that is pretty expensive.

I am also not too happy with the skimmers performance and would prefer that the option to use my own was there as well. All in all it is a good starter tank, but please keep in mind that the tank is pretty much a soft coral/ some easier care LPS coral tank.

Great luck with it and wait for it to finish it's cycle before you add any livestock. Patience is a virtue in this hobby.

Yes I understood that the lights weren't the best, but I don't really like SPS corals to much anyway. As for the skimmer, it's a bit noisy but there are many DIY's on the RSM forum.

Lol thats what I intended to do but the great LR Jim sent me had 2 button polyps, 1 turbo, many pods, bristle worms, mini brittle stars, and i even saw a really tiny feather duster!

 

[Chiefmcfuz]

Hitch hikers are ok. But like yesterday you were talking about going out and getting hermits and putting them in to see something move I would just wait on that.

 

[DontXtripNfall]

lol i was just going to get 1 b/c they snail was fine sooooo.. lol

 

[DontXtripNfall]

update:

my ammonia went down to 0.25

 

[Aqua Pro Builder]

can some one show me a pic of the underside of the cover showing how the lights are arranged and the dimensions that they consume?

 

[DontXtripNfall]

Wingo sorry i missed ur post.. you can see the lighting on the red sea max website... i cant get a good shot of it

 

[DontXtripNfall]

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