Tonyscoots84's very long 60 gallon cube tank thread

[Tonyscoots84]

Um not to cycle faster to start the cycle and have anmonia where i want it and get stuff moving...

 

[strgazr27]

All of a sudden your a speed junkie Lol. The natural way is the best way and yes, the slowest. NOTHING in this hobby that happens fast is usually good.

 

[Tonyscoots84]

Yea yea i no bobby been there done that lol

 

[Tonyscoots84]

should i start up my phosban reactor?

 

[Tonyscoots84]

k so decided to start up phosban reactor tom. i am also checking phosphates in the tank so we will see what that is up 2

im going to wait till cycle is over to start running carbon

what is the best flow setting for my mp10w seeing where they are positioned and the size tank they are in....

thanks guys

 

[thirty5]

Tony, just curious why you are going with Phosban vs Bio-Pellets. I went with pellets, just because I did.....

As far as your flow, do you mean which setting in the MP10? I think that depends on how much flow you want to change. You can play with it a bit and see which you like best. But be careful, depending on how close to the substrate it is, if you have it on a volatile setting, then you can create a sand storm. I actually had my MP40 set too high and it dug a trench in my sandbed right down to the glass.

 

[strgazr27]

I installed my 2 MP40s last Saturday. I had them on short pulse about 60% to start. This blasted all the crap off my rocks and on the substrate. Monday I switched to reef crest 40%, no night mode and my tank has never looked better. In that size tank I would start them real low and work up till you start moving sand.

 

[Tonyscoots84]

Ive always used phosban reactors and phosban. Im gonna check my level tonite wit the hanna meter n see wat it says

 

[thirty5]

If you are still cycling i would hope that you dont have Phosphates. Unless you used tap water.

 

[twan]

I would let things cycle without running any reactors for the 1st four weeks.
After that for the remaining weeks of the cycle I would still let things keep cycling but switch my skimmer on so it starts breaking in.

 

[Tonyscoots84]

Gotcha..... I just want the phosphates gone since i used reefrocks rocks and could only imagine how much is being leached into the water

Thanks guys

 

[twan]

Even after an 11 week rubbermaid cycle with zero lighting my Pukani rock is still leaching a small amount of phosphates. After that 11 weeks it has now been in my tank for 2 months and I still have phosphates in the .05-.08 range.

 

[Tonyscoots84]

so why would it be a problem to start the phosban reactor w/phosban now to start hitting phosphates

 

[Tonyscoots84]

correction to phosphates i didnt press and hold the button to start the countdown will brb with the new results of phosphates

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[Tonyscoots84]

Nasties happening on nylon mesh bag which is holding the jumbo shrimp

 

[Tonyscoots84]

just ordered salifert phosphate test kit..

 

[twan]

so why would it be a problem to start the phosban reactor w/phosban now to start hitting phosphates

I would take my time and let them leach out and get rid of them via water changes. I think the levels of phosphates you have now will be exhausting your media too fast for it to be worth it $$$ wise. Then again my sit and wait approach is hard to follow.

Salifert is one of the better test kits, I used that before my hanna checker.

 

[Tonyscoots84]

Will do twan. Thanks

 

[Tonyscoots84]

does anyone know anyplace in freehold or howell area of nj that sells saltwater fish and live rock?

 

[Tonyscoots84]

added approx. 20lbs of live rock to the sump :biggrin: