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Looking good. Looking forward to following your build

Nice! It's great to see a progression . Keep up the good work

Jon, That is an awesome setup. I am definitely following this build.

Love the concept! Well done Josh

What Origami said. Whichever method you choose, just make sure that your rock has fully cured. You know, 0 ammonia 0 nitrites, 0 nitrates

Based on my past experience. You can reuse it. What I woud do (and have done successfully), make a batch of new saltwater, enough to cover your rock completely, dump the old water, rinse well the bucket, add the rock and new SW, add a power pump, let the rock cure. You will be good to go

Nick is great guy. We used to live in the same neighborhood and became very good friends. His TOTM on RC is well deserved

Very nice Gary :-)

Looking good Rob. That's a sexy tank

Also, here's a list with water parameters http://wamas.org/forums/topic/7067-wamas-water-testing-pdf/

Heya Steve, Yeah, It only took me a couple of years to post again, lol.

Welcome back Antonio. Was good to catch up with you

Air Water Ice sells ASOVs. Can't you install one on your RODI?

I give you that Steve, YOU have humor

I'll be happy to hold it for the school Doug. Just say when.

Hi all, I have about 90 lbs of live rock to donate to a school. Let me know if you are interested. JM

Well done Bruce!!!!

What Tom said. You can always add a kalk reactor and/or start dosing two part solutions later on when you tank needs increase.

+1

Hi Gilbert, Has your nitrogen cyle completed? What are your current readings when you test amonia, nitrites and nitrates? Unless your tank has cycled, do not put any clean up invertebrates such as snails, crabs etc... They will not survive. Post back your test results. JM

I want one too: JM Phosphate & 25 reagents Thanks

So, yes the green algae is hair algae. It is common in new tanks and feeds mainly from stuff like phosphates and other things in the water column. If you are feeding dry foods like flakes, pellets and the likes, maybe reduce a little the amount and it will help starving the algae. Also the best way to get rid of it is by having other types of algae competing for the same food. A refugium where you put macro algae is a great and simple way of achieving this. A refugium can be as simple as one of the partitions in your sump with a light over it (preferably on the 6500 K coloration, and the bulb and fixture can be bought for cheap at Home Depot Lowes), a bucket, a 10 gal tank, etc.. The little green balls, is also an algae called valonia, also called bubble algae. some crabs eat them The brown spots do look like diatoms. Diatoms do go away with time, as they are very common while the tank is cyling and during the first few months afterwards. In a nutshell, what is going on is normal and expected :-) JM

Hey Doug, Sometimes these shut off valves do take a few runs to make it work properly. The air trapped inside the valve takes some time to purge.