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Where do you recommend? I was gonna get the fuge deal with the pods too

When should I order my cheato from Algae Barn and put the fuge online?

Took some more pictures of the tank, sump, and Apex cabinet. Right now the skimmer is going crazy. I heard that sometimes the life rock tends to do this to the skimmer. Going to let it run a couple days over flowing and do some water changes through the skimmer. Any ideas, would be appreciated. Now just in the sit and wait phase of the tank. Plan to not run lights for at least next month or 2 and run it with just fish until coralline starts to grow. question I have is when I should put the Fuge on line?

Thanks bud, once it gets cycled and ready for corals I’ll have to grab a frag from you.

Thanks bud, yeah it was a mix Branco rock and regular life rock. I wanted to add some ledges to mount some sticks.

A little update, New tank is here and wet, Controller cabinet is finished. I’ll take some pictures of the sump area to show you guys tomorrow, happy with how everything turned out. The plan now is to order some more fish and let tank settle and cycle over the next 2-3 months before adding some test corals.

awesome thanks for all your answers, The plan is to let the tank mature for around 3 months and to then place a couple test corals in. 10-12 hour schedule sounds best. I do have twice the recommended light for the tank though i think my best bet is to get a hold of a par meter during this 3 month cycle of quarantining and adding fish.

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I have a 40 cube, with 2 Kessil a360we and 4 blue plus t5. Wondering for my new build being sps dominate how long your lighting schedule is. The plan now is to go t5 for 10 hours and led for 8 with a hour ramp up and down. I’ve also thought about doing the Kessil a for 10 with 2 hour ramp up and down and t5’s for 8. Or should I go with a 12 hour schedule. Going to let the tank age for 3-4 months without corals and a month with no lights. But want to have a plan.

Little update, the equipment cabinet is finished, tank was plumb. But then when I wet tested I realized that the back glass had a crack. You could not tell since the inside back has a piece of acrylic and the the back glass is cover with black vinyl. Good thing is Marine Depot is mailing me a new one. Also I put plenty of unions so should be able to replumb the pieces that are short directly from the bulkheads. Hope to have it wet and put together in another week

I just finished up my equipment cabinet, will post pictures this weekend when I paint it.

try posting on capita lcichlids, I think you'd have a good chance finding a place to rehome if that's still the plan.

Painted the stand and put the tank in place with the sump in stand. Super happy with how it turned out. Plumbing comes Tuesday. More research and work to be done. As well as build equipment cabinet for Apex. Hope to have it wet in 2-3 weeks.

Just built the stand today, had to build the stand 2” deeper to fit the trigger sump for the tank. Used the technique we used when painting our cabinets to use spackle on the wood to cover up the grain. The plan was to make an ADA style stand where besides the door it looks like one piece. Going to primer and paint tomorrow. Will look to make equipment cabinet to match but smaller next weekend.

Annapolis, MD