icsparks April 5, 2014 Author Share April 5, 2014 (edited) It's been a busy week getting the 155 gallon Bow Front up and running. Although I can say it went smooth for the most part. After 160 Lbs of mixed reef sand, 100 lbs of BRS dry rock and 20 Lbs of LFS live rock in sump my total system volume is 145 gallons. Equipment: 155 Gal AGA RR Bow Front tank with stand/canopy. 40 Gal DIY sump with split drain and center return. RO 3000 In Sump Super Skimmer. 2- NextReef MR1 Reactors running GFO/ Carbon. ATO= DIY Autotopoff.com switches and lift pump. Lighting= 2- Reef Radiance Lumentek PRO 240 programable LED. 2- Finnex heaters 200/300 Watt Neptune Systems Apex controller Edited April 5, 2014 by icsparks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
icsparks April 29, 2014 Author Share April 29, 2014 Our tank has cycled and has done great so far. Here is how I cycled my 155 gal tank that has about 115 lbs of BRS dry rock and 20 Lbs of live rock in sump.Day 1 added dry rock to tankDay 2 mixed up 20 gal batches of ro/id water and RC salt.day 3 added 80 pounds of live reef sand and 20 Lbs of live rock to sump.------ Total system net is 145 GalDay 4 added 5 medium frozen shrimp in mesh bag to sump. started up skimmer GFO and Carbon reactors. Day 5 Phos .29 Nitrite .25 Ammonia .25 Nitrate 0Day 8 Phos N/A Nitrite .25 Ammonia .50 Nitrate 0Day 10 Phos .12 Nitrite 2.0 Ammonia 1.0 Nitrate 20 ------Removed very stinky shrimp from sumpDay 13 Phos .13 Nitrite 5.0 Ammonia .25 Nitrate 40Day 16 Phos 0.1 Nitrite .25 Ammonia 0 Nitrate 20 --------adding a pinch of flake foodDay 20 Phos .08 Nitrite 0 Ammonia 0 Nitrate 20 ----------30 gal water changeDay 25 Phos .09 Nitrite 0 Ammonia 0 Nitrate 5 Day 30 Phos .06 Nitrite 0 Ammonia 0 Nitrates 5 ---------Add 2 clown fish and 3 corals. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
icsparks May 4, 2014 Author Share May 4, 2014 The 155 BF is doing great. Have some brown diatom algae on rocks in DT and have hair algae growing on rocks in sump. Cleaning glass every few days. Running skimmer GFO and carbon. Changing out filter socks every 4 days. Doing 30 Gal WC every 2 weeks I did water testing today and here is the results: PH 8.02 Alkalinity 8.1 Calcium 440 Salinity 1.025 Mag 1400 Phosphate 0.07 Nitrates 0 Live stock: 3 large turbo snails 1 Cleaner shrimp 1 Med Foxface 2 small clown fish 2 Green Acro frag 1 Acan frag All fish and inverts are active and healthy the corals also look like they are doing good. Running the LED's on a 10 hour schedule with whites at 30% and blues at 50 % peak. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
icsparks June 15, 2014 Author Share June 15, 2014 Our tank has been doing great. Corals are growing and doing well under the Reef Radiance LED lighting. We may have to relocate the large snails as they keep knocking over the frags in the rack. https://www.dropbox.com/s/e5sjgutdicv7bnx/2014-06-15%2009.38.10.jpg https://www.dropbox.com/s/kx74yyfid1q2oiv/2014-06-15%2009.30.42.jpg https://www.dropbox.com/s/dqzu71bogal01ez/2014-06-15%2009.27.46.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
icsparks June 15, 2014 Author Share June 15, 2014 same coral after one month https://www.dropbox.com/s/8dncdyrnxpgj7za/DSC_4492.JPG https://www.dropbox.com/s/6tlq81hkxdjnn4f/2014-06-15%2009.29.50.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
icsparks October 23, 2014 Author Share October 23, 2014 Thought it was time for a few pictures of our tank. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YHSublime October 24, 2014 Share October 24, 2014 Looking good. Now you've just gotta' play the waiting game! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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