life back to normal

[Reefinmike]

got my tank completely up and running again. all i need to do is spend a couple hours acclimating over all my corals , and gluing them down for a good long time of growing.already put a small pillicapora(no clue on how to spell) frag i had in it to see if the water was OK and it had great polyp extension. so then i threw in my huge staghorn colony and it was the "fluffiest" i have ever seen it. getting excited now. stocking will be tons of dartfish. 4 blue gudgeon darts, 3 scissor tail, 4 bar dartfish, two firefish, sixline wrasse, baby hippo tang and a few other very very peaceful fish.


i stacked my rock steep so i have lots of room on the sandbed for my favorite things(brains and clams)

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im supprised at how much coralline stayed on the rock without light for 3-4 weeks. all the other nice colors died off though. just plain old purple coralline for now.

[verper]

Looks good. How long have you had the tank up for?

[Reefinmike]

it was offically running with no leaks or nothing on Wednesday. i also got rock in the same day. added a big gsp rock that day also. although i did have my tub behind the tank with rock and water running for a week or two so it is somewhat"tankwater" and not all new

[verper]

I'm sure your aware to watch for an anmonia spike.  Coral doesn't like it.

[micki]

Looks good!  Keep us posted with pictures when you start stocking it.

[ohioreef]

Looking good!!

[Reefinmike]

there is no reason for there to be an ammonia spike. its just like moving a tank and using new sand. i saved all my rock and kept it in water, circulating, did water changes on it and all is well. the rock is 101% cured and ready for action. i am adding my hardy corals first and about 2-3 weeks from now i will put all my sps back in.

[scott wilson]

I would head verpers warning he knows what he is talking about.

[Reefinmike]

i am taking this task on with caution. i had my rock in my sump with 100g of water brewing for 2 weeks or so. i test for ph, alk, ammonia, and nitrite almost daily making sure everything is good... for now its just a really really clean tank. my plan is to add my corals which have been living in a crappy system in over the next week(mostly softies, some lps) and see how everything does for another 2 weeks then add my favorite/less hardy pieces that i have in my 29g now.

[rmstevensiii]

Looking good...

Good luck!