Reef2Max Posted February 15, 2017 Author Share Posted February 15, 2017 Start of the Tank cycling .. Day one For cycling the tank, i am using the 21 day Redsea Reef Mature kit which consist of ; Nitro Bac, Bacto- start, No03: P04-x , Kh-Coraline Gro Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reef2Max Posted February 15, 2017 Author Share Posted February 15, 2017 Day Two and Day three started with the dosing of the bacteria accoding to the instruction manual, and today i did some water testing using redsea test kit . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reef2Max Posted February 15, 2017 Author Share Posted February 15, 2017 Day 3 water test parameter after start of dosing bacteria NH3/Nh4 ammonia - 1.2 N03 - 0 N02 - 0.05 PH - 8.2 KH - 11 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRC Member Jairus Posted February 15, 2017 SRC Member Share Posted February 15, 2017 You might wish to get a calcium test kit in future too Sent from Singapore Reef Club mobile app Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reef2Max Posted February 15, 2017 Author Share Posted February 15, 2017 You might wish to get a calcium test kit in future too Sent from Singapore Reef Club mobile app Yap thanks for the advise, will be getting calcium, mg and phosphate test kit too as wellSent from Singapore Reef Club mobile app Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reef2Max Posted February 15, 2017 Author Share Posted February 15, 2017 Some tank shot for now with rock.. I notice the water is turning abit milky, don't want why ? Sent from Singapore Reef Club mobile app Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eric Ng Yong Keong Posted February 15, 2017 Share Posted February 15, 2017 Due to dosing of bacteria. It will clear up laterSent from Singapore Reef Club mobile app Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eric Ng Yong Keong Posted February 15, 2017 Share Posted February 15, 2017 Might be ur rocks as wellSent from Singapore Reef Club mobile app Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRC Member yukok.lim08 Posted February 15, 2017 SRC Member Share Posted February 15, 2017 No skimmer yet?Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRC Member victorchantm Posted February 15, 2017 SRC Member Share Posted February 15, 2017 Hi, where did u get the rocks?Sent from Singapore Reef Club mobile app 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRC Member Angel Keeper Posted February 15, 2017 SRC Member Share Posted February 15, 2017 More likely bacterial bloom... In a fresh tank, you might probably experience 2 blooms which should clear up in a week... By that time, your nitrate will be high... Dosing bacteria may shorten the period and deal with nitrates better...Sent from my SM-G935F using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reef2Max Posted February 15, 2017 Author Share Posted February 15, 2017 2 hours ago, Eric Ng Yong Keong said: Due to dosing of bacteria. It will clear up later Sent from Singapore Reef Club mobile app ok thanks for the info 49 minutes ago, Angel Keeper said: More likely bacterial bloom... In a fresh tank, you might probably experience 2 blooms which should clear up in a week... By that time, your nitrate will be high... Dosing bacteria may shorten the period and deal with nitrates better... Sent from my SM-G935F using Tapatalk I was reading the instruction manual that No3P0x is able to help reduce the nitrate level after the 21 day cycling. Hopefully it does Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reef2Max Posted February 15, 2017 Author Share Posted February 15, 2017 1 hour ago, victorchantm said: Hi, where did u get the rocks? Sent from Singapore Reef Club mobile app The rock was ordered from Switzerland call PM Riffkeramik Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reef2Max Posted February 15, 2017 Author Share Posted February 15, 2017 1 hour ago, yukok.lim08 said: No skimmer yet? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Already placed the order for the skimmer, waiting for it to arrive.. heehee Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRC Member Angel Keeper Posted February 15, 2017 SRC Member Share Posted February 15, 2017 NOPOX to me is for more like an emergency to me... You need the bacteria in there first otherwise NOPOX may not be of so much use... I use that whenever I add new fishes or feed more... It will multiply the bacteria... But you need to have the bacteria in there first...Sent from my SM-G935F using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reef2Max Posted February 15, 2017 Author Share Posted February 15, 2017 i am following the instruction for the mature kit which i think the bacto start and Nitro bac are bacteria to kick start the tank . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRC Member Angel Keeper Posted February 15, 2017 SRC Member Share Posted February 15, 2017 To add on, to have ammonia and nitrite reducing bacteria is easy... The difficult one is nitrate reducing bacteria...Sent from my SM-G935F using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRC Member davidlim1712 Posted February 16, 2017 SRC Member Share Posted February 16, 2017 Nice tank setup!!Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRC Member CrazyJason Posted February 16, 2017 SRC Member Share Posted February 16, 2017 Nice Sent from Singapore Reef Club mobile app Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reef2Max Posted February 17, 2017 Author Share Posted February 17, 2017 Bought some vase line cream and apply to the door hinges to protect against rust. Although they say it is stainless steel hinges, but I think is better to add a layer of protection over it since saltwater is very corrosive. Sent from Singapore Reef Club mobile app Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mao ng Posted February 17, 2017 Share Posted February 17, 2017 Bought some vase line cream and apply to the door hinges to protect against rust. Although they say it is stainless steel hinges, but I think is better to add a layer of protection over it since saltwater is very corrosive. Sent from Singapore Reef Club mobile app Thats a great idea! I am so going to do that. Btw hope you like ur reefer as much as i do! Bloody beautiful tank Sent from my SM-G928I using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reef2Max Posted February 17, 2017 Author Share Posted February 17, 2017 Thats a great idea! I am so going to do that. Btw hope you like ur reefer as much as i do! Bloody beautiful tank Sent from my SM-G928I using Tapatalk Ya man.. really liking it so far. The best thing I like about this system is the tank is super quiet, Can't hear a single overflow sound Sent from Singapore Reef Club mobile app Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRC Member iceman Posted February 17, 2017 SRC Member Share Posted February 17, 2017 Very nice setup Quote My Decom Tank Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRC Member andrewsoh Posted February 17, 2017 SRC Member Share Posted February 17, 2017 Mmmm.... not afraid this kind of self assemble cabinet might nt take the weight of the tank filled with water?Sent from Singapore Reef Club mobile app Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cedricang Posted February 18, 2017 Share Posted February 18, 2017 23 hours ago, mao ng said: Thats a great idea! I am so going to do that. Btw hope you like ur reefer as much as i do! Bloody beautiful tank Sent from my SM-G928I using Tapatalk Yeap , a little extra care and efforts goes a long way . Some use grease to coat over it and it works beautifully as well. Quote Treat others the way you wanna be treated... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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