Mother-in-Law's 40 Breeder Build (1 Viewer)

[Mandarin_Jake]

Plumbing is fit and glued. We were actually able to utilize almost all of the previous plumbing...unions, check valve, etc. It's awesome having a professional do it. My FIL could have done it with his eyes closed seemed like.

 

[mathshop3]

looking good man!

 

[Mandarin_Jake]

looking good man!

Thanks. Pretty stoked for this.

Got water in it today. all seems well.

 

[Mandarin_Jake]

https://vimeo.com/152919761

 

[Mandarin_Jake]

Salt is in the tank. Will add some live rock to the sump Friday most likely to start the cycle. We might end up switching out the ball valve for a gate valve since the used valve is awfully sticky. Otherwise all seems well.

 

[Mandarin_Jake]

I'm thinking of having the jebao rw-8s on the back of the tank vs the sides for asethtics. With mixing the salt seems like there will be plenty of flow. Anyone see potential issues with this?

 

[Mandarin_Jake]

My FIL was again able to utilize the previous plumbing gatevalve, so we switched that out last night. Added a couple pieces of rock and got the Skimmer going. Yay.

 

[Mandarin_Jake]

Rock has had an acid bath and is drying. Next week or so will be aquascaping then planning on curing that when finished before adding to the display.

 

[Mandarin_Jake]

Slow progress on this due to a busy/sick last couple of weeks. Looks like Tuesday night will be rockscaping night finally. Unless something major is needed, I'm thinking just using epoxy for the most part. A couple of nice structures that I could remove if necessary but that are sturdy and secure.

 

[Mandarin_Jake]

Question for folks. How much sand should i pick up for a 1" sandbed across the tank?

 

[deneed4spd]

1 bag of reef special from dr fosters will do the trick. It's also free ship.

 

[Mandarin_Jake]

1 bag of reef special from dr fosters will do the trick. It's also free ship.

How much poundage is that?

 

[David Grigor]

40#. I used 20# for a 29g so 40# should be about right or just a little left over.

 

[Mandarin_Jake]

40#. I used 20# for a 29g so 40# should be about right or just a little left over.

Thanks David. Thats about what I was thinking, around that 1lb per gallon mark.

 

[Powers]

I used 2 20lb bags in my 40b and it was just right diamond goby never sifted all the way to glass ever but got close. Had a jawfish that reached the glass though


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[Mandarin_Jake]

I used 2 20lb bags in my 40b and it was just right diamond goby never sifted all the way to glass ever but got close. Had a jawfish that reached the glass though


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Cool. Just got rock and sand in. 40lb. So once it clears up well see where it's at.

 

[Mandarin_Jake]

Hope to get a tank shot once it settles a bit. Just got done doing a small water change. In the first stages of cycling. In the mean time, first fish are in QT.

 

[Mandarin_Jake]

Thinking of doing kalkwasser in the ato for maintaining alk and calc, and boosting ph on this...anyone have any thoughts on that? Its needs to as self sustaining as possible as cheap as possible lol

 

[eschulist]

I have a fairly heavy coral load for a small tank and Kalk in my top off has been greeat

 

[Mandarin_Jake]

I have a fairly heavy coral load for a small tank and Kalk in my top off has been greeat

Thanks Eric. I guess I'm nervous about the inconsistency of the dosing that way? Or do you think the evaporation will be consistent enough to make the dosing regular?