SeaSerpants 20g Long

[SeaSerpant]

Adamsb
I plan on stocking after the tank has cycled for a bit, maybe in a few weeks, we'll have to see how it goes As for stocking it's going to be a mix coral tank with some unique fishies. What kind of fishies you say? I do not know. I'll let you know when i do

Mrhasan
Thanks for the quick tip. Now that i'm mulling it over i may just shell out the little extra to save myself from an unwanted headache down the road.
I'd rather have criticism than a nice comment any day It's easier to know what to do with!

[SeaSerpant]

Just a quick update. Water and liverock added to the tank and everything is running smoothly

[MarieH]

Hi Very cool, looks awesome.

[Magickiwi]

Looking good buddy.

[SeaSerpant]

Thanks guys! Now it's time for the long wait for the cycle to go through. Anybody have any suggestions for a good chemical plotting system (so i can plot graphs of nitrate, nitrite, ect.) Hopefully something more interactive than excel

[SeaSerpant]

Just a quick update with fts. I bought a Rio 1400 waterpump with a flow rate of over 400gph which will do great for my purposes and was a better alternative than the 160gph Maxijet 600 i had sitting in there.

Here are the chemical readings thus far:
Ammonia - 1
Nitrate - 5
Nitrite - 0.3
Ph - 8.2

Looks like the cycle is well under way and i'm looking forward to the end. Although i'm not going to rush it.









I made sure to leave lots of room for corals and additions

Thanks for looking!
SeaSerpant

[SeaSerpant]

Just realized that half of my picture links aren't working since i moved the albums around on photobucket so i'll be sure to fix that tonight!
Update:
Ammonia spiked to about 1 or 2 last week and has constantly at 0 (or what i assume is zero on the nutrafin test).
Nitrate: 0
Nitrite: 5
I also had a sizable diatom bloom which makes me happy to see. So i added 3 hermits, 2 astereas and 2 ceriths. Hopefully the tank will stable a little bit more by the weekend and i'll be able to add a bit more.
Just as a side note, the Fluval skimmer is doing it's job well but it's constantly putting microbubbles into the water column, but hopefully that should go away when the skimmer breaks in.
Thanks For Looking
SeaSerpant

[SeaSerpant]

The first stage of the cycle is over! The ammonia has settled down to 0 and has held there firmly for over a week. The nitrate has been going between 5-7ppm and the Nitrite is 0.1 or less.
I added a CUC a week ago and last weekend i bought 2 clowns as well as a hammer and yesterday i introduced a bubble coral in the hopes that it will host the clowns without being desimated!
As always here's some shots of the tank now
(you can't see it in the photo but i've been having quite the problem with microbubles, most likely due to the skimmer breaking in)

[SeaSerpant]

Hey All! Sorry for the long wait between posts, school really got on my ass and i still have 2 more finals on friday, but i was able to finally get some time to write up a post!

I'll start with the pictures that everyone loves!