new elos midi

[willienelson]

Hi all. This is my first time posting, but i've been lurking for awhile.

So I have:
30 lbs of real reef rock in my display
30 lbs of tropic eden agrasugar
20 lbs of live tropic eden mini reef flakes on top of the agrasugar
10 lbs of live rock in my sump
instant ocean reef crystals

my water params (all salifert tests) are:
SG 1.024
ammonia 0
nitrite 0
Nitrate 2.5
Calcium 470
Phosphate 0.03
Silicate 0.03
KH hardness 10.9
Diossolved oxygen 10
Magnesium 1400

I set the tank up a 8 days ago. I used dr tim's the one and only live nitrifying bacteria on thursday and put in a cube of demysis shrimp. It seems like i'm ready for a clean up crew given nitrate presence and no ammonia or nitrite, but from what i've read it seems like my tank cycled really fast. too good to be true?


Thanks in advanced,
Willie

 

[Zimon]

midis are awesome, i got a mini. i would give it another week. goodluck and post lots of pics!

 

[tosiek]

Sounds about right for the cycle with the extra nitrifying bacteria and mysis to spike your ammonia. The tank is cycled and ready for a simple clean up crew. I would give it another 2 weeks after adding that before doing a big jump in the bioload of the tank just to let the bacteria further establish in the tank. That part still takes time.

Grats on the Midi. Was eying it because of the cool bent glass hood but got the mini instead. Wife liked the smaller size on the mini.

 

[willienelson]

ok thanks guys! I love this setup. Yeah I got the aquatop because I'm pretty convinced my cat would try and go fishing. I got two blue LEDs for it and 2 white.

I'm definitely curious to see how your tank goes tosiek, was just checking out your thread. and DANG zimon your mini is sick!

 

[Zimon]

Thanks! My tank is a forever changing reef scape. Keep switching colonies and frags. The LED lighting is awesome. If you need softies pm me.

 

[tosiek]

I gotto get pics, got a fish and some coral to start. Just gotto update everything.

Elos Aquastudio had the new Elos LED's that fit perfectly inside the Aquatop that are comparable to the AI vega and Radion. They are really nice but have the hefty pricetag of like 850+$ for just the unit. + controller and + any extra lighting strips the fixture comes out to over 1k$. Their old Elite system is nice but it doesn;'t compare to the AI's, radions or the new Elos LED's sadly and its pricetag is what you would pay for the AI Vega or AI sol + controller.

 

[akma]

Let's see some pics!!

 

[willienelson]

not much going on but what do you think of the real reef rock? its a little purple, but with other stuff in the tank i'm hoping it will be less obvious. i'll snap some pics of the sump and cabinet this weekend, when i've dealt with all the wires. :thrash:

oh yeah and i'm getting another 10 lbs of rock to make a 3rd pedestal.

 

[Zimon]

looks good! im curious how you have your sump/skimmer set up. enjoy that beautiful tank, its worth the price

 

[willienelson]

added some zoas, acans, a moseleya and a doughnut. plus cleanup crew

 

[skene]

gorgeous tank... cant wait to see this thing filled in with more coral.

love that moseleya coral... did you get that from Coral Theory?

 

[willienelson]

Thanks!!! Haha a keen eye you have there. yep. picked him up yesterday. do you think i should move the doughnut?

 

[skene]

I would move him into the center... it's a showpiece coral.

 

[willienelson]

small update

 

[willienelson]

i re-aquascaped and got a couple of mated black ice clowns, which I'm loving. the real reef rock isn't really that purple it's my phones camera.

 

[sillysidewinder]

wow, your tank looks great. i really like the way you aquascaped and also LOVE the moseleya coral. tagging along to see where you take this.

 

[willienelson]

thanks sidewinder! I just checked out your cube thread -- awesome work!

 

[willienelson]

live stream is up! http://www.ustream.tv/channel/jimraynorsreef/

 

[willienelson]

new camera

got a new camera with a macro lens. really happy with how things are going

 

[skene]

nice... however I would move that one scoly back down onto the sand.