So i got this baby all filled up last night. Salted and warming as we speak. Now to start the cycle. Lucky for me, the die-off from the rock has given me a small ammonia spike to get off to the races but i will have to supplement in the coming days to boost the levels. Skimmer seems to be doing something, i am not too sure it is the something it is supposed to do, but some wet white foam is perking up, we will just have to keep tweaking it and get it right. I am not overly familiar with their operation however the knowledge is there, I just need it in my head. Starting PH with the crushed coral and Aragonite is 8.0 - 8.2 and that seems like a good place to be. Currently i have the SG at 1.018 and i am slowly working it up to 1.025 but being new i am unfamiliar with how much salt this will take so i am just taking it good and slow. Going to get the Tunze ATO installed today and work on plumbing my spare RO unit into the tank stand and look at adding a DI cartridge to it. Figure if i got one laying around i best use it
Cannot believe i was ready to quit this before I even got started yesterday. I am super glad i didn't because even just this big box of salty water and rocks is beautiful. It all just got a little overwhelming in the middle of cleaning and moving everything. Small momentary lapse in judgement, i mean come on now we have all had those. At least anyone that is married, that split second in which you let your guard down and said i do :lol:
Here are the rest of the pictures from cleaning the thing and getting the skimmer installed. Nothing too fancy but those will come
sump chambers before the final clean
Time for the final clean
Sexy skimmer in the box
Uh.... where does all this go