Paul's new build.

[reefkeeper2]

I'm setting up this tank with dry rock which I have never done before. I have always had live rock or left over live rock from previous tanks. I have plenty of old live rock in the sump, so I wont have any cycle, but only new dry rock will be in the display. I was thinking of trying an experiment to avoid the ugly phase. If I used flucanozole right from the start, there would be almost no algae growth at all for a month or two. That would give coraline and bacteria a head start on the rock before algae could get a foothold. I haven't heard of anyone trying this before. I see the use of UV, which didn't seem to work well but not flucanozole. Any thoughts?

 

[scavdog]

Paul. I was in the same boat. I had ALL my rock from EVERY system i ever set up since 1999 / 2000. I bleached the sh!it out of it. Sun baked and soaked in sea water with phosphate remover. I cycled with fritzyme 9 and ammonia. Honestly after the initial dino outbreak, which could have been worse, I seem to be sitting pretty (fingers crossed).

 

[reefkeeper2]

Felix sent me a video of the tank ready to ship.

 

[scavdog]

I saw this on Instagram. What a beautiful tank Paul! Congrats!

 

[SteveDola]

That tank is sexy!

 

[this is me]

Delicious. Can’t wait to see it in your tank and with fish and corals in it. Wont be long now.

 

[BiGGiePauls33]

Awesome Paul, someone tagged me in the Facebook post about it, thought it may have been me. I could only dream.

 

[ReefAddict]

Fluconazole idea intrigues me. Your reasoning makes sense. Hmmm.

 

[Zirky]

Merry Christmas to you that’s a thing of beauty.

 

[MikeG]

The tank looks amazing! Be fun to watch this come together

 

[reefkeeper2]

In process. Much harder than with the acrylic tanks I've had in the past.

 

[Cpage101]

In process. Much harder than with the acrylic tanks I've had in the past.View attachment 171185

might have been worth hiring a rigging company that thing is a beast

 

[PSU4ME]

Good luck!!!

 

[reefkeeper2]

It took about two hours. The guys from All Things Aquatics did a fantastic job.

 

[this is me]

Epic!

 

[reefkeeper2]

Rock and sand in. Will be tweeking the aquascape for a few days and weeks.

 

[reefkeeper2]

A closeup of the rock I made. Needed help getting it into the tank. Heavy and large.

 

[scavdog]

Looks amazing Paul! Looking forward to seeing this system kick off!

 

[cilyjr]

I'm setting up this tank with dry rock which I have never done before. I have always had live rock or left over live rock from previous tanks. I have plenty of old live rock in the sump, so I wont have any cycle, but only new dry rock will be in the display. I was thinking of trying an experiment to avoid the ugly phase. If I used flucanozole right from the start, there would be almost no algae growth at all for a month or two. That would give coraline and bacteria a head start on the rock before algae could get a foothold. I haven't heard of anyone trying this before. I see the use of UV, which didn't seem to work well but not flucanozole. Any thoughts?

When I set up my tank here in California I did all new dry rock. I was in the same boat as I had no rock at all from my old systems because of the moving across the country.

I started to get a ton of algae before I even had anything in the tank so I took all the rock out gave it a pretty good muriatic acid bath and put it all back in. With that and carbon dosing I have no algae problems

 

[reefkeeper2]

Here is my latest YouTube post. Basically goes over what I've done so far.