ErickS Posted January 1, 2020 Share Posted January 1, 2020 2 hours ago, Fishoutofwater said: Interesting. The M1’s where the ones that had all the bad reviews and issues. The S2’s where the best reviewed!? I must have gotten lucky wouldn’t trade my m1 for anything else lol Joe 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Posted January 6, 2020 Author Share Posted January 6, 2020 Wow what a nightmare. Finally got the bulkhead off. Had to cut it off. But got it off and changed. Got the tank drained and leveled. The one of the shims I was using buckled for some reason and that’s how it got out of level. The shims I am using now are rated for 8k pounds. So it should hold this time. Filling it back up now. Have 40’ of 1/2” hose running from the closet to the tank so I don’t have to carry buckets this time. ErickS 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Posted January 7, 2020 Author Share Posted January 7, 2020 Alright. Things seem to be going well for now. Flowing good. ATO is hooked up. Salinity is spot on. Cleaned out the sump from all the mess that was going on. Dosed ammonia chloride today. Ammonia is reading 1.5ppm. Would like to see it higher. But will dose check it daily and try to keep it as close to 2ppm as possible. But the fish less cycle is under way. Muttley000 and music 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mussin Posted January 7, 2020 Share Posted January 7, 2020 Sounds like good progress! Joe 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Posted January 8, 2020 Author Share Posted January 8, 2020 NH3/4 is .5 today. Down 1ppm. Dosed NH₄Cl and it’s now 1.5 ppm. Still not 2ppm yet. I’m going to wait till tomorrow and will up the dose to try and get it to 2ppm. I have a little less than half a bottle. So we will see what happens. Regardless there should be enough NH3 to jump start the cycle. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muttley000 Posted January 9, 2020 Share Posted January 9, 2020 Awesome! Getting closer now! Joe 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Posted January 9, 2020 Author Share Posted January 9, 2020 I haven’t checked NO2 yet. But if ammonia is dropping at all, there has to nitrites. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Posted January 9, 2020 Author Share Posted January 9, 2020 Today HN3 is at 1.5 I am going to skip dosing any ammonia today. NO2 is at 2ppm. So cycle is in full swing. I’ll just test daily until both are 0. Then after I think the cycle is over I’ll dose more ammonia chloride. If it still reads 0 after 24 hours. I should be good to go. Still expect it to take several weeks. Just wanted to jump start it. I do have an alternative sitting on the shelf if I run out of patience. Lol crimsonvice and ErickS 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Posted January 10, 2020 Author Share Posted January 10, 2020 Ammonia is 1.5ppm still. Not going to dose anything again today. I’ll keep waiting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Posted January 12, 2020 Author Share Posted January 12, 2020 Didn’t test yesterday. Tested this morning. Still at 1.5ppm. Not coming down yet. Maybe next week it’ll start dropping..?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Posted January 12, 2020 Author Share Posted January 12, 2020 Slowly working on the canopy. Hope there’s enough room. Also worked on the scape some this morning. I’m as close as I’ve even been to being happy with it. If I didn’t touch it again I could live with it. crimsonvice, ErickS, music and 1 other 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Posted January 17, 2020 Author Share Posted January 17, 2020 Been in bed most of the week. This flu is kicking my butt. Just got up some energy to test the ammonia. It’s @ .15ppm. I’ll check it again tomorrow and test nitrites as well. I did cheat a little. But can’t see the cycle being close to being over yet. music 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crimsonvice Posted January 17, 2020 Share Posted January 17, 2020 1 hour ago, Joe said: Been in bed most of the week. This flu is kicking my butt. Just got up some energy to test the ammonia. It’s @ .15ppm. I’ll check it again tomorrow and test nitrites as well. I did cheat a little. But can’t see the cycle being close to being over yet. Get better soon. I had it last week and it stinks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Posted January 17, 2020 Author Share Posted January 17, 2020 3 hours ago, crimsonvice said: Get better soon. I had it last week and it stinks! Thanks. It’s really going around this year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muttley000 Posted January 17, 2020 Share Posted January 17, 2020 Hope you are 100% soon! How did you cheat? Joe 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ErickS Posted January 17, 2020 Share Posted January 17, 2020 8 hours ago, Joe said: Been in bed most of the week. This flu is kicking my butt. Just got up some energy to test the ammonia. It’s @ .15ppm. I’ll check it again tomorrow and test nitrites as well. I did cheat a little. But can’t see the cycle being close to being over yet. Hopefully feel better soon. Joe 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Posted January 17, 2020 Author Share Posted January 17, 2020 3 hours ago, Muttley000 said: Hope you are 100% soon! How did you cheat? Added some FrtizZyme nitrifying bacteria. But it was only a small bottle. music 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Posted January 18, 2020 Author Share Posted January 18, 2020 NH3 is at 0. NO2 is at 4. I’d say that will be dropping by Sunday. I thought I have an NO3 test. But guess not. So I need to order one of those. But I did get to finish another part of the canopy today and cut down pipes. So I got some work don’t to it today. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muttley000 Posted January 18, 2020 Share Posted January 18, 2020 Sounds like you must be feeling better! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Posted January 18, 2020 Author Share Posted January 18, 2020 1 hour ago, Muttley000 said: Sounds like you must be feeling better! I am feeling a lot better. Still not 100%, but better. Got some meds Thursday so it shouldn’t be much longer. Got to get rid of this cough though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Posted January 18, 2020 Author Share Posted January 18, 2020 Just need to finish the trim and the doors. And canopy will be complete. Hopefully by the end of the day tomorrow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Posted January 18, 2020 Author Share Posted January 18, 2020 Forgot the picture. music 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Posted January 18, 2020 Author Share Posted January 18, 2020 I should allowed the large canopy door to dry another day before putting it on. I have it propped open. I’m not going to rush the small doors on so I don’t mess up anymore of the paint. But I did get the GHL display mounted. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mussin Posted January 18, 2020 Share Posted January 18, 2020 Looks good Joe! Joe 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Posted January 18, 2020 Author Share Posted January 18, 2020 7 minutes ago, Mussin said: Looks good Joe! Thank you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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