Scaramanga IM 80 Bare Bottom Restart

[scaramanga]

Official restart Thread Started

Available Equipment
Chambers (Plans)
Far left: Big Media bag with Ceramic Rings in the bottom. Then Custom holder with Carbon bag and Filter floss on top of it.
Far Right: Big Media bag with Ceramic Rings in the bottom. Then Custom holder with filter floss
2nd chamber to the left and right: Heater only
Middle Shared Chamber: 2 Mighty Jet return pumps for the 4 returns. 2 Big Bags of Ceramic Media and Rubble Rock

When needed. Algae Scrubber to middle chamber. If more export needed. Skimmer to left 2nd chamber

Equipment
- 2 x Noopsyche K7 III Pro (Not Online)
- Noopsyche K7 IV Pro (Not Online)
- 2 x 100w Jager heaters (Not Online)
- 2 x Jebao MCP - 120 Gyre (Not Online)
- Tunze 3155 ATO (Not Online)
- Jebao DP 3 Doser (Not Online)
- 2 x Mightyjet 538 Return Pumps (Not Online)
- IOAOI Skimmer 80g Hang on (Not Online)
- Algae Clean Scrubber Hang on Sump ACS-7-Elite-G8 W/ Algae Tear Drop Flex Screen (Not Online)


Livestock


Flow

Light Settings w/par

Future


Equipment and Stock List To be updated here

 

[scaramanga]

Painted the bottom with some ultra white ceiling paint I had leftover.

Rocks are in the final phase of bleaching. Rinsing the bleach out then will bake them dry. The bleach process was so insanely easy and all rocks literally look brand new.

Wife gave me a spot in the house where to put it. Ideally I would love to put it in the other room, but there is carpet in there and I have a bad track record of making a mess. So until we remove the carpet this is the spot. Plus once I remove the carpet I can justify a bigger tank for the other room since there is a ton of space!

 

[Deleted member 20245]

Looking good - while sterile rocks look cool and free of pests, you’ll pay for the ugly phase(s) and stability later. Have you considered getting some LRs from another tank and out in the sump? Or consider doing 50/50 LR/dry rock?

 

[scaramanga]

Looking good - while sterile rocks look cool and free of pests, you’ll pay for the ugly phase(s) and stability later. Have you considered getting some LRs from another tank and out in the sump? Or consider doing 50/50 LR/dry rock?

I am still thinking about it. I reached out to @joseserrano and was going to see if anyone wanted to split a 44lb live rock for $396 when it came time. Worst case is I'll go with the original plan of media bags out of my 15g and put them into this one.

 

[Jimbo327]

So it begins!

Nice! Get the tank wet, and put the rocks in there to start the curing process and cycle. The 15g media bags will do well to start the biome.

 

[drexel]

Get the live rock or at least a free pounds to seed it all. There’s no bacteria in a bottle that can do what actual live rock can do. You don’t need a ton, just enough to get it started.

 

[ndrwater]

Get the live rock or at least a free pounds to seed it all. There’s no bacteria in a bottle that can do what actual live rock can do. You don’t need a ton, just enough to get it started.

100% this...^^^^^^^^

 

[scaramanga]

Scape done. I don’t think I’ll ever pile rock again. So much work but the satisfaction is like no other

 

[Jimbo327]

Nice job! I'm still stacking rocks because I don't have the patience or skills to make structures.

 

[scaramanga]

Nice job! I'm still stacking rocks because I don't have the patience or skills to make structures.

Patience and a good pair of gloves. Some close calls where the gloves melted vs my skin.