afboundguy's 35 gallon and display fuge build!!!

[afboundguy]

SPS frags have not been fairing well which has prompted me to do a bunch of troubleshooting and I ended up dusting off the Hannah nitrate tester and my nitrates were around 60

Ended up doing a 48 and just started carbon dosing with vinegar this morning to help lower nitrates as well as lowered how much phyto I have been dosing to 210 ml vs 300 ml per day.

I know the wire management is a nightmare and that's on my list of things to do when I hook up the Hydros system that I really need to do sooner rather than later!

 

[BiGGiePauls33]

60 Nitrates are fine

 

[afboundguy]

60 Nitrates are fineView attachment 229244

Not for my tank right now. Not sure if it's the nitrate or something else and I'm still troubleshooting...

 

[afboundguy]

I may or may not have overflowed a 5 gallon bucket for a few hours after I forgot to set a timer a few days ago... Prompted me to look into adding a float switch for when I make water and found this little beauty for $8 on Amazon that clips to the side of the bucket!

I may be heading somewhere to pick up a tank (shhhhhhh) and will be stopping by Home Depot to grab some brute trash cans to try and setup a water mixing station to alleviate this issue so I'll have fresh mixed SW and RODI on hand...

 

[dilligaf29]

Need to fix mine also . Almost passed out making water last night

 

[afboundguy]

Carbon dosing has gone well so far. Nitrates seem to be in the 30-40 range instead of 60-70 after the first week so I bumped up the dosage for week two.

Big shout out to @Chris.Reef for helping me with some 3D prints while my printers are still offline. He graciously printed some Hydros cable management clips and these bad boys for mangroves!

The white egg crate wasn't really cutting it and some of the mangroves were dying off so I took the ones that weren't looking so well back in the mainly freshwater-brackish bucket to see if they'll recover and transported two from that bucket into the tank.

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[afboundguy]

Took a few minutes to create a walk through update video of the setup! I know I need wire management and a bit of tidying up!

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[afboundguy]

Been a bit under the weather for various reasons and trying not to totally lay around 24/7 so I spent a little time organizing the layout. Moved some stuff around and vacuumed and threw down a cheapo "waterproof" mat on top of the foam board. I know about the cords it's one of my next things to do!

 

[afboundguy]

Also installed a cheapo paper towel holder since it was annoying to not have a permanent home for it! It's the little things!