She Be Cycled, I Think!

[ShooterRick]

Amonia, 0.0, Nitrates,0.00 Nitrites, 0.00 Aces across the board! Should I keep feeding the tank until the 5 green reef chromis are picked up?

PH 8.4
24 hr average temp since taking control measures. 78.2 F

[Reefing Madness]

No need, unless its going to be over a week or something.

[ShooterRick]

No need, unless its going to be over a week or something.

I am picking up the chromis saturday. Also I am hanging the LEDs on a decorative chain from the ceiling. This gives me the most flexibility in how high and how much light penatration into the reef. I think this may be of benefit when acclimating coral later. I am going to drip acclimate most fish and the 4 I am transfering although they are hardy will give me some practice. About how many water drops through an airline tube for drip acclimation?

[Reefing Madness]

3-4 Drips per second.

Acclimation Procedure for Aquatic Life: Welcoming Home New Arrivals

[ShooterRick]

3-4 Drips per second.

Acclimation Procedure for Aquatic Life: Welcoming Home New Arrivals

Thanks. I ordered CUC and Chaeto tonight. Free shipping!

[Reefing Madness]

Thanks. I ordered CUC and Chaeto tonight. Free shipping!

Ya gotta love that!!

[clubbby]

Looks like you and I are at about the same spot setup-wise, ShooterRick.

I did the drip method last night for our CUC, about 3-4 per second like Reefing said and it went exceptionally well. Everyone went right to work, no period where they appeared stunned, etc.

While I didn't check the link posted for acclimation, I can tell you that I did it for about 2 hours, if a frame of reference helps.

[chrisfont23]

Go slow with those lights. And a word of caution. Be careful what you introduce to your tank. I didn't with my 29g but with my 90g everything got a dip into a coral Dip made by seachem.

[chrisfont23]

What I mean is I paid for it by not dipping drags and corals in my 29. Hey mods, how bout getting the edit button to work with iPads.

[ShooterRick]

Go slow with those lights. And a word of caution. Be careful what you introduce to your tank. I didn't with my 29g but with my 90g everything got a dip into a coral Dip made by seachem.

At this time The fixture is hung 7 inches above the tank and I have the ability to move it up a decorative chain one link at a time to as high as I want. Also I have emailed the manufacturer and asked if these were put on a dimmer control will it damage the lights or the transformer in this model. If they can be dimmed the RKL looks like it may be able to do it.