I think so David. There is nothing in the instructions that mention it but a drain nipple makes sense. John
It comes in handy when I'm away. I can run a line in to a 5 gallon bucket with a hole drilled in the lid and the tank sitter doesn't have to empty the cup.....just make sure it's not overflowing and dropping salinity.
After church this morning I got back to work on the tank. I hooked up the Reef Keeper Lite Plus and added my first piece of livestock; a very small piece of Chaeto (about the size of my thumb nail) and a 6-8 inch piece of Dragons breath that I pulled out of Jennifer's tank and glued to a rock a few weeks ago. I also put a very small piece of live rock from one of the tanks and stuck it in the sump too. Question- The Pukani has a lot of organic material in it that is slowly decomposing. Is that enough to start the cycle or do I still need to add real live rock? I think that it will cycle on it's own without an added ammonia source. What do you say? John
If you think there are enough organics to generate an ammonia of around 2 and aren't in any hurry I wouldn't do a thing but wait and monitor. I like using pure ammonia as I can control how high the level gets. With rock that has organic matter you could get it way too high adding ammonia though. I'd just be patient and see.
Word to the wise let it ride, I added ammonia to dry rock with some residual organics and had mine shoot up over 6, no livestock so not a big deal did a 100%'water change and got it down to 2 and dropping, also got an H2s smell for a day or two.
Looks great from the pics~ If I remember correctly, you are interested in seahorses? I have a book on them I can pass to you; I could mail it or bring it to the May meeting, if you're interested.
It has been about 2 months since I posted a pic. I am slowly starting to add stuff. Sorry for the sideways pics. I used my phone and didn't realize they were posing sideways. my zoa garden. frag rack I also have 1 clown and a Ruby red dragonette
You have some nice little frags. I like those brown polyps with orange centers. It's in the 4th picture from the bottom.
Thank you Doc. That means a lot coming from you. Your tank is stunning and I hope to have my game that strong some day. I am hoping Jennifer's Softy tank ends up as natural as Normans. This is the bittersweet part of reefing, having a big tank with small coral frags. It looks so empty but I want to make sure there is room to grow. John
Here's a reason to do a water change that I never saw coming...my sump baffles broke. I am now draining the sump and setting up a rubber maid in its place.
